	Mauricewood Colliery	Index	Mauricewood Colliery

Mauricewood Colliery

Location:	Penicuik 7½ miles [12 km] S of Edinburgh
Map Ref:	(Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT236615, 55° 50' 29" N, 3° 13' 9" W
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Owners:	Shotts Iron Co.
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

5th

Sep

1889

Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, 63 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Adams, Thomas, 05 Sep 1889, aged 24, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Anderson, David, 05 Sep 1889, aged 32, Drawer, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Bell, John, 28 Apr 1894, 12.15 p.m., aged 32, Miner, Fall of roof
						Bennet, Thomas, 05 Sep 1889, aged 17, Drawer, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Brockie, William, 05 Sep 1889, aged 26, Drawer, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Brown, William, 05 Sep 1889, aged 21, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Brown, William, 05 Sep 1889, aged 25, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Burt, Hutchinson, 20 Dec 1894, 7.45 a.m., aged 17, Pony driver, Crushed by tubs
						Daly, William, 05 Sep 1889, aged 33, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Davidson, John, 05 Sep 1889, aged 37, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Dempster, Robert, 05 Sep 1889, aged 37, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Dempster, Robert, jnr., 05 Sep 1889, aged 14, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Dempster, William, 05 Sep 1889, aged 31, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Dickson, Robert, 05 Sep 1889, aged 33, Roadsman, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Foster, Thomas, 05 Sep 1889, aged 17, Pony driver, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Frazer, John, 05 Sep 1889, aged 16, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Glass, John, 05 Sep 1889, aged 28, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Grieve, William, 05 Sep 1889, aged 33, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Hamilton, Charles, 05 Sep 1889, aged 14, Pumper, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Hamilton, Mitchell, 05 Sep 1889, aged 41, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Hamilton, Mitchell, 05 Sep 1889, aged 16, Pony driver, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Hamilton, Richard, 05 Sep 1889, aged 14, Drawer, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Hamilton, Robert, 05 Sep 1889, aged 26, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Hunter, Robert, 05 Sep 1889, aged 44, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Hunter, Thomas, 05 Sep 1889, aged 38, Bottomer, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Hunter, William, 05 Sep 1889, aged 51, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Irvine, James, 05 Sep 1889, aged 32, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Kinninmont, David, 05 Sep 1889, aged 45, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Kinninmont, Robert, 05 Sep 1889, aged 17, Drawer, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Lamb, William, 05 Sep 1889, aged 22, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Lane, John, 07 Jun 1895, 10.30 a.m., aged 69, Miner, Suffocated
						Livingstone, George, 05 Sep 1889, aged 45, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						McKenzie, Daniel, 05 Sep 1889, aged 16, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						McKinlay, Alexander, 05 Sep 1889, aged 28, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						McPherson, Hugh, 05 Sep 1889, aged 60, Engineman, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						McPherson, Peter, 05 Sep 1889, aged 17, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Meikle, Thomas, 05 Sep 1889, aged 41, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Meikle, Walter, 05 Sep 1889, aged 12, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Meikle, William, 05 Sep 1889, aged 44, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Meikle, William, jnr., 05 Sep 1889, aged 15, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Miller, Robert, 05 Sep 1889, aged 17, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Miller, William, 05 Sep 1889, aged 14, Pumper, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Morgan, Martin, 05 Sep 1889, aged 20, Drawer, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Muir, George, 05 Sep 1889, aged 45, Oversman, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Penamn, David, 05 Sep 1889, aged 27, Inspector, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Penicuik, George, 05 Sep 1889, aged 40, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Penicuik, George, jnr., 05 Sep 1889, aged 14, Drawer, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Porteous, James, 05 Sep 1889, aged 29, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Porteous, William, 15 May 1884, aged 42, Fireman, Run over by carriage on mine
						Porterfield, David, 05 Sep 1889, aged 15, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Porterfield, Robert, 05 Sep 1889, aged 21, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Purves, John, 05 Sep 1889, aged 26, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Sennet, John, 05 Sep 1889, aged 15, Working fan, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Shea, Patrick, 20 Jun 1884, aged 45, Pitheadman, Crushed by haulage machinery on surface
						Somerville, James, 05 Sep 1889, aged 18, Roadsman, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Stark, James, 05 Sep 1889, aged 19, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Stark, Martin, 05 Sep 1889, aged 24, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Stewart, Alexander, 05 Sep 1889, aged 21, Drawer, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Strang, Thomas, 05 Sep 1889, aged 31, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Tolmie, James, 10 Jan 1891, 12.30 p.m., aged 17, Drawer, Crushed by tub
						Tomlie, Robert, 05 Sep 1889, aged 14, Bottomer, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Urquhart, William, 05 Sep 1889, aged 18, Bottomer, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Walker, John, 05 Sep 1889, aged 38, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Walker, John, 05 Sep 1889, aged 62, Mechanic, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Wallace, Andrew, 05 Sep 1889, aged 14, Drawer, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Wallace, David, 05 Sep 1889, aged 22, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Wilson, Adam, 06 Dec 1886, aged 24, Miner, Stone came down incline and struck him while sitting in lye, 10 yards off
						Wright, James, 05 Sep 1889, aged 16, Drawer, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered September 1889 [More information ...]
						Wright, Matthew, 05 Sep 1889, aged 34, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]
						Wright, William, 05 Sep 1889, aged 19, Miner, Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air, body recovered March 1890 [More information ...]

						70 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report