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Robroyston Colliery

Location:	Millerston 3 miles [5 km] NE of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS627679, 55° 53' 5" N, 4° 11' 43" W
Opened:
Closed:
Employment:	1923 - 169 (94 below, 75 surface)
	1933 - 489 (350 below, 139 surface)
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

28th

Mar

1924

Cage Accident, 6 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Gorman, Bennet, 28 Mar 1924, 10.10 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 41, Drawer, Overwinding [More information ...]
						Henry, Frank, 03 Apr 1924, (accident: 28 Mar 1924, 10.10 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 38, Contractor, Overwinding [More information ...]
						Jutinskis, Kazi, 28 Mar 1924, 10.10 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 39, Brusher, Overwinding [More information ...]
						Leighton, John, 05 Mar 1883, aged 17, Miner, Fall of ironstone
						McGeoch, Francis, 28 Mar 1924, 10.10 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 36, Miner, Overwinding [More information ...]
						Rowan, Thomas, 26 Feb 1924, 5.0 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 21, Contractor, Three "brushing" shots had been fired in a narrow place, and deceased was filling the debris into tubs, when, with very little warning, the roof gave way, and a stone, weighing 25 cwts., pinned him to the floor. He died 10 minutes later. Two bars and one girder and the props supporting them were displaced by the fall. The roof was abnormally "lipey" at this part, and the supports, although set in accordance with the Manager's notice, could with advantage have been set closer. The place was examined by a fireman 1 hour previously, immediately after the shots had been fired and was considered by him to be safe
						Stuksis, Andrew, 28 Mar 1924, 10.10 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 39, Brusher, Overwinding [More information ...]
						Woolley, Robert, 31 Mar 1924, (accident: 28 Mar 1924, 10.10 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 18, Haulage Motorman, Overwinding [More information ...]

						8 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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