	Barncluith Colliery	Index	Barncluith Colliery

Barncluith Colliery

Location:	Hamilton 11 miles [18 km] SE of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS730547, 55° 46' 9" N, 4° 1' 26" W
Opened:	1880
Closed:	1900
Owners:	Archibald Russell
Output:	1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 246 (200 below, 46 surface)
	1896 - 308 (254 below, 54 surface)
	1900 - 283 (239 below, 44 surface)

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Burns, Henry, 01 Aug 1895, 7.15 p.m., aged 27, Miner, Fall of stone
						Clark, Patrick, 10 Jan 1893, 3.30 p.m., aged 24, Miner, Fall of roof on engine plane [More information ...]
						Dargue, Abraham, 10 Sep 1891, 12.30 p.m., aged 44, Redsman, Fall of roof
						Fleming, William, 10 Jun 1898, aged 16, Miner, Deceased was engaged holing, when the coal suddenly burst off for a distance of 15 ft., the tail end striking him, and killing him instantaneously. The fall extended into adjoining place
						Kerr, William, 22 Jun 1879, (accident: 14 Jun 1879), aged 14, Pithead boy, Run over by waggon. He was at his dinner, and had crept below the waggon for shade on a hot day. Died 22nd June
						McKay, James, 28 Jan 1890, 3.30 p.m., 10th hour of shift, aged 32, Miner, Fall of roof
						Robertson, James, 19 May 1883, aged 50, Sinker, Struck by a stone, which fell from the side of shaft. Sinking pit
						Wilson, John, 10 Jan 1893, 3.30 p.m., aged 28, Miner, Fall of roof on engine plane [More information ...]
						Woodhead, Daniel, 23 Sep 1898, aged 51, Miner, Deceased was believed to have been setting a prop near the face of a "cut" which he was taking off a stoop when a piece of head coal fell upon him, causing injuries to which he succumbed nine days later

						9 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department