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Farme Colliery

Location:	Rutherglen 3 miles [4 km] SE of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS621624, 55° 50' 7" N, 4° 12' 4" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	James Fairrie
	Farme Coal Co., Ltd.
	Farme Coal Co. (1915), Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1900 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1905 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1910 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1915 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1920 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
Employment:	1894 - 228 (187 below, 41 surface)
	1900 - 222 (180 below, 42 surface)
	1905 - 319 (264 below, 55 surface)
	1910 - 298 (244 below, 54 surface)
	1915 - 300 (245 below, 55 surface)
	1920 - 592 (520 below, 72 surface)
	1923 - 568 (498 below, 70 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Ell, Humph, Main, Splint, Upper, Virgin
	1915 - Ell, Humph, Upper, Virgin
	1920 - Ell, Humph, Kiltongue, Splint, Upper, Virgin
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!

						Anderson, David, 19 Sep 1878, aged 52, Collier, Fall of roof
						Bennett, Robert, 09 Jul 1892, aged 26, Miner, Fall of coal at working face
						Carson, Hugh, 18 Oct 1873, aged 32, Brusher, Fall of roof
						Duncan, William, 20 Mar 1876, aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof
						Falls, Robert, 08 May 1901, aged 40, Brusher, Fall of roof at brushing face
						Hall, John, 01 Mar 1922, 1 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 34, Bogieman, Deceased was employed in connection with the underground haulage. He was thrown from a bogie attached to a runaway rake of which he was in charge and sustained an apparently slight injury, viz., flesh wound on right knee, but death occurred 59 days later from septic poisoning. The wound was treated by a doctor immediately on arrival at the surface.
						Kelkevie, Victor, 10 Feb 1922, 9.30 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 27, Miner, He was stripping a downthrow fault which was almost parallel to the line of face when a heavy fall of hard sand-stone occurred between the last row of props and the face. There was evidence that a row of props had been set 4 ft. from the face, but under the special conditions another row should have been set closer up
						Robertson, William, 16 Nov 1853, Fall of roof
						Turkentine, James, 16 Jul 1880, aged 50, Brusher, Fall of roof whilst about to take it down
						Winning, James, 02 Jun 1897, aged 37, Night gaffer, Fall of roof on main haulage road while repairing it

						10 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1853 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Lancaster and Robert Williams, H.M. Inspectors of Mines
1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, 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
1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), 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
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
1922 Mines Inspectors Report
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
OS Grid Reference from GB1900 dataset