	Udston Colliery	Index	Udston Colliery

Udston Colliery

Location:	Blantyre 9 miles [14 km] SE of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS689552, 55° 46' 21" N, 4° 5' 24" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Dunn and Ure
	Udston Coal Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1920 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 334 (295 below, 39 surface)
	1896 - 260 (226 below, 34 surface)
	1900 - 261 (228 below, 33 surface)
	1905 - 288 (248 below, 40 surface)
	1910 - 387 (336 below, 51 surface)
	1915 - 186 (150 below, 36 surface)
	1920 - 229 (186 below, 43 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Blackband, Humph, Pyotshaw
	1915 - Blackband, Humph, Kiltongue, Virgin
	1920 - Blackband, Virgin
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

28th

May

1887

Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, 73 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

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

						Alison, James, 28 May 1887, aged 44, Bottomer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, married with 5 children [More information ...]
						Archibald, William, 15 May 1882, aged 52, Manager, The manager holed on a place containing gas while the men were in the pit ; married, address: Udston Rows, Hamilton [More information ...]
						Auchterlonie, Hugh, 28 May 1887, aged 41, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Kirkton, High Blantyre, married with 3 children, stepfather of James Nelson [More information ...]
						Barr, James, 24 Feb 1904, aged 36, Miner, Fall of roof on road while passing along it
						Bates, William, 28 May 1887, aged 41, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, East Kilbride, married with 7 children [More information ...]
						Berry, Thomas, 28 May 1887, aged 25, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Auchentibber, married with family, brother of William [More information ...]
						Berry, William, 28 May 1887, aged 22, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Auchentibber, Blantyre, unmarried, brother of Thomas [More information ...]
						Boyce, Christopher, 28 May 1887, aged 20, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Auchentibber, unmarried, brother of Joseph and William, brother-in-law of James Crichton & William Harrison, cousin of William John Boyce [More information ...]
						Boyce, Joseph, 28 May 1887, aged 18, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Auchentibber, unmarried, brother of Christopher and William, brother-in-law of James Crichton & William Harrison, cousin of William John Boyce [More information ...]
						Boyce, William, 28 May 1887, aged 23, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Auchentibber, unmarried, brother of Christopher and Joseph, brother-in-law of James Crichton & William Harrison, cousin of William John Boyce [More information ...]
						Boyce, William John, 28 May 1887, aged 23, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, married 2 children, cousin of Boyce brothers [More information ...]
						Boyd, George, 25 Dec 1903, aged 16, Miner, Fall of roof on road while passing with a hutch
						Brown, William, 28 May 1887, aged 53, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Auchentibber, married with 4 children [More information ...]
						Buddie, Andrew, 28 May 1887, aged 28, Underground Fireman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Burnbank, married with family [More information ...]
						Buesebeck, Henry, 16 Jan 1912, aged 35, Roadsman, Whilst bringing out a rake of hutches with a horse he apparently stumbled, and was run over by the first hutch
						Cameron, Isaac, 28 May 1887, aged 35, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, married, no children, brother-in-law of James Gaw [More information ...]
						Cook, James, 28 May 1887, aged 17, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Foundry Row, Greenfield, Hamilton, unmarried, son of Richard [More information ...]
						Cook, Richard, 28 May 1887, aged 50, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Foundry Row, Greenfield, Hamilton, married, father of James & Thomas [More information ...]
						Cook, Thomas, 28 May 1887, aged 20, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Foundry Row, Greenfield, Hamilton, unmarried, son of Richard [More information ...]
						Crewe, John, 28 May 1887, aged 23, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, unmarried, brother of Washington [More information ...]
						Crewe, Washington, 28 May 1887, aged 25, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, unmarried, brother of John [More information ...]
						Crichton, David, 28 May 1887, aged 21, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Auchentibber, unmarried, brother of James Crichton [More information ...]
						Crichton, James, 28 May 1887, aged 31, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Daisyknowe, Auchentibber, married with 5 children, brother of David Crichton, brother-in-law of Boyce brothers [More information ...]
						Cummings, Joseph, 28 May 1887, aged 28, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Loanfoot, Blantyre, unmarried [More information ...]
						Daley, Michael, 20 Dec 1889, aged 37, Miner, Fall of roof
						Davies, George, 28 May 1887, aged 32, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, married with child, son-in-law of Andrew Watson [More information ...]
						Dennistoun, Thomas, 28 May 1887, aged 17, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Turner's Buildings, Stonefield, unmarried, brother of William [More information ...]
						Dennistoun, William, 28 May 1887, aged 23, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Turner's Buildings, Stonefield, Blantyre, unmarried, brother of Thomas [More information ...]
						Dingsdale, George, 28 May 1887, aged 23, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, married with child [More information ...]
						Dodds, John, 28 May 1887, aged 13, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, 9 Watson St, Burnbank, Hamilton [More information ...]
						Drain, William, 28 May 1887, aged 19, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, married with child [More information ...]
						Dunsmore, James, 15 Dec 1892, 12.30 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 46, Miner, Fall of head coal
						Fleming, David, 28 May 1887, aged 27, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, lodging at Udston Rows, native of Strathaven, unmarried [More information ...]
						Gauld, James, 28 May 1887, aged 13, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, unmarried [More information ...]
						Gourlay, James, 25 Aug 1916, aged 35, Machineman, Killed by a fall of roof
						Harkness, George, 28 May 1887, aged 30, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, 42 Gladstone St, Burnbank, married, brother of John [More information ...]
						Harkness, John, 28 May 1887, aged 25, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, 42 Gladstone St, Burnbank, married with child, brother of George [More information ...]
						Harrison, William, 28 May 1887, aged 36, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Auchentibber, married with 6 children [More information ...]
						Houston, William, 28 May 1887, aged 44, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, recently arrived from Durham [More information ...]
						Jarvis, James, 28 May 1887, aged 31, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Maxwelltown, East Kilbride, unmarried [More information ...]
						Jones, Edward, 28 May 1887, aged 15, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Craig Row, Auchentibber [More information ...]
						Kane, James, 28 May 1887, aged 14, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, son of Cornelius Kane, miner, 10 Udston Rows [More information ...]
						Kerr, John, 08 Dec 1891, 8.45 a.m., aged 52, Collier, Burst of coal
						Lawson, Andrew, 28 May 1887, aged 16, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Little Udston, unmarried, eldest son of William [More information ...]
						Lawson, William, 28 May 1887, aged 41, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Little Udston, married, father of Andrew [More information ...]
						Leadbetter, James, 28 May 1887, aged 39, Ostler, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, 15 Barrack St Hamilton, married with 5 children [More information ...]
						Malcolm, Gavin Russell, 28 May 1887, aged 15, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Auchentibber, unmarried [More information ...]
						McCulloch, James, 28 May 1887, aged 14, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, East Kilbride, son of James McCulloch [More information ...]
						McCulloch, James, 28 May 1887, aged 40, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, East Kilbride, married with 5 children, father of James McCulloch [More information ...]
						McDade, John, 28 May 1887, aged 21, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Auchentibber, unmarried, brother of Michael [More information ...]
						McDade, Michael, 28 May 1887, aged 32, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Auchentibber, married with 4 children, brother of John [More information ...]
						McGinnes, John, 28 May 1887, aged 16, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, 47 Hill St, Blantyre, unmarried, brother of Peter McGinnes [More information ...]
						McGinnes, Peter, 28 May 1887, aged 22, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, 47 Hill St, Blantyre, unmarried, brother of John McGinnes [More information ...]
						McGurty, Francis, 28 May 1887, aged 49, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, married, father of James [More information ...]
						McGurty, James, 28 May 1887, aged 17, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, son of Francis, lived with parents [More information ...]
						McLean, Alexander, 28 May 1887, aged 50, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Auchentibber, married with 6 children [More information ...]
						McNiven, Robert, 28 May 1887, aged 25, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, High Dykehead, married with family [More information ...]
						McTavish, James, 28 May 1887, aged 19, Oncostman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, 23 Ann St, Burnbank, unmarried, lived with parents [More information ...]
						Morrison, Charles, 15 May 1882, aged 35, Collier, The manager holed on a place containing gas while the men were in the pit ; father of William, address: Windsor Street, Burnbank, Hamilton [More information ...]
						Morrison, William, 15 May 1882, aged 14, Collier's boy, The manager holed on a place containing gas while the men were in the pit ; son of Charles, address: Windsor Street, Burnbank, Hamilton [More information ...]
						Murdoch, William, 28 May 1887, aged 26, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, married with child [More information ...]
						Navall, John, 28 May 1887, aged 31, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Cemetery Walk, Blantyre, married with 5 children [More information ...]
						Nelson, James, 28 May 1887, aged 16, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Kirkton Blantyre, brother of John, stepson of Hugh Auchterlonie [More information ...]
						Nelson, John, 28 May 1887, aged 4, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Kirkton Blantyre, brother of James, stepson of Hugh Auchterlonie [More information ...]
						Nelson, Joseph, 28 May 1887, aged 22, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, unmarried [More information ...]
						Penman, Thomas, 28 May 1887, aged 20, Pony Driver, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, High Dykehead, unmarried- brother of Walter [More information ...]
						Penman, Walter, 28 May 1887, aged 22, Pony Driver, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, High Dykehead, unmarried - brother of Thomas [More information ...]
						Quinn, Michael, 28 May 1887, aged 21, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Causeystanes Blantyre, married with child [More information ...]
						Reid, John, 28 May 1887, aged 24, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, 24A Beckford St, Hamilton, married with 2 children [More information ...]
						Rennie, William, 10 Dec 1885, aged 56, Trimmer, Crushed between waggons at screens
						Richmond, James, 28 May 1887, aged 58, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Station, High Blantyre, widower with family [More information ...]
						Robertson, Daniel, 28 May 1887, aged 15, Drawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Auchentibber [More information ...]
						Rooney, Terence, 28 May 1887, aged 55, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Auchentibber, unmarried [More information ...]
						Shanks, David, 28 May 1887, aged 13, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, son of David Shanks [More information ...]
						Shanks, David, 28 May 1887, aged 45, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Auchintibber, married with 4 children, father of David Shanks [More information ...]
						Smith, John, 28 May 1887, aged 34, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Larkfield, Blantyre, unmarried [More information ...]
						Spiers, James, 28 May 1887, aged 38, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Old Calderwood, East Kilbride, married with 5 or 6 children [More information ...]
						Stewart, James, 22 May 1879, aged 18, Collier, Fall of coal. At face. Stoop and room.
						Stirling, Allan, 28 May 1887, aged 22, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Earnock Colliery, Parish of Hamilton, unmarried [More information ...]
						Taylor, Simon, 03 May 1882, (accident: 17 Apr 1882), aged 26, Collier, A piece of coal burst off side while filling a hutch. At stooping. Died 3rd May
						Torley, Alexander, 28 May 1887, aged 26, Fireman, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, married with child [More information ...]
						Torley, Felix, 28 May 1887, aged 43, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, unmarried [More information ...]
						Watson, Andrew Thomas, 28 May 1887, aged 48, Bottomer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, married with family, father-in-law of George Davies [More information ...]
						Wilson, James, 28 May 1887, aged 40, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, 50 Udston Rows, married with 7 children [More information ...]
						Wilson, John, 28 May 1887, aged 20, Miner, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Rows, unmarried [More information ...]
						Winter, Walter, 28 May 1887, aged 22, Drawer, Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp, Udston Row, unmarried [More information ...]

						86 names found

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Credits

Sources:

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
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), East Scotland District (No. 1) by J. B. Atkinson, 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
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), West Scotland District (No. 2) by J. M. Ronaldson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), 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