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Barbauchlaw Colliery
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| Location: | Armadale 15½ miles [25 km] SW of Dunfermline |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS927681, 55° 53' 39" N, 3° 42' 58" W |
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| Owners: | Robert Muir and Co., Ltd. |
| Robert Muir and Co. (1930) Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Steam. (27,000 tons) |
| Employment: | 1923 - 26 (20 below, 6 surface) |
| 1933 - 20 (14 below, 6 surface) | |
| 1940 - 24 (17 below, 7 surface) | |
| 1947 - 88 (81 below, 7 surface) | |
| 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!
 | Aitken, James, 12 Jul 1877, aged 38, Collier, Fall of coal. At face. Longwall | |||||
| Brown, John, 25 Feb 1882, aged 47, Collier, Fall of roof. At face long wall | |||||
| Bruce, John, 03 Jul 1908, aged 51, Oversman, Deceased was proceeding down a mine from the surface, behind an empty rake, when a runaway tub from the surface overtook him | |||||
| Currie, Duncan, 02 Nov 1877, aged 44, Sinker, Suffocated by choke-damp in a sinking pit which had gone down on an "old waste" | |||||
| Forrester, William, 26 May 1884, aged 40, Collier, Fall of side. While holing ; long wall | |||||
| 5 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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Barbauchlaw Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Barbauchlaw Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), 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
- 1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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