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Dick Hemsworth (1906-1997) - Mine Undermanager. Recorded 23 March 1983. Part 1/1
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SummaryDICK HEMSWORTH (1906-1997)
Part 1/1
Recorded 23rd March 1983
Dick Hemsworth discusses his time at the Paxton and East Greta mines. This was recorded in the common room of a nursing home and has a lot of background noise.
0:30
Pomma Hemsworth’s father (well-known Cessnock footballer). Worked at the early Paxton pit on contract. Born in 1906. He worked at Paxton pit on the power house which supplied power to the pit and to colliery houses. It was alongside the shaft and bathroom. Frank Hellum and Keily got a ticket the same time, worked in the stoke hole. Dick worked in the stoke hole on 3 shifts. Also the pit top. (Map of the Coalfields area).
They had 4 or 5 Westlake boilers carrying 160 pound of steam - about 25 ft long and 10ft diameter. They drove the turbine, the fan engine and the haulage shaft. Jack Snape was before him and finished up mining.
6:34
Dick came from Maitland, working at East Greta. Tommy Fisher was pit top boss and Aleck Deitz was in the office – Bricks were made by Mr. Hallam (many used to build the power house). Dick started in 1921 living at Paxton. At Gillieston, East Greta tunnels he was on the horse and dray, taking away the ashes. Harry Cartwright, the under manager, was killed underground. Smithy ran over him with the dummy on the jig. Tom Price was the Deputy. Ezra Thomas. Dick was working in at Greta 1914, near the railway station on the No2 tunnel where there were three boilers. On the No 1 tunnel was burnt out by fire – 1914. Tom Price lived in East Greta. Harry Cartwright lived there too in a pit house.
16:45
Joe Reece was the manager, he was at East Greta all the time. He ended up with a winding ticket. In 1914 the engine workshop was down at No. 1. There was one at East Greta Junction too. Town and street lighting was supplied from the Paxton pit. Dick was born in 1906.
21:50
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SubjectHemsworth, Richard Stanley, 1906-1997PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToAleck DeitzCreatorDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010PlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Paxton Colliery, NSW[2] East Greta Colliery, NSW[3] Cessnock, NSWIdentifier110A
Part 1/1
Recorded 23rd March 1983
Dick Hemsworth discusses his time at the Paxton and East Greta mines. This was recorded in the common room of a nursing home and has a lot of background noise.
0:30
Pomma Hemsworth’s father (well-known Cessnock footballer). Worked at the early Paxton pit on contract. Born in 1906. He worked at Paxton pit on the power house which supplied power to the pit and to colliery houses. It was alongside the shaft and bathroom. Frank Hellum and Keily got a ticket the same time, worked in the stoke hole. Dick worked in the stoke hole on 3 shifts. Also the pit top. (Map of the Coalfields area).
They had 4 or 5 Westlake boilers carrying 160 pound of steam - about 25 ft long and 10ft diameter. They drove the turbine, the fan engine and the haulage shaft. Jack Snape was before him and finished up mining.
6:34
Dick came from Maitland, working at East Greta. Tommy Fisher was pit top boss and Aleck Deitz was in the office – Bricks were made by Mr. Hallam (many used to build the power house). Dick started in 1921 living at Paxton. At Gillieston, East Greta tunnels he was on the horse and dray, taking away the ashes. Harry Cartwright, the under manager, was killed underground. Smithy ran over him with the dummy on the jig. Tom Price was the Deputy. Ezra Thomas. Dick was working in at Greta 1914, near the railway station on the No2 tunnel where there were three boilers. On the No 1 tunnel was burnt out by fire – 1914. Tom Price lived in East Greta. Harry Cartwright lived there too in a pit house.
16:45
Joe Reece was the manager, he was at East Greta all the time. He ended up with a winding ticket. In 1914 the engine workshop was down at No. 1. There was one at East Greta Junction too. Town and street lighting was supplied from the Paxton pit. Dick was born in 1906.
21:50
End of Tape
SubjectHemsworth, Richard Stanley, 1906-1997PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToAleck DeitzCreatorDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010PlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Paxton Colliery, NSW[2] East Greta Colliery, NSW[3] Cessnock, NSWIdentifier110Aloading google map....
Hemsworth, Richard Stanley, 1906-1997, Dick Hemsworth (1906-1997) - Mine Undermanager. Recorded 23 March 1983. Part 1/1 , [110A]. Living Histories, accessed 23/09/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/55686