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Jack Robinson (1907-) - Deputy, Bellbird Colliery. Part 2/2.

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Summary238B Jack Robinson
Recorded 13 July 1983
Part 2 of 2

Jack Robinson was a deputy at Bellbird Colliery. During his time as deputy he was responsible for discovering the remains of a miner once thought missing in the Bellbird explosion of 1923.

0:10

Harold Dodds was forced to stop working. Simey Milwood was one of the best shovellers, "Erc" Scaddon was a good coal filler. Jock Scott was another good shoveller. Tom Thomas (Tommy "Two-times") was a driver. He had three daughters, no sons. Vera Thomas. Dorothy Thomas married Clive Morrissey, and Minna. Harry Schultz and Tommy were great friends.

4:10

Bellbird generated own electrical power, they had a power house. Harry Day and Albert Wolfram both had fathers who worked up at the power house. Talk of the power supply. Arthur Graham was the man Jack reported to. Harry Day kept the boilers going for the bath house.

8:30

The early workers that he knew. Some of them were "Monkey" Ward, Jack Fitzgibbon and Aub Vernon. Talk of the paperwork left at the pits when they were closed.

11:10

Worked with Jim Mathieson. Location of the dam for the power. Talk of the wooden wagons. They would not fix them up, they just patched them.

13:30 End (Tape 238/Side B) part 2 of 2. Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

SubjectRobinson, John, 1907- Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Coal mines and mining -- New South WalesCessnock (N.S.W.) Bellbird Colliery (N,S,W,)Coal mine accidents -- New South Wales -- BellbirdBellbird Colliery Disaster, Bellbird, N.S.W., 1923PersonJack Delaney Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Depicts or Relates ToAub Vernon Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Harold Dodd Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

CreatorRobinson, John, 1907-Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the Hunter Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

PlaceCessnock, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Date Created13th July 1983Location^[1]Bellbird Colliery, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Identifier238B Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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