Joseph Boyce was killed in the Udston Colliery Explosion on 28-May-1887
Joseph Boyce was killed along with his 2 brothers and brother-in-law in the Udston Colliery Explosion on 28-May-1887
Udston 28th May 1887
On 28th May 1887, at Udston Colliery, Parish of Hamilton, 73 men were killed by a firedamp explosion.
Christopher Boyce, 20, miner Auchentibber, unmarried
Joseph Boyce, 18, miner, Auchentibber, unmarried
William Boyce, 23, miner, Auchentibber, unmarried (3 brothers, also brother-in-laws of James Crichton & William Harrison, cousins of William John Boyce)
William Boyce, 23, married 2 children, cousin of Boyce brothers
William Harrison, 36, miner, Auchentibber, married with 6 children[1]