Following the 22nd October 1877 explosion, a fund was arranged to be set up to support the widows and their plight. The fund was to be National and regulated by a solicitor in Hamilton. Dixon’s Collieries started off the fund with £1,000. Mr William Dixon donated £100, as did her Majesty Queen Victoria. Merry & […]
What an interesting subject this is! The Scotsman on 24th October 1877, reported that “A preliminary meeting was held in the afternoon in the vestry of the Established Church, Blantyre, for the purpose of taking steps to raise a national fund on behalf of the sufferers by the High Blantyre Pit explosion. Provost J.C Forrest […]