In July 1907, Mrs Mary Morgan, of Govanhill, Glasgow, initiated a new scheme in connection with the collieries belonging the well-known firm Messrs Wm. Dixon and Co., Ltd. In particular, at their collieries at Govan, Blantyre, and Carfin. The proposal was to encourage the young pony drivers in each pit to take a greater interest […]
On this anniversary of the Blantyre Pit Disaster, we remember two more individuals, brothers no less who both lost their lives on 22nd October 1877. Not to be confused with another pair of Bolton Brothers (their cousins) who also lost their lives. This is the story of Thomas Bolton and his younger brother William, one […]
It seems barbaric to us now, but it’s easy to forget that there were ponies being used in the mines and they too were victims of the Blantyre Pit Disaster. Such animals had underground stables, living life under the ground and would surely have been blinded by sunlight if they ever came up. Looking after […]
This is the story of Peter ANDERSON, a young boy of just 15 years, who died in the Blantyre Pit Explosion on Monday 22nd October 1877. Peter was born in 1862 in England, the son of Peter Anderson Snr, a pit sinker from Edinburgh and Mary McGinnes. His mother died in childbirth, bringing him into […]