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Garscube Colliery

Location:	Maryhill 3 miles [5 km] NNW of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS571696, 55° 53' 54" N, 4° 17' 9" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Robert Addie and Sons
	Garscube Colliery Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1855 - Coal.
	1894 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1896 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
	1920 - Coal.
	1947 - Coal: Gas, Household. (20,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Gas, Household.
Employment:	1894 - 322 (281 below, 41 surface)
	1896 - 179 (147 below, 32 surface)
	1920 - 24 (17 below, 7 surface)
	1923 - 24 (17 below, 7 surface)
	1933 - 121 (101 below, 20 surface)
	1940 - 135 (117 below, 18 surface)
	1947 - 135 (117 below, 18 surface)
	1954 - 190 (150 below, 40 surface)
Seams Worked:	1920 - Cannel, Davie, Meikle Main, Splint, Upper Possil, Wee
	1954 - Bannockburn Main
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

13th

Dec

1853

Explosion of firedamp, 5 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Allan, David, 25 Aug 1880, aged 42, Sinker, Fall of roof
						Bonnar, William, 05 Dec 1858, aged 24, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Brown, John, 03 Feb 1862, aged 25, Pitheadman, Was drawn into the shaft by the winding-rope when it broke
						Craig, John, 09 May 1865, aged 60, Collier, Fall of roof
						Donaldson, Robert, 04 May 1858, aged 39, Sinker, By the winding machinery getting out of gear with the driving shaft [More information ...]
						Kelly, Daniel, 04 May 1858, aged 45, Sinker, By the winding machinery getting out of gear with the driving shaft [More information ...]
						McAloon, Thomas, 09 Oct 1934, struck by coal from a shot, died in the Western Infirmary, Glasgow from the injuries
						McDade, Patrick, 13 Dec 1853, Explosion of firedamp (5 killed) [More information ...]
						McLaughlin, James, 04 Jul 1928, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]
						McLean, Thomas, 29 Dec 1896, aged 21, Miner, Upon entering his working place his naked light ignited firedamp. It is suspected that a proper inspection had not been made by the fireman
						McTurk, Peter, 10 Apr 1855, Explosion of firedamp
						O'Brien, John, 05 Jul 1924, 12.10 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 14, Dirt Picker, A shaking screen had been temporarily stopped and deceased, who was a "craw" picker, went partly underneath it to clear out dirt, when the screen was set in motion, and his head was crushed between the screen and a rigid chute. Death was instantaneous. If proper steps had been taken to see that everyone was clear before the plant was set in motion, the accident could not have happened
						Reid, M., 09 Jul 1937, Drawer, Killed by a runaway hutch [date of report]
						Smith, Joseph, 04 Jul 1928, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

						14 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1853 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Lancaster and Robert Williams, H.M. Inspectors of Mines
1855 Mines Inspectors Report, by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1858 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
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
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
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
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
1947 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
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Mineral Statistics for 1855 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1860 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website