Continuing my quest to tell the personal stories of ALL 215 miners who died in the Blantyre Mining Disaster. As with each previous year, I’ve added more articles slowly but surely forming a growing list of life stories. Today, we remember William Clyde (14). This is the story of brother of James Clyde the youngest […]
This morning, as with each year on this particular day, we remember the 215 men and boys who sadly lost their lives in the Blantyre Pit Disaster. At 8.45am on 22nd October 1877, a huge explosion caused by fire damp occurred in Pit 3, also significantly affecting Pit 2 in High Blantyre. Deep below the […]
The last part of the inquiry document, a summary from the official Inquiry Report for “Blantyre Colliery Explosion” of 1877. Transcribed by myself word for word for the first time appearing online, this particular end section summarises the all the inquiry’s findings, presented to the Government at Whitehall. SUMMARY “In summing up the causes conducing […]
I continue to explore, research and flesh out the lives of the Blantyre miners who lost their lives in accidents. This article in particular is the story of Neil WARD, a middle aged, Blantyre miner who sadly lost his life in the 1877 Pit Disaster. Neil Ward was born in 1819 in Donegal, Ireland to […]
My history colleague, Alex Rochead recently pointed out potential errors or mistakes in the burial records of the Blantyre Pit Disaster miners who were buried at Dalbeth. This all highlights the difficulties in recording the identities, names and ages of the miners in the immediate weeks after the disaster. What is fact, determined from death […]
Part of the summary from the official Inquiry Report for “Blantyre Colliery Explosion” of 1877. Transcribed by myself word for word for the first time appearing online, this particular detailed section near the end of the report summarises the mines regulation and inspection This preceded their final conclusions and summary, which I’ll post tomorrow. MINES […]
Part of the summary from the official Inquiry Report for “Blantyre Colliery Explosion” of 1877. Transcribed by myself word for word for the first time appearing online, this particular detailed section near the end of the report summarises the discipline, skill and care within the mine. The favour of this extract is that men were […]