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Carmuir Colliery
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| Location: | Larbert 9½ miles [15 km] SSE of Stirling |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS863812, 56° 0' 39" N, 3° 49' 20" W |
| Opened: | 1896 |
| Closed: | 1905 |
| Owners: | William Brown |
| Carmuir Coal Co., Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 10 [Sinking] |
| 1896 - 20 (15 below, 5 surface) | |
| 1900 - 162 (136 below, 26 surface) | |
| 1905 - 80 (61 below, 19 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Drumgray |
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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!
 | Brownlee, Robert, 22 Jan 1901, aged 59, Labourer, Deceased and another were shifting forward some loaded trucks to clear the taillye at a screen, deceased being at the left rear buffer. The truck under the screen being fully loaded, the screenman removed the trig, and permitted it to gravitate forward, meantime giving his attention to trigging up the succeeding empty trucks in the proper position. The loaded truck moved further than he anticipated, overtook the others, and crushed deceased against the buffer, killing him almost instantly | |||||
| Docherty, James, 07 Aug 1907, aged 46, Miner, Deceased had taken down some coal, and was measuring the height for a prop, when the roof suddenly fell upon him | |||||
| Gibson, Benjamin, 03 Mar 1899, aged 14, Drawer, Deceased was, against the Special Rule, taking a hutch laden with clay down an inclined road by going in front of it ; he was overpowered and run over | |||||
| Thomson, James, 07 Oct 1902, aged 15, Miner, Deceased was following his father, who was taking his last tub for the day down a cut chain cuddy brae, dipping 1 in 4. A partially filled tub was ranced up at braehead. The chain appeared to have knocked out the rance and set this tub in motion. It overtook deceased, crushed him against a prop, and broke his neck | |||||
| 4 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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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Carmuir Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Carmuir Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 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
- 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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