	Cardowan Colliery	Index	Cardowan Colliery

Cardowan Colliery

Location:	Stepps, by Glasgow 5½ miles [9 km] ENE of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS666683, 55° 53' 23" N, 4° 7' 59" W
Opened:	1929
Closed:	1983
Sinking Started:	1924-28
Pits:	No. 1 Pit
	No. 2 Pit
	No. 3 Pit, locn: (Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS668682, opened: 1958, sinking: 1958
Owners:	James Dunlop and Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Navigation. (450,000 tons)
	1954 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Navigation.
Employment:	1933 - 851 (691 below, 160 surface)
	1940 - 1,010 (850 below, 160 surface)
	1947 - 1,010 (850 below, 160 surface)
	1954 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 1,370 (1,150 below, 220 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1954 - Nos. 1 and 2 - Kilsyth Coking, Meiklehill Main, Meiklehill Wee
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

16th

Nov

1932

Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, 11 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Bradley, William, 16 Nov 1932, aged 30, Hewer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, single, address: Blantyre [More information ...]
						Bryce, Dennis, 26 Jan 1856, Fall of roof at his wall face
						Dewar, John, 25 Jul 1960, aged 40, Engineer, Buried: Bedlay Cemetery [More information ...]
						Flynn, Michael, 16 Nov 1932, aged 28, Hewer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, single, address: Shettleston [More information ...]
						Frati, Peter, 16 Nov 1932, aged 21, Oncostman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, married, address: Baillieston [More information ...]
						Haggerty, Daniel, 26 Jul 1866, aged 13, Collier, Fall of roof
						Hamilton, William, 31 Jul 1960, (accident: 25 Jul 1960), aged 58, Deputy [More information ...]
						Maroney, Richard, 16 Nov 1932, aged 18, Hewer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, single [More information ...]
						McAlister, William, 16 Nov 1932, aged 33, Hewer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, single [More information ...]
						McKinlay, Murdoch, 21 Mar 1857, aged Boy, Drawer, Jammed between two hutches while "drawing" [More information ...]
						McNab, John, 16 Nov 1932, aged 30, Hewer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, married [More information ...]
						McVey, James, 16 Nov 1932, aged 22, Hewer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, single, address: Baillieston [More information ...]
						Mullen, George, 16 Nov 1932, aged 28, Hewer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, married, address: Glasgow [More information ...]
						Murphy, William, 25 Jul 1960, aged 54, Deputy [More information ...]
						Reynolds, James, 16 Nov 1932, aged 43, Hewer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, single [More information ...]
						Stenzel, Theodore, 25 Jul 1960, aged 32, Engineer [More information ...]
						Watt, John, jnr., 16 Nov 1932, aged 26, Hewer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, single, address: Baillieston [More information ...]
						Whiteford, John, 16 Nov 1932, aged 41, Shot Firer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing, married, address: Baillieston [More information ...]

						18 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.

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Credits

Sources:

1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
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