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The Explosion

October 13, 2023

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 of the findings, summarises the explosion itself. A warning, this entry contains some descriptions of what the rescue parties found. THE EXPLOSION “The explosion […]

1877 Sightseers and the morning after

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June 20, 2015

Blantyre Events

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Blantyre Explosion – occurred on 22nd October 1877. That night the Herald reported, “the most grevious in Blantyre’s history, when fierce squalls of sleet and rain drove away the merely curious, but lowering under hedgerows or whatever slight shelter they could obtain, many anxious ones continued to hang about the scene, eager to receive any […]

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