This was just a section of the enormous crowd which gathered and lined up along Glasgow Road for the funeral of a popular Blantyre Priest in 1930. The camera looks toward the entrance of St Joseph’s Church and the funeral of Rev. Father Thomas O’Halloran which took place on the morning of Wednesday, 1st October […]
The funeral procession of the 6 victims of the Auchinraith Colliery disaster trundles up Auchinraith Road towards High Blantyre. Just look at the crowds who turned out to pay their respects! The location is on Auchinraith Road, at the top of Merry’s Rows (Elm Street) which is just out the picture to the left. The […]
I posted yesterday showing the crowd attending the funeral of Auchinraith Colliery victims in 1930. This photo perhaps better demonstrates the scale of onlookers. Taken at the junction corner of Auchinraith Road and Craig Street, the crowds were immense. On Saturday 30th August 1930, a huge explosion occurred at Number 1 pit, Auchinrath colliery belonging […]
This sad scene was a very busy funeral cortege as Blantyre suffered another terrible mining tragedy in 1930. Six men lost their lives at Auchinraith Colliery on 30th August 1930 and a few days later the dead were buried. Mass crowds lined Auchinraith Road to pay their respects, of which those pictured represented just some […]
A sad coincidence in connection with the funerals of the victims of the 1930 Auchenraith Blantyre Colliery explosion occurred and is re-told here in a short, but remarkable story. Two ladies living in Wishaw had decided to attend the funerals of the victims in Blantyre. The first one called upon the second one at her Wishaw […]
Newspapers on 27th November 1931 continued with reporting the trial and inquiry that happened following Blantyre’s disaster at Auchinraith Colliery in 1930. Pictured is the funeral procession for the deceased miners travelling past Auchinraith Primary School. As follows: “When the trial was resumed in Hamilton Sheriff Court to-day, for the fifth day, of the […]
Following the pit disaster at Auchenraith Colliery in August 1930, an inquiry was held and reported on in detail in local newspapers. The report is as follows. The photo shows the relatives of the miners arriving at Auchenraith colliery in August 1930 to find out what had happened to their loved ones. “The first […]