	Smeaton Colliery	Index	Smeaton Colliery

Smeaton Colliery

Location:	Dalkeith 6½ miles [11 km] ESE of Edinburgh
Map Ref:	(Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT345685, 55° 54' 21" N, 3° 2' 49" W
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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!

						Bennet, Alexander, 10 Jan 1877, aged 21, Collier, Fall of coal. At face, while shearing head coal
						Chalmers, Francis M., 24 Mar 1932, aged 54, Miner, Killed by a fall of roof
						Duncan, George, 30 Jul 1934, aged 68, Roadsman, Crushed by hutches
						Magee, James, 19 Jan 1932, aged 67, Miner, Caught by a rake of hutches
						Reid, Abram, 27 Apr 1860, Collier, By stone falling from the roof at the face of working

						5 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Smeaton Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Smeaton Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1860 Mines Inspectors Report, by Robert Williams, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
OS Grid Reference from Mindat website