	Witham Hall Quarry	Index	Witham Hall Quarry

Witham Hall Quarry

Location:	Eaglescliffe 4 miles [7 km] SW of Middlesbrough
Map Ref:	(Sheet 93) NZ419157, 54° 32' 5" N, 1° 21' 9" W
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Closed:
Output:	1905 - Whinstone, sandstone and clay.
	1922 - Clay, Igneous rock, Sandstone.
Employment:	1905 - 79 (37 below, 42 surface)
	1922 - 74 (19 below, 55 surface)

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Gale, Thomas, 17 Mar 1906, (accident: 15 Mar 1906), aged 36, Quarryman, He was struck on the head by a piece of stone which fell from 80 to 90 ft. above where he was working, and received injuries from which he died two days later. [More information ...]
						Hutchinson, Samuel, 22 Sep 1907, (accident: Apr 1907), aged 26, Quarryman, he strained his side in April when getting clear of a derailed waggon, and in May he was accidentally struck on the knee with a hammer; he died on 22nd September [More information ...]
						Nicholson, Robert, 28 Jul 1908, aged 29, Quarryman, a tunnel was being driven from one part of the quarry to another; a piece of whinstone fell from the roof of the tunnel on to his neck as he was stooping down and killed him instantly [More information ...]
						Pearson, Walter, 27 Oct 1924, 2.45 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 20, Labourer, Deceased was apparently using an iron bar to release the stone in a hopper, when a falling stone struck the bar and drove it downwards. The end of the bar struck deceased a downward blow on the right side, just in front of the shoulder, fracturing his collar-bone and two ribs. The latter lacerated the lung, and he died shortly afterwards from shock and haemorrhage
						Wilkinson, George, 18 May 1906, aged 26, Quarryman, A previously "cracked" shot exploded prematurely, and threw him from the ledge on which he was standing. He was fatally injured, and another man received slight injuries. [More information ...]
						Wilson, Harry, 05 Sep 1911, aged 32, Quarryman, killed by an explosion of gunpowder [More information ...]

						6 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1905 List of Quarries
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
Industrial Locomotives of Durham by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1977