| Palacecraig Colliery | Index | Palacecraig Colliery | ||
 |
|
 |
||
Palacecraig Colliery
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
| Location: | Airdrie 10½ miles [17 km] E of Glasgow |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS754632, 55° 50' 46" N, 3° 59' 21" W |
| Opened: | 1854 |
| Closed: | 1880 |
| Owners: | William Baird and Company |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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!
 | Cairns, John, 15 Jan 1857, Collier, By a "race" of hutches upon a dook, the bottom bar of the first broke [More information ...] | |||||
| Condie, James, 12 Nov 1863, aged 20, Collier, Explosion of firedamp | |||||
| Hamilton, John, 22 Aug 1865, aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof | |||||
| Hammel, George, 24 Apr 1866, aged 50, Collier, Fall of roof in his working place | |||||
| Lynch, James, 22 Feb 1857, Collier, Explosion of firedamp | |||||
| Malloy, Michael, 13 Apr 1870, aged 13, Drawer, Fall of stones from the side of the shaft | |||||
| McDoll, Hugh, 13 Mar 1874, aged 63, Brusher, Fall of roof | |||||
| McMillan, Daniel, 22 Mar 1856, Fall of stone while "robbing" a coal stoop, contrary to the rules of the colliery | |||||
| McMillan, James, 30 Oct 1856, Fall of coal at the face | |||||
| McMun, Robert, 21 Sep 1872, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof | |||||
| Miles, James, 16 May 1861, aged 17, Miner, Fall of ironstone | |||||
| Mulligan, William, 29 Dec 1866, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof | |||||
| Paterson, Joseph, 30 Apr 1861, aged 29, Fireman, Suffocated by going into a body of firedamp [More information ...] | |||||
| 13 names found | ||||||
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Palacecraig Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Palacecraig Colliery
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Credits
Sources:
- 1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1861 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1863 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related Links:
None found
Contains public sector information licensed under the 
