Blantyre Colliery Shaft Accident – Blantyre – 1878

BLANTYRE. Blantyre, Lanarkshire, 5th. March, 1878.

The colliery was the property of William Dixon Limited and six men and boys were killed in an overwinding accident.

The men who died were:

• Pat. Houghnie, collier aged 36 years.
• Martin Houghnie, collier, aged 16 years.
• Pat. Hopkins, collier, collier, aged 20 years.
• Thomas Murdoch, collier, aged 50 years.
• Robert Murdoch, colier, aged 20 years.
• Michael Currie, collier, aged 40 years.

REFERENCES
Mines Inspectors Report, 1878. Mr. Moore.

Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre.