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Ashgill Colliery
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| Location: | Larkhall 7 miles [11 km] WNW of Lanark |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS792496, 55° 43' 29" N, 3° 55' 25" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | Oct 1951 |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Findlayson, John, 30 Jun 1874, aged 43, Fireman, Explosion of firedamp which ignited while they were putting in brattice with naked lights instead of safety lamps [More information ...] | |||||
| Forrest, Andrew, 30 Jun 1874, aged 22, Engineman, Explosion of firedamp which ignited while they were putting in brattice with naked lights instead of safety lamps [More information ...] | |||||
| Gardner, John, 18 Sep 1873, aged 35, Roadsman, He and another man had gone on the cage at the surface to descend the pit. The engineman took the cage up instead of down, and Gardner getting alarmed jumped out and fell to the ground ; the other man stayed on the cage and escaped unhurt | |||||
| McLean, John, 30 Dec 1871, aged 14, Assistant pithead man, Run tub into pit, gates off repairing | |||||
| Quinn, James, 19 Jan 1869, Sinker, Fell out of sinking kettle while ascending shaft | |||||
| Rae, Robert, 15 Feb 1876, aged 54, Collier, [Fall of coal] At "stoops". He incautiously took away coal which was intended to be left | |||||
| Smith, William, 24 Dec 1888, In shafts - falling from part way down. Fell off cage while ascending | |||||
| Unknown, -, 23 Dec 1884, Fireman, Suffocated by the fumes of an underground fire while making the morning inspection of the workings | |||||
| 8 names found | ||||||
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
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next to the name to see the web page.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ashgill Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ashgill Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), East Scotland District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), Scotland, East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Scotland, East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Scotland, East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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