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Garallan Colliery
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| Location: | Old Cumnock 13 miles [21 km] E of Ayr |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 70 Ayr, Kilmarnock and Troon) NS547183, 55° 26' 13" N, 4° 17' 49" W |
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| Owners: | Garallan Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Garallan Brick and Tile Co., Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1954 - Garrallan - Coal: Household. |
| Employment: | 1923 - 259 (220 below, 39 surface) |
| 1933 - 15 (12 below, 3 surface) | |
| 1940 - 69 (54 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1954 - Garrallan - 37 (30 below, 7 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1954 - Garrallan - Claud |
| 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!
 | Devlin, Peter, 25 Nov 1924, (accident: 24 Nov 1924, 2.25 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 62, Pit Bottomer, Deceased signalled the rise side cage away from the bottom of the shaft. The cage was lifted about 20 ft. to lower the dip side cage to the low scaffold and was then lowered again to bring the dip side cage back to the pithead. Deceased obviously thought the rise side cage was going right to the surface, and wanting to get from one side of the shaft to the other, walked across the rise side compartment of the shaft, with the result that he was crushed down on to the cage seat by the descending cage, receiving injuries from which he died 24 hours later. A passage way 12 yards long was provided for the purpose of getting from one side of the shaft to the other. Had this passage been used or had there been a man on either side of the shaft, so as to make it unnecessary for deceased to cross over, the accident would have been avoided. Deceased contravened General Regulations 21 (a) and 22 | |||||
| Dunsmuir, James, 30 Mar 1874, aged 64, Roadsman, Fall of roof | |||||
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Garallan Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Garallan Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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