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	Commonhead Colliery	Index	Commonhead Colliery

Location:	Airdrie 11 miles [18 km] E of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS760662, 55° 52' 26" N, 3° 58' 55" W
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Owners:	Messrs. David and James Sneddon

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

23rd

Jul

1850

Explosion, 18 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Dickson, Robert, 23 Jul 1850, aged 22, Explosion [More information ...]
						Glen, Thomas, 23 Jul 1850, aged 23, Explosion [More information ...]
						Grant, Alexander, 23 Jul 1850, aged 11, Explosion [More information ...]
						Grant, George, 23 Jul 1850, aged 40, Explosion [More information ...]
						Hill, Robert, 23 Jul 1850, Explosion [More information ...]
						Izatt, Andrew, 23 Jul 1850, Explosion [More information ...]
						Martin, James, 23 Jul 1850, aged 22, Explosion [More information ...]
						McDonald, James, 23 Jul 1850, aged 23, Explosion [More information ...]
						McDonald, John, 23 Jul 1850, aged 30, Explosion [More information ...]
						McDonald, Wilson, 23 Jul 1850, aged 19, Explosion [More information ...]
						McIntyre, Donald, 23 Jul 1850, aged 11, Explosion [More information ...]
						McLuckie, Colin, 23 Jul 1850, aged 19, Explosion [More information ...]
						McNaught, George, 23 Jul 1850, aged 28, Explosion [More information ...]
						Rankine, Andrew, 23 Jul 1850, aged 19, Explosion [More information ...]
						Tollson, William, 23 Jul 1850, aged 20, Explosion [More information ...]
						Wark, Robert, 23 Jul 1850, aged 28, Explosion [More information ...]
						Willison, Alexander, 23 Jul 1850, aged 31, Overman, Explosion [More information ...]
						17 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. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

  more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Commonhead Colliery

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Commonhead Colliery

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Further Reading:

• Lanarkshire's Mining Disasters by Matt O'Neill, Published by Stenlake Publishing Ltd., ISBN 9781840335507