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Alnwick Lodge Colliery
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| Location: | Dreghorn 5 miles [8 km] WNW of Kilmarnock |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS354419, 55° 38' 35" N, 4° 36' 54" W |
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| Owners: | Merry and Cunningham |
| 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!
 | Cairns, Thomas, 26 Dec 1855, Falling down the shaft in attempting to go on cage whilst in motion | |||||
| Docherty, John, 09 Feb 1856, Fall of roof in a drawing road | |||||
| McCallum, James, 11 May 1857, Collier, Fall of coal | |||||
| Neil, Edward, 28 Nov 1881, aged 26, Collier, Explosion of firedamp ; suffocated | |||||
| 4 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.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Alnwick Lodge Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Alnwick Lodge Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1855 Mines Inspectors Report, by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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