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 section, summarises the lighting and blasting activities. LIGHTING AND BLASTING “Open oil lamps were ordinarily used in working. Safety lamps in exceptional instances were used in […]
I was very honoured to receive a nice gift in the post in December 2021 from Blantyre Project reader, George Park. Wrapped very careful in cotton wool, was this small, delicate miner’s lamp. George had already corresponded with me, so I knew it was coming by post and thanks to our conversations knew the story […]
Mary Roberts certainly had a hard life. She had been married previously to John Gold, but left a widow when John died in the Blantyre Pit Disaster in 1877. The terrible thing about this tragedy is she not only lost her husband, but she had also lost 3 brother in laws AND 4 of her […]