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Twechar Colliery

Location:	7 miles [11 km] ENE of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS695675, 55° 52' 59" N, 4° 5' 11" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	William Baird and Co., Ltd.
	Bairds and Scottish Steel Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1894 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone.
	1896 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing, Steam. Ironstone.
	1900 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1920 - No. 1 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1947 - No. 1 - Coal: Household, Industrial. (100,000 tons)
	1954 - No. 1 - Coal: Household, Industrial.
Employment:	1894 - 204 (157 below, 47 surface)
	1896 - 218 (163 below, 55 surface)
	1900 - 278 (163 below, 115 surface)
	1905 - 343 (233 below, 110 surface)
	1910 - 288 (229 below, 59 surface)
	1915 - 275 (210 below, 65 surface)
	1933 - No. 1 - 337 (260 below, 77 surface)
	1937 - No. 1 - 385 (298 below, 87 surface)
	1940 - No. 1 - 398 (284 below, 114 surface)
	1947 - No. 1 - 365 (243 below, 122 surface)
	1954 - No. 1 - 390 (290 below, 100 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Haughrig, Upper
	1915 - Coking, Haughrig
	1920 - No. 1 - Coking, Haughrig
	1954 - No. 1 - Cloven, Smithy
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!
	Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Twechar Colliery

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!

						Abercrombie, James, 20 Jul 1881, aged 34, Miner, Fall of ironstone
						Aitken, William, 23 Sep 1874, aged 33, Oversman, Fell down the shaft while engaged putting the cage into the guides
						Burns, Robert, 12 Jun 1911, (accident: 07 Jun 1911, 8.30 a.m.), aged 55, Roadsman, In taking a short cut from one seam to another, the deceased went into some old workings where he ignited a small quantity of gas with his naked light. He died on 13th June
						Crawford, Joseph, 17 Aug 1896, aged 18, Locomotive brakesman, While uncoupling waggons from locomotive, he fell and was run over by locomotive
						Higney, John, 23 Jan 1899, aged 55, Miner, While holing, a piece of coal and roof fell on him
						Humphreys, Thomas, 23 Feb 1907, aged 40, Brusher, Fall of roof in working place after knocking out a prop to put in a building
						Menzies, William, 23 Dec 1889, aged 65, Furnaceman, Fell off boiler heads, a distance of 9 feet
						Ralston, Daniel, 14 Jun 1872, aged 40, Miner, Fall of roof at face
						Ralston, Robert, 18 Dec 1865, aged 19, Assistant pitheadman, Pushed a hutch into the open shaft and fell down with it
						Rankine, Robert, 22 Sep 1880, aged 20, Chain runner, Found run over by hutches on a dook
						Ross, William, 24 Aug 1881, aged 27, Miner, By Blasting
						Stark, James, 21 Jan 1910, aged 33, Roadsman, Stunned by a fall of stone from roof of road and then injured by cousie race
						Thomson, Neil, 05 Dec 1872, Miner, By attempting to get off the cage before it was properly landed
						Tourley, Patrick, 26 Sep 1889, aged 55, Bencher, Run over by hutches on self acting incline
						Wilson, Nathaniel, 19 Jan 1871, aged 40, Miner, Fall of ironstone and roof at face

						15 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Scotland, West District by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), West Scotland District (No. 2) by John M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Scotland District (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Scotland District (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1920 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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
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
1937 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
1940 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
1947 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
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website