	Barrwood Colliery	Index	Barrwood Colliery

Barrwood Colliery

Location:	Kilsyth 11 miles [18 km] SSW of Stirling
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS723773, 55° 58' 20" N, 4° 2' 43" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	No. 1 Pit
	No. 2 Pit, locn: (Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS719775
Owners:	W. Baird and Company
	William Baird and Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Coking, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Coking, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Coking, Steam.
	1910 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Coal: Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 174 (131 below, 43 surface)
	1900 - 116 (66 below, 50 surface)
	1905 - 53 (40 below, 13 surface)
	1910 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 18 (12 below, 6 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Cloven, Pumping
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

8th

Mar

1878

Explosion of gas, 17 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Burns, Alexander, 08 Mar 1878, aged 34, Bottomer, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Cameron, James, 08 Mar 1878, aged 15, Collier, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Cameron, William, 08 Mar 1878, aged 44, Collier, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Campbell, Alexander, 26 Dec 1873, aged 60, Assistant bricklayer, Explosion of fire-damp
						Cowan, Walter, 08 Mar 1878, aged 32, Incline man, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Daily, John, 25 Nov 1884, aged 23, Brusher, Fall of roof
						Davidson, John, 15 Aug 1891, aged 14, Stone-picker, Run over by a waggon while snibbling it
						Drain, Alexander, 15 Mar 1898, (accident: 07 May 1897), aged 30, Brusher, Fall of roof at brushing face. Injured on 7th May, 1897, and died on 15th March, 1898
						Duncan, Andrew, 02 Aug 1884, aged 26, Collier, Fall of roof
						Fleming, David, 08 Mar 1878, aged 17, Engine boy, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Gairdner, Peter, 25 May 1875, (accident: 17 May 1875), Collier, Explosion of firedamp. Injured on the 17th ; died on the 25th [More information ...]
						Gould, David, 08 Mar 1878, aged 19, Collier, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Gould, James, 08 Mar 1878, aged 45, Collier, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Hardie, Edward, 08 Mar 1878, aged 38, Collier, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Irvine, James, 30 Sep 1881, aged 18, Furnaceman, Got entangled with the machinery
						Marshall, David, 08 Dec 1897, aged 41, Brusher, Fall of roof at roadhead while brushing the pavement
						Millar, John, 08 Mar 1878, aged 35, Collier, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Patrick, Alexander, 27 Aug 1874, aged 53, Bottomer, Explosion of firedamp
						Ralston, Walter, 08 Mar 1878, aged 30, Collier, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Rankine, William, 07 May 1885, aged 14, Drawer, Fall of roof
						Rankine, William, 07 May 1886, aged 14, Drawer, Fall of roof
						Reid, James, 20 Dec 1889, aged 33, Brusher, Explosion of firedamp (other 5 men injured) [More information ...]
						Rennie, David, 03 Feb 1897, aged 22, Brusher, Fall of roof on road while passing beneath it
						Ross, Alexander, 08 Mar 1878, aged 40, Collier, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Ross, James, 08 Mar 1878, aged 15, Collier, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Wardrope, David, 08 Mar 1878, aged 20, Collier, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Wardrope, James, 08 Mar 1878, aged 52, Collier, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Wardrope, James, jnr., 08 Mar 1878, aged 16, Collier, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						White, Robert, 08 Mar 1878, aged 24, Collier, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Willans, James, 30 Sep 1880, aged 42, Roadsman, Fall of roof
						Young, George, 08 Mar 1878, aged 34, Collier, By fire in shaft and explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

						31 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
OS Grid Reference from GB1900 dataset