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1937-01-16

Article from Whitehaven News — "Colliery Rumours"

Company Details

Registered Office:	51 Duke Street, Whitehaven
Seams Worked:	Main Band, Bannock Band, Six Quarters
Power Used:	Electricity, Steam and Compressed Air. Voltage: 3,500
Class of Coal:	Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam
Other Information:	Owners of Coke Ovens and By-Products Plant
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Company Directors

Chairman:	Telfer, W. H., D.L., J.P., Whitestripe House, Newmains, Lanarkshire
Managing Director:	Barr, D. J., J.P., 'Woodend,' Eastwoodmains Road, Giffnock, Glasgow
Directors:	Holdsworth, J. H., D.L., J.P., Castlebank, Lanark, Lanarkshire
	Houldsworth, J. F. H., Capt. , J.P., Coltness House, Wishaw, Lanarkshire
	Mason, D. J., Col., Somerset House, Whitehaven, Cumberland
	Wilson, W. A., 'Ingleston,' Bishopton, Renfreshire
General Manager:	Williamson, J.
Secretary:	MacDuff, Harris, F.C.I.S.
Chief Engineer:	Paterson, W.
Mining Engineer:	Dawson, A. B.
Agent:	Stephenson, H. S.

Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Haig Pit	Whitehaven	D. Scott	1,069	350
William Pit	Whitehaven	D. Scott	399	98
			1,468	448
			1,916

Disaster/Major Accident

Date	Colliery/Pit	Deaths	Cause
03 Jun 1941	Whitehaven, William Pit	12	Explosion of gas produced by chemical action between water and burning carbon
	Names of those killed
	Text of the Official Report

Company Details

Registered Office:	51 Duke Street, Whitehaven
Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Company Directors

Chairman:	Wilson, W. A., Ingliston, Bishopton, Renfrewshire
Managing Director:	Williamson, J. M.
Directors:	Houldsworth, Henry W., Brig. D.S.O., M.C., Dallas Lodge, Dallas, by Forres, Morayshire
	Houldsworth, J. F. H., Lt.-Col. , J.P., Coltness House, Wishaw, Lanarkshire
	Mason, D. J., Col., Somerset House, Whitehaven, Cumberland
	Poole, Granville, Prof., Hampeth Lodge, Forest Hall, Northumberland
	Williamson, J. M.
General Manager:	MacDonald, A. B.
Secretary:	Bryson, Adam
Chief Engineer:	Paterson, W.
Mining Engineer:	Dawson, A. B.

Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Haig	Whitehaven	G. Farquhar	1,030	270
William	Whitehaven	W. McAllister	360	80
			1,390	350
			1,740

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1952-01-08

Official Notice from The London Gazette

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1961-03-28

Official Notice from The London Gazette