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Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade

September 1884

Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 10 September 1884

Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade

According to the returns just issued the falling off in the tonnage sent to Hull continues, the total quantity forwarded last month being only 118,064 tons, as against 148,072 tons for the corresponding month of last year, and for the eight months of this year 834,544 tons, as compared with 885,868 tons for the same period of 1883, the falling off reaching 51,324 tons.

The principal South Yorkshire collieries sending largely to Hull are as follows:

South Yorkshire Collieries

  • Denaby Main — 14,018 tons (15,018 in August 1883)

  • Shireoak — 6,872 tons (7,208 in 1883)

  • Elsecar — 5,864 tons

  • Manvers Main — 4,408 tons

  • Thurcroft Hall — 3,792 tons

  • Roundwood — 3,360 tons (3,000 sent by water)

  • Kiveton Park — 2,888 tons

  • Houghton Main — 2,416 tons

  • Carlton Main — 2,336 tons

  • Wharncliffe Silkstone — 2,136 tons

  • Monk Bretton — 2,125 tons

  • The eleven above-mentioned collieries sent last month a total of 51,270 tons, as against 55,632 tons for the same period last year.

From the West Yorkshire coalfield the following quantities were sent:

West Yorkshire Collieries

  • Gawthorpe — 8,000 tons

  • Fryston — 7,572 tons

  • Whitwood — 4,745 tons

  • Peckfield — 3,072 tons

  • Pope & Pearson’s West Riding — 2,723 tons

  • Allerton Bywater — 2,350 tons

  • Acton Hall & Featherstone — 1,750 tons

  • Sharlston — 1,328 tons

  • Huddersfield Victoria — 1,656 tons

  • Rhodes Victoria — 1,000 tons

A total of 37,488 tons, as against 51,270 tons from the same number of South Yorkshire collieries.

No coal was sent to Hull last month from the Derbyshire pits, but Walton and Botham collieries in Notts sent 2,104 tons and 4,000 tons respectively.

The total export from Hull were 79,080 tons, as against 79,086 tons, or only a falling off of 56 tons, the bulk of decrease in the total quantity sent to Hull being probably due to stoppage of the Hull and Barnsley Railway Works, and the flatness which now generally exists in the Hull industries.