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	Galawhistle Pit	Index	Galawhistle Pit

Location:	Glenbuck, Muirkirk 11½ miles [19 km] SW of Lanark
Map Ref:	(Sheet 71 Lanark and Upper Nithsdale) NS757303, 55° 33' 5" N, 3° 58' 10" W
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Owners:	Cairntable Gas Coal Co.
	Cairntable Gas Coal Co., Ltd.
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!

						Bertram, William, 16 Oct 1893, 1.45 p.m., aged 29, Miner, Fall of coal
						Clark, Hugh, 17 Mar 1888, aged 27, Miner, Fall of coal
						Davidson, Thomas, snr., 17 Oct 1894, 3.30 p.m., aged 39, Miner, Fall of coal at stoops
						Dunbar, John, 17 Jun 1887, aged 51, Collier, Fall of roof, two of his sons (Alexander and David) were injured in the same fall [More information ...]
						Haugh, Thomas, 16 Jun 1884, aged 21, Engineman, Got entangled with pumping machinery
						Overand, Robert, 19 Aug 1903, aged 32, Miner, Fall of roof in working place which was not propped as required by the regulations
						Reid, William, 15 Apr 1899, aged 53, Miner, Fall of coal while taking it down
						7 names found

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