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Dewshill Colliery
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| Location: | Shotts 13 miles [21 km] NNW of Lanark |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS853639, 55° 51' 17" N, 3° 49' 57" W |
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| Owners: | Coltness Iron Co., Ltd. |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1920 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 118 (100 below, 18 surface) |
| 1896 - 132 (98 below, 34 surface) | |
| 1900 - 47 (25 below, 22 surface) | |
| 1905 - 94 (92 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1910 - 187 (148 below, 39 surface) | |
| 1915 - 236 (189 below, 47 surface) | |
| 1920 - 245 (199 below, 46 surface) | |
| 1923 - 238 (192 below, 46 surface) | |
| 1933 - 407 (333 below, 74 surface) | |
| 1937 - 436 (339 below, 97 surface) | |
| 1940 - 436 (339 below, 97 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Lower Drumgray |
| 1910 - Upper and Lower Drumgray | |
| 1915 - Upper and Lower Drumgray, Virtuewell | |
| 1920 - Upper and Lower Drumgray, Virtuewell | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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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!
 | Anderson, David, 29 Feb 1924, 5.45 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 21, Bottomer, When sending up loaded hutches from a mid landing he left the gate fence open, and, thinking th cage was in position, pushed a loaded hutch into the shaft. He fell down, along with the hutch, a distance of 90 ft. and was killed instantly. Death was due to fracture of the skull | |||||
| Armour, Jacob, 24 Mar 1893, 1.45 p.m., aged 25, Miner, Fall of stone | |||||
| Baxter, Alexander, 08 Mar 1893, 1.45 p.m., aged 19, Boilerman, Fell down pit | |||||
| McLuskey, John, 15 May 1924, (accident: 20 Dec 1923, 9.0 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 17, Drawer, He was assisting another drawer to push an empty tub when he slipped and injured his knee The injury got worse gradually until he was compelled to have an operation. He died on 15th May, 1924, from septicaemia and pneumonia | |||||
| 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 Dewshill Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Dewshill 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
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1920 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1923 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
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Scotland Division (No. 1) by J. Masterton, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
- 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
- 1937 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
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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