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207496
Surname: Bowtell Brickyard (Burwood) (Industry)
First Name: -
Ship: LH
Date: 15 May 1867
Place: Burwood, Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Chronicle
Details: Inquest held by Dr. Pierce at the house of Thomas Dent of the Burwood Inn, before a jury of five consisting of William Smith (foreman), Enoch Williams, James Gibbs, Charles Byrnes, Alfred Sparks and Thomas Llewellyn, into the death of Arthur Bowtell and Richard Haddaway at the Bowtell brickyard earlier that day. Joseph Bowtell deposed that he was a brickmaker by trade, and father of the deceased Arthur Bowtell. On that day at about 12pm he was loading bricks out of the kiln when the roof fell in on all who were working there, Richard Haddaway, Arthur Bowtell, William Davis, carter and himself; they were taking out eleven or twelve loads of bricks out of the kiln, the walls of which had been built six weeks, but the arch of which had only been put on the previous week. The walls were about ten feet high, the kiln being twelve feet wide by twenty two feet long, the walls about twenty six inches and the arch fourteen inches. The highest part of the arch above the wall was six feet. They were all engaged in loading when the roof fell in; about 5000 bricks fell on the deceased. The roof was built of bricks held with a substance called pug, loomy clay always used in building brick kilns. Witness had been brick making nearly all his lifetime. He had never however built an arched kiln before building this one. The deceased Haddaway came down from Maitland by the train that morning looking for work. Witness agreed to employ him. He had only been working half an hour when the accident happened. The kiln was built by Henry Chandler, a competent bricklayer. it was constructed in the usual style and form of kilns.
86887
Surname: Burwood Coal Mine
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1851 19 November
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: James Brown advertising to employ miners at Burwood colliery. Can earn 10s per day. Apply to Dr. Brown, East Maitland or James Brown, Newcastle
85903
Surname: Burwood Colliery (Newcastle, Industry)
First Name: -
Ship: LH
Date: 1851 20 September
Place: Burwood Colliery Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: H & J. Donaldson advertising to employ a few steady miners.industrious men could earn 10/- per day
203753
Surname: Burwood Copper Smelter
First Name: -
Ship: LH
Date: -
Place: Burwood
Source: Newcastle City Wide Heritage Study 1997 - Volume 4
Details: First copper smelter to be attempted in Australia. Construction began in 1846. Because of the A. A. Company’s coal monopoly, the announced intention was to produce salt. It was built by Dr. James Mitchell and transferred to the Newcastle Coal and Copper Company. It was built to smelt South Australian Copper with Newcastle Coal however was never successful
85737
Surname: Burwood Copper Smelter (Industry)
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1851 10 September
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Vessel 'Wanderer' sailed on 2nd Sept., for Sydney with coals and 3 1/2 tons copper in tiles and ingots being a sample of the maiden produce of the Newcastle Copper Smelting Company's works at Burwood
85710
Surname: Burwood Copper Smelter (Newcastle) (Industry)
First Name: -
Ship: LH
Date: 1851 6 September
Place: Dr. Mitchell s Burwood Estate
Source: MM
Details: Situated in a small glen 3 miles from Newcastle. Surrounded with hills forming a natural amphitheatre abutting on the shore known as the Long Beach. Superintendent Mr. Morgan
81963
Surname: Burwood Copper Smelting Works (Industry)
First Name: -
Ship: LH
Date: 1851 15 February
Place: Burwood
Source: MM
Details: First consignment of copper ore received per the Catherine. Smelting operations to commence soon as furnaces etc almost completed
39821
Surname: Burwood Estate (Industry)
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1846
Place: -
Source: -
Details: Copper smelter developed by James Mitchell in 1846
79549
Surname: Burwood mine (Industry)
First Name: -
Ship: LH
Date: 6 November 1850
Place: Newcastle
Source: Maitland Mercury
Details: Being steadily worked by the Messrs. Donaldson
81964
Surname: Burwood Mines (Industry)
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1851 15 February
Place: Burwood
Source: MM
Details: Cargo of coals from Donaldson's Burwood mines to San Francisco on the ship 'Chief'
203431
Surname: Hughes and Drury Brick Works, Burwood
First Name: -
Ship: LH
Date: 7 November 1866
Place: Burwood
Source: Newcastle Chronicle
Details: BURWOOD AND NEWCASTLE FIRE CLAY AND BRICK. WORKS. On the 29th September last, there appear ed in this journal a notice of the discovery at the Burwood coal-mines of a valuable band of fireclay, which, as was then stated, runs parallel with the coal strata through the entire length of the seam. Since the notice referred to appeared, active steps have been ta ken by a gentleman from Sydney, Mr. Hugh to establish works in the vicinity of Newcastle, at which the manufacture of firebricks, tiles, &c, from the clay in question will be permanently carried on. It affords us considerable pleasure to be in a position now to state, that the Burwood and Newcastle Fire, Clay, and Brick Works are an accomplished fact. We yesterday paid a visit to the works, which are owned aby Messrs. Hughes and Drury, and some account of which may not be uninteresting to our readers. The works are situated on an allotment of land between the Junction Inn and the Welsh Chapel at Burwood. The land is the property of Dr. Mitchell ; it is about half an acre in extent, and from . its proximity to the Burwood line of railway, as well as for several other reasons, is admirably adapted for the purpose it. has been leased. The preliminary operations of erecting sheds, mills, etc was proceeded with last month, and on the 5th instant, the actual manufacture of bricks was commenced; The works at present erected comprise a large and commodious drying shed, a powerful crushing mill, and a well of water, the sinking of which involved considerable labour. The drying shed is eighty feet long by seventeen wide, and is capable of holding 15,000 bricks, the quantity which, after the lapse of a short time, Messrs. Hughes and Drury will be able to manufacture weekly. In the course of a few months it is proposed to erect a second shed of similar dimensions to the one just described. The crushing mill consists of an immense block of stone, weighing nearly three tons, which is made to revolve in the shape of a wheel round the outer edge of a massive plate of iron. The clay in its crude state is thrown under the stone and reduced by the crushing process which follows to a condition fit to be worked up into bricks. In the centre of the plate on which the stone re volves, is a sieve into which the crushed clay is thrown. Underneath the sieve is a small pit which receives the clay after it has been sifted, and from whence it is conveyed into the hands of the brick-makers. Before, very long 1 it is the intention of the proprietors to erect a second stone, and to employ steam-power instead of horse-power in the revolution of the pair of stones. The crushing mill is fixed To a shed adjoining the drying shed, and is about thirty feet square. The stones for the mill were obtained from the Waratah stone quarry, and are the largest Mr. Stephens (the owner of the quarry) has yet delivered
110864
Surname: Newcastle and Burwood Tramway
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1854 25 January
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: William Henderson calling for tenders for sleepers etc