	Wester Gartshore Colliery	Index	Wester Gartshore Colliery

Wester Gartshore Colliery

Location:	8 miles [13 km] NE of Glasgow
Map Ref:	(Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS685730, 55° 55' 56" N, 4° 6' 19" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	J. and A. Wallace
	Cadzow Coal Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1894 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing.
	1910 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
	1920 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
	1947 - Coal: Anthracite, Coking, Household, Navigation. (75,000 tons)
Employment:	1894 - 178 (142 below, 36 surface)
	1896 - 169 (127 below, 42 surface)
	1900 - 193 (154 below, 39 surface)
	1905 - 200 (162 below, 38 surface)
	1910 - 171 (137 below, 34 surface)
	1915 - 141 (108 below, 33 surface)
	1920 - 134 (104 below, 30 surface)
	1923 - 147 (93 below, 54 surface)
	1933 - 502 (414 below, 88 surface)
	1937 - 548 (434 below, 114 surface)
	1940 - 548 (434 below, 114 surface)
	1947 - 548 (434 below, 114 surface)
Seams Worked:	1910 - Coking
	1915 - Coking
	1920 - Coking, Main, Wee
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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!

						Baxter, John, 23 Jan 1890, aged 70, Miner, Explosion of compressed powder by a spark from his lamp
						Fitzpatrick, Patrick, 15 Aug 1899, aged 50, Brusher, Safety lamps were in use. The deceased worked alone when the explosion occurred. A tobacco pipe was afterwards found close to his working place, where a hurdle screen was erected to prevent gas from a feeder from accumulating
						Gray, Robert, 20 Jul 1878, aged 23, Sinker, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Griffin, Edward, 20 Jul 1878, aged 26, Sinker, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Harper, David, 03 Mar 1898, aged 60, Miner, Fall of roof at working face
						Harper, James, 20 Jul 1878, aged 31, Sinker, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]
						Hawkie, William, 19 Sep 1904, aged 45, Miner, Fall of roof at working face
						Montgomery, Joseph, 19 Jan 1944, aged 49, Drawer, died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary as the result of multiple injuries received in an accident, address: 8 Glasgow Road, Kirkintilloch [date of report]
						Smith, Robert, 20 Feb 1889, aged 53, Bottomer, Pushed a hutch into the open shaft at a mid-working and fell after it
						Wishart, John, 02 May 1907, aged 30, Fireman, While making his inspection firedamp extinguished his lamp. In striking a match to relight it he ignited the gas

						10 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), 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
1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), 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
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
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
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
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website