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Clackmannan Colliery
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| Location: | Clackmannan 8 miles [13 km] ESE of Stirling |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS912897, 56° 5' 19" N, 3° 44' 52" W |
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| Owners: | Mitchell and Mowbray |
| Clackmannan Coal Co. | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1899 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 315 (261 below, 54 surface) |
| 1896 - 212 (159 below, 53 surface) | |
| 1899 - 186 (153 below, 33 surface) | |
| 1900 - 175 (146 below, 29 surface) |
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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!
 | Allan, John, 21 Jan 1863, aged 33, Collier, Neglected to prop up roof at face | |||||
| Allan, Robert, 23 Jun 1853, Fall of roof | |||||
| Bridgeman, Caleb, 03 May 1875, aged 28, Sinker, [Whilst ascending or descending] In ascending sinking pit from a shot he was caught by the mid-wall and fell to the bottom, a depth of 16 fathoms | |||||
| Cadzean, Simon, 22 Apr 1856, Collier, Drawn over pithead wheels by neglect of engineman | |||||
| Ferguson, James, 16 Jun 1894, Noon, aged 45, Miner, Fall of roof | |||||
| Hunter, Alexander M., 01 Feb 1882, aged 49, Bottomer, Crushed by cage, which he appeared to have allowed to descend upon him | |||||
| Love, Francis, 08 Jan 1876, aged 17, Collier, [Fall of roof] At face. Longwall | |||||
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| Muir, David, 03 Sep 1897, aged 34, Brusher, Deceased and another were brushing a slope road head. Deceased knocked out the props which supported the brushing, and thereafter tapped it; and, although it was cut along the centre by a longwall break, considered it to be safe, and was passing out underneath it when it fell upon him, inflicting injuries which resulted fatally two hours later. Deceased might readily have got out by passing along the longwall face to the nearest branch road | |||||
| Russell, James, 22 May 1899, aged 14, Pony driver, While the deceased were riding on a rake of loaded hutches drawn by a pony, the pony appears to have stepped across the road in a lye and the tail chain came in contact with a tree set in the middle of the road and displaced it, causing a heavy fall of roof. White contravened a Special Rule in riding [More information ...] | |||||
| Thompson, James, 27 Apr 1889, aged 50, Bottomer, Crushed by cage [More information ...] | |||||
| White, John, 22 May 1899, aged 21, Miner, While the deceased were riding on a rake of loaded hutches drawn by a pony, the pony appears to have stepped across the road in a lye and the tail chain came in contact with a tree set in the middle of the road and displaced it, causing a heavy fall of roof. White contravened a Special Rule in riding [More information ...] | |||||
| 12 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.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Clackmannan Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Clackmannan Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1853 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Lancaster and Robert Williams, H.M. Inspectors of Mines
- 1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by Robert Williams, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1863 Mines Inspectors Report, by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), Scotland, East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Scotland, East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Scotland, East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), 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
- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1899 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), 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
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