	Douglas Park Colliery	Index	Douglas Park Colliery

Douglas Park Colliery

Location:	Bothwell 9½ miles [15 km] ESE of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS724588, 55° 48' 23" N, 4° 2' 6" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	John Wilson
	Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
	1920 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 298 (261 below, 37 surface)
	1900 - 254 (212 below, 42 surface)
	1905 - 276 (234 below, 42 surface)
	1910 - 311 (267 below, 44 surface)
	1915 - 275 (212 below, 63 surface)
	1920 - 290 (237 below, 53 surface)
	1923 - 228 (185 below, 43 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Ell, Main, Pyotshaw, Splint
	1915 - Ell, Main, Pyotshaw, Splint
	1920 - Blackband, Ell, Main, Pyotshaw, Splint
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Barr, William, 01 Dec 1892, aged 21, Miner, Fall of roof at working face while "stooping"
						Carr, John, 01 Mar 1904, aged 50, Waggon shifter, When leaning on the buffer of a waggon another waggon came down and crushed him
						Corrigen, Hugh, 28 Dec 1889, aged 18, Miner, Fall of roof in road which was being enlarged
						Deans, William, 01 Feb 1883, aged 25, Screenman, Run over by waggon, which he was bringing forward to screens
						Dickson, James, 12 Jun 1901, aged 18, Miner, Fall of roof at working face
						Duffy, James, 01 Oct 1896, aged 30, Miner, Fall of roof and a small part of coal at working face
						Graham, James, 27 Aug 1906, aged 54, Miner, Fall of roof in working place
						McGeoch, James, 19 Jun 1893, 5.15 p.m., aged 27, Miner, Fall of roof at stoops while taking out props
						McGovern, Michael, 30 Jul 1895, 9 a.m., aged 45, Miner, Fall of coal while "stooping"
						McLellan, George, 20 Jan 1913, aged 19, Repairer, Deceased and his brother were engaged repairing a roadway when suddenly the stone which they were about to secure fell and fatally crushed him
						Murdoch, John, 27 Oct 1907, aged 50, Brusher, Fall of roof on road while repairing it
						Passmore, Cormack, 06 Aug 1887, aged 20, Collier, Fall of roof. At face; stoop and room
						Petigrew, Thomas, 18 May 1912, aged 65, Wheel Oiler, He attempted to cross from one side of the shaft to the other by the cage seat, and just as he made to step across the descending cage came down upon him, and crushed him fatally. There was a good road at the end of the shaft for the purpose of getting to both sides of the shaft, and he should have taken advantage of it
						Rutherford, William, 12 Sep 1892, aged 23, Brusher, Fall of roof at brushing face
						Shannon, David, 11 May 1909, aged 16, Miner, Fall of side in road-head while occupied filling a hutch
						Wright, Samuel, 06 Jun 1889, aged 27, Miner, Fall of roof while drawing props

						16 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:

1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, 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), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), West Scotland District (No. 2) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Scotland District (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Scotland Division (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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