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Blantyre Colliery Disaster 1877

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Date: 22 Oct 1877 [unknown]
Location: Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotlandmap
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Contents

History and Circumstances

  • Date: 22 October 1877
  • Location: Blantyre, Lanarkshire
  • Type: Coal Mine Explosion
  • Victims: 215 identified see Index of Victims
  • Cause: ignition of fire damp
Miners: A-G
Name Sourced Bio Connected Category
James Allan, age 22
Peter Anderson, age 15
Thomas Baxter, age 21
William Black, age 38
Thomas Bolton, age 15
James Bolton, age 17
Thomas Bolton, age 16
William Bolton, age 13
William Boyle, age 49
Simon Boyle, age 15
Owen Brannaghan, age 19
Michael Brannan, age 26
James Brodie, age 25
James Brown, age 43
John Brown, age 18
James Brown, age 14
John Burns, age 33
Thomas Burns, age 24
Peter Burns, age 13
Patrick Burns, age 34
Andrew Burt, age 24
Michael Cairns, age 29
John Campbell, age 33
William Campbell, age 35
William Campbell, age 14
Peter Carlin, age 34
Peter Carmichael, age 17
John Cavanagh, age 19
James Cavanagh, age 16
John Cavanagh, age 23
James Clark, age 19
Turnbull Cleghorn, age 20
James Clyde, age 38
Francis Cosgrove, age 15
John Cox, age 46 Yes

Andrew Cox, age 16

Yes
Charles Coyle, age 21
John Crawford, age 24
Charles Divers, age 27
John Dobbie, age 25 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Thomas Dobbie, age 27 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Patrick Dolan, age 22
John Dolan, age 19
William Irons Dunstan, age 24
Robert Eadie, age 50
William Freckleton, age 23
Charles Gainer, age 23
Samuel Gardener, age 21
William Gemmell, age 19
John Gemmell, age 22
Matthew Gemmell, age 31
Joseph Gilmour, age 35
Joseph Gilmour, age 13
John Gold, age 28
Benjamin Gold, age 24
Andrew Gold, age 22
James Gold, age 33
Thomas Gracie, age 57
William Graham, age 13

Rescue Efforts

Results and Findings

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Collaboration


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