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Baads Colliery
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| Location: | West Calder 13 miles [21 km] NE of Lanark |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NT001609, 55° 49' 54" N, 3° 35' 39" W |
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| Owners: | Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co., Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1910 - Coal: Steam. |
| 1915 - No. 42 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1920 - No. 42 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1954 - Coal: Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1910 - 189 (143 below, 46 surface) |
| 1915 - No. 42 - 238 (172 below, 66 surface) | |
| 1920 - No. 42 - 280 (207 below, 73 surface) | |
| 1923 - No. 42 - 315 (239 below, 76 surface) | |
| 1933 - No. 42 - 181 (138 below, 43 surface) | |
| 1940 - No. 42 - 252 (193 below, 59 surface) | |
| 1954 - 371 (306 below, 65 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1910 - Hurlet Coal |
| 1915 - No. 42 - Hurlet | |
| 1920 - No. 42 - Hurlet | |
| 1954 - Hurlet | |
| 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!
 | Laffy, Thomas, 07 Jul 1924, 1.55 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 21, Miner's Drawer, He was completing the undercutting of the coal while the faceman was drilling a shot hole. A holing sprag, with one end rounded, had been set against the coal by the faceman. This defective sprag either fell out or was pushed out by deceased, and about 12 cwts. of coal fell on him and fractured his skull. He was extricated at once, but died about 5 minutes later | |||||
| Rennie, Patrick, 23 Sep 1913, aged 32, Brusher, He was engaged in brushing a main road when he was fatally crushed by a stone which fell away from the face of the newly exposed brushing. He had previously attempted to bring down the stone with a pinch-bar, but no impression appeared to have been then made on it, and he, therefore, thought it was safe | |||||
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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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Baads Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Baads Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Scotland Division (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1920 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Scotland Division (No. 1) by J. Masterton, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
- 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
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- OS Grid Reference from Mindat website
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