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Woodside Colliery
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| Location: | 6½ miles [11 km] WNW of Lanark |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 64 Glasgow) NS792488, 55° 43' 3" N, 3° 55' 24" W |
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| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Anderson, George, 05 Oct 1910, aged 25, Driver, When a horse was pulling four loaded hutches up a "lye" one of the hutches became derailed and collided with the roof supports and displaced them. About 1½ cwts. of roof stone, in consequence, fell upon and killed him | |||||
| Barr, John, 11 Feb 1875, aged 15, Switch keeper, [On Inclined Planes] Crushed on engine plane. He was found under the tubs. It was supposed he had been riding on the train, which was against orders | |||||
| Brown, David, 14 Jun 1872, Miner, Fall of coal | |||||
| Copeland, John, 05 Mar 1859, Collier, By fall of stone while engaged repairing an old drawing road | |||||
| Currie, John, 27 Nov 1866, aged 46, Miner, A piece of wood was being sent to him on a handline. The knot slipped and the wood fell and struck and hit his head | |||||
| Melvin, Thomas, 11 Jul 1863, aged 45, Drawer, He fell down to a lower seam. The scaffold had been removed unknown to him during the previous night, and had not been replaced by the overman | |||||
| Melvin, William, 30 Nov 1875, aged 34, Roadsman, [Fall of roof] A stone fell from the roof of a drawing road while he was examining it (Stoop and room) | |||||
| Muir, Peter, 04 Feb 1884, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; removing stoops | |||||
| Thomson, Thomas, 24 Dec 1885, Collier, Fall of roof. While redding a road; stoop and room | |||||
| 9 names found | ||||||
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
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also include a photograph of the deceased.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Woodside Colliery (LKS)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Woodside Colliery (LKS)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1859 Mines Inspectors Report, East of Scotland District by Robert Williams, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1863 Mines Inspectors Report, by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 840), Scotland, East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Scotland, East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Scotland East District by Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Scotland District (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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