Names of Individual Fatalities

Names of Individual Fatalities in Blantyre Pits / Coalmines, not including the 212 who lost their lives due to the 1877 Pit Disaster.

It has been said many times that the price of coal was never worth the loss of lives. Over and above the 212 men and boys who were killed in the 1877 Dixon’s Pit Disaster, there were at least another 207 who lost their lives in Blantyre Pits, including a 16 year old girl whose dress was caught in a revolving shaft.

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Dixon's 1 & 2 Pits

#	Name / Age	Address / Date of Death	Cause of Death
1	Alexander Aird Age 35	19 Bridge Street, Newton Killed: 23/04/1930	Roof Fall
2	John Aitken Age 24	154 Glasgow Road, Burnbank Killed: 17/01/1889	Roof Fall
3	Jonas Aleksajtis Age 47	46 Hall Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed: 13/11/1917	Run over by hutches
4	Robert Anderson Age 59	27 Bank Street, Blantyre Killed: 23/02/1941	Fall from cage into shaft
5	Samuel Anderson Age 59	Lilybank, Blantyreferme Killed: 04/09/1946	Roof Fall
6	Charles Ashbridge Age 53	10 Viewfield Avenue, Blantyre Killed: 07/03/61	Coal gas poisoning
7	Patrick Barkey Age 49	24 Caldervale Rows, Blantyre Killed: 18/07/1921	Blown up
8	James Baxter Age 54	54 Laighmuir Road, Uddingston Killed: 15/11/1928	Firedamp explosion
9	Joe Bellingham Age 53	5 Lowie Place, Uddingston Killed: 12/05/1910	Electric shock lifting girder
10	Peter Berry Age 40	4 Miller Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed: 02/07/1979	Firedamp explosion
11	Thomas Beveridge Age 52	12 Miller Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed: 26/02/1895	Roof fall
12	William Black Age 33	Springwell Killed: 26/02/1879	Large stone falling from roof
13	John Boles Age 49	1 Ardmore Place, Uddingston Killed: 13/08/12	Fall of stone
14	Patrick Bonnar Age 43	17 Elm Street, Blantyre Killed: 05/10/1956	Loaded hutches
15	William Bowie Age 35	Thornhill Place, Blantyre Killed: 13/02/1892	Roof fall
16	Tague Boyle Age 23	15 Dixon Street, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
17	James Bryson Age 47	1 Dixon Street, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
18	James Bryson Age 47	29 Calder Street, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
19	Hugh Burns Age 50	McAlpine’s Land, Blantyre Killed: 11/09/1877	Firedamp explosion
20	William Burt Age 63	Montgomery Place, Newton Died: 13/03/1939	Cardiac failure
21	Bernard Cairns Age 25	15 Dixon Street, Blantyre Killed: 05/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
22	Archibald Campbell Age 38	26 Colebrook, Cambuslang Killed: 15/04/1918	Fall of stone
23	Patrick Canavan Age 37	Bowie’s Land, Stonefield Killed: 27/07/1885	Roof fall
24	James Cassidy Age 49	15 Douglas Street, Viewpark Died: 17/09/1940	Natural causes
25	William Cassidy Age 43	333 Glasgow Road, Blantyre Killed: 25/07/1922	Roof fall
26	William Chalmers Age 40	Sneddons Land, Main Street Killed: 11/12/1917	Fall of stone
27	James Clark Age 27	Stonefield Road, Blantyre Killed: 21/12/1882	Fall of stone
28	Peter Clark Age 57	102 Glasgow Road, Blantyre Killed: 21/12/1882	Roof fall
29	William Clark Age 16	44 Ann Street, Burnbank Killed: 15/05/1907	Roof fall
30	David Clarkson Age 65	5 Priestfield Terrace, Blantyre Killed: 27/09/1918	Crushed31 by cage
31	James Connor Age 36	51 Springwell Crescent, Springwell Killed: 23/06/1945	Fell down shaft (783 feet)
32	Gavin Cook Age 19	Craighead Rows, Stonefield Killed: 26/08/1903	Falling wall
33	Andrew Cosgrove Age 41	Robertson’s Land, Blantyre Died: 06/02/1883	Meningitis abscess
34	John Cox Age 53	71 Craighead Rows, Stonefield Killed: 23/03/1905	Fell down shaft
35	Robert Cox Age 29	38 Broompark Road, Blantyre Killed: 15/04/1912	Killed preparing haulage wheel
36	Peter Crichton Age 34	41 Glasgow Road, Blantyre Killed: 13/10/1935	Roof fall
37	Alex Cummiskey Age 40	124 Glasgow Road, Blantyre Killed: 01/04/1911	Explosion
38	David Currie Age 22	3 Glenavon Terrace, Uddingston Killed: 17/12/1904	Fell down shaft
39	Michael Currie Age 38	Gardiner Place, Blantyre Killed: 05/03/1878	Fall from cage at pithead
40	Hugh Davis Age 61	127 Greenrigg Street, Uddingston Killed: 05/01/1940	Whirled round driving shaft
41	Patrick Devine Age 40	3 Laighmuir Road, Uddingston Died: 03/05/1915	Heart failure
42	Robert Dixon Age 41	Dixon’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 29/10/1895	Roof fall
43	Robert Donnachie Age 41	McAlpine’s Building, Blantyre Killed: 13/12/1888	Killed by fall of coal
44	James Donnelly Age 33	68 Baird’s Raws, Stonefield Killed: 05/01/1883	Killed whilst blasting
45	Thomas Downie Age 44	20 Dixon Street, Blantyre Killed: 02/02/1885	Roof fall
46	James Duddy Age 42	67 Merry’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 19/07/1913	Fell down pit shaft
47	James Duddy Age 23	92 Morris Crescent, Blantyre Killed: 31/08/1925	Roof fall
48	Henry Duffy Age 40	35 Calder Street, Blantyre Killed: 02/07 1879	Firedamp explosion
49	Thomas Duffy Age 26	19 Dixon Street, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
50	Richard Dunsmore Age 24	16 Small Crescent, Blantyre Killed: 31/08/1930	Firedamp explosion
51	Thomas Erskine Age 59	8 Priestfield Street, Blantyre Killed: 22/12/13	Killed by train
52	Robert Farquar Age 47	33 Craig Street, Blantyre Killed: 20/09/1912	Fall of stone
53	Thomas Ferrie Age 23	51 Auchinraith Road, Blantyre Killed: 28/08/1917	Fall of stone
54	Thomas Fleck Age 51	4 Forrest Place Killed: 20/03/1917	Fall of stone
55	Andrew Frew Age 64	51 Hunthill Road, Blantyre Killed: 20/05/1924	Cardiac failure
56	Benjamin Frew Age 17	74 High Blantyre Road, Hamilton Killed: 15/02/1927	Roof fall
57	Robert Frizzell Age 44	86 Parkville Drive, Blantyre Killed: 30/09/1949	Crushed by falling stone
58	Michael Gainor Age 42	83 Murry’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 19/01/1906	Roof fall
59	Henry Gardiner Age 23	84 Murry’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 24/12/1880	Struck/splinter-breast blasting
60	John Gardiner Age 52	165 King Street, Rutherglen Killed: 19/12/1931	Fall of stone
61	William Gardiner Age 23	16 Dixon Street, Blantyre Killed: 11/06/1880	Roof fall (Ell Seam Coal)
62	James Gigha Age 21	Craighead Rows, Stonefield Killed: 23/04/1901	Roof fall
63	John Gillespie Age 64	24 Colebrook Street, Cambuslang Killed: 18/07/1921	Blown up
64	John Gilluley Age 54	173 Second Avenue, Viewpark Killed: 10/07/1956	Roof fall
65	Campbell Gilmour Age 61	23 Clyde Street, Newton Killed: 11/12/1929	Heart failure
66	Henry Graffen Age 16	59 Auchinraith Road, Blantyre Killed: 25/03/1918	Fall of stone
67	Patrick Gribben Age 38	46 Dixon Street, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
68	Robert Halbane Age 52	68 Baird’s Raws, Stonefield Died: 09/02/1900	Heart disease
69	John Haley Age 40	10 Miller Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed: 02/11/1889	Roof fall
70	John Hall Age 40	Blantyre Works, The Village Killed: 20/10/1895	Whilst sinking (rock fall on kettle)
71	David Hamil Age 55	Dixon’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 14/11/1879 (Died at home)	Falling coal
72	John Hamilton Age 56	Strathavon Road, Hamilton Died: 23/11/1948	Heart attack
73	John Harvey Age 42	Dixon’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
74	Alex Henderson Age 57	64 Broompark Road, Blantyre Killed: 09/07/1914	Roof fall (Died Cottage Hospital)
75	John Henderson Age 32	Towe Place, Uddingston Killed: 02/08/1900	Runaway hutch
76	Cormack Higgins Age 70	76 McAlpine’s Land, Blantyre Killed: 18/09/1872	Roof fall
77	William Hill Age 19	76 Station Road, Blantyre Killed: 10/01/1931	Roof fall
78	John Hogg Age 16	93 Baird’s Raws, Stonefield Killed: 15/10/1889	Fractured skull
79	Alexander Holmes Age 31	16 Hall Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed:07/01/37	Crushed by two hutches
80	Patrick Hopkin Age 20	18 Ann Street, Burnbank Killed: 05/03/1878	Fell down shaft
81	Martin Houghney Age 16	16 Ann Street, Burnbank Killed: 05/03/1878	Fell from cage
82	Patrick Houghney Age 47	16 Ann Street, Burnbank Killed: 05/03/1878	Fell from cage
83	Michael Howard Age 26	Stonefield, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
84	Andrew Hughes Age 21	Dixon’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 13/05/1896	Roof fall
85	James Innes Age 52	37 Nursery Place, Blantyre Killed: 20/06/1954	Crushed by falling stone
86	Thomas Irvine Age 50	3 Dixon Street, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
87	James Jackson Age 48	2 Ulva Place, Blantyre Killed: 24/04/1927	Haulage rope
88	Edward Jardine Age 27	53 Calder Street, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
89	Hanisloas Jasmras Age 50	16 Stewart Street, Mossend Killed: 23/02/1941	Fall from cage
90	Ab’ram Johnstone Age 26	12 Glenlee Street, Blantyre Killed: 10/07/1923	Fell down shaft
91	Andreas Kalinsky Age 24	20 Merry’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 30/08/1930	Firedamp explosion
92	John Keenan Age 38	88 McLean Street, Govan Died: 21/10/1924	Heart failure
93	Patrick Kenney Age 18	Killed: 20/05/1870	Roof fall
94	John Kerr Age 30	Killed: 02/03/1874	Firedamp explosion
95	Jusas Kiaweski Age 23	42 Craighead Rows, Stonefield Killed: 21/09/1905	Roof fall
96	James King Age 25	23 Chapel Street, Hamilton Killed: 01/06/1904	Killed by hutches
97	Richard King Age 57	182 Main Street, High Blantyre Killed: 30/08/30	Firedamp explosion
98	James Lafferty Age 40	40 Dixon’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
99	David Lawrie Age 42	Dixon’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 22/10/1895	Whilst sinking
100	Gavin Leishman Age 14	Lyons Land, Springfield Killed: 07/02/1899	Run over by hutches
101	Andrew Lindsay Age 16	60 Merry’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 24/12/1919	Struck by piece of falling coal
102	William Loag Age 47	Harts Land, Blantyre Died: 13/10/1879	Heart disease
103	James Longmuir Age 58	Not Known	General Tuberculous
104	Edward Love Age 45	Joanna Terrace, Blantyre Killed: 04/06/1903	Head crushed
105	Patrick Lynch Age 46	60 Hall Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
106	John Macauley Age 66	11 Morris Crescent, Blantyre Killed: 13/05/1937	Cage lowered on him
107	William Mackie Age 14	Barnhill, Blantyre Killed: 07/12/1883	Fall of stone
108	John Malone Age 43	43 Dixon Street, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
109	John Markey Age 55	7 Park Street, Blantyre Killed: 18/08/1919	Struck by hutch
110	Robert McAlpine Age 36	Thorniewood Rows, Uddingston Killed: 22/08/1990	Hutches runaway
111	Thomas McAnerney Age 16	McAlpine’s Building, Blantyre Killed: 24/11/1892	Crushed by two hutches
112	Alex McArthur Age 55	27 Calder Street, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
113	Andrew Mclean Age 21	Barnhill, Blantyre Killed: 14/03/1880	Fire in pit – suffocation
114	John McCusker Age 39	Waterloo Row, The Village Killed: 23/02/1900	Roof fall
115	Henry McDade Age 27	55 Hall Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed: 13/02/1902	Roof fall
116	Hugh McDade Age 57	Lennoxs Building, Bellshill Killed: 17/06/1910	Found under stone next day
117	Thomas McDonald Age 27	Dixon’s Raws, Blantyre Killed; 26/08/1897	Roof fall
118	James McDougall Age 27	Bothwell Killed: 05/01/1883	Roof fall
119	Thomas McEachen Age 35	5 Muiredge Street, Uddingston Killed: 02/05/1942	Runaway hutch
120	Archibald McFall Age 59	97 Farm Road, Burnbank Killed: 05/02/1943	No verdict – Died underground
121	Edward McGarvie Age 23	16 Dixon Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
122	Patrick McGarvie Age 50	15 Miller Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
123	Alex McGauchie Age 59	24 Hunthill Road, Blantyre Died: 22/11/1938	Heart disease
124	Patrick McGill Age 37	Spittal Hill, Cambuslang Killed: 11/09/1877	Firedamp explosion
125	John McGinty Age 23	37 Auchinraith Road, Blantyre Killed: 17/08/1912	Fall of stone
126	Samuel McGivan Age 34	Old Rows, Hamilton Died: 24/04/1911	Cardiac failure
127	Tobias McGinchy Age 17	Middle Row, The Village Killed: 05/04/1894	Crushed between wagon buffers
128	James McGregor Age 27	Front Row, The Village Killed: 28/09/1897	Roof fall
129	John McGuigan Age 38	67 Dixon Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
130	James McGurk Age 38	54 Merry’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 24/07/1901	Crushed on side of cage
131	Hugh McKay Age 70	6 Calder Street, Blantyre Killed: 09/07/1916	Loaded hutch (out of control)
132	Eddie McLaughlan Age 17	21 Dixon Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed: 27/08/1917	Crushed by two hutches
133	John McLelland Age19	McAlpine’s Building, Blantyre Killed: 08/11/1888	Crushed by machinery
134	John McLusky Age 40	Waterloo Row, The Village Killed: 02/03/1900	Roof fall (2 tons)
135	James McMahon Age 41	12 Caldervale Rows, Blantyre Killed: 04/09/1928	Roof Fall
136	Alex McMillan Age 48	21 Kenmore Street, Glasgow Killed: 18/07/1921	Blown Up
137	Daniel McMillan Age 42	13 Greenrigg Street, Uddingston Killed: 02/05/1942	Runaway hutch
138	David McMillan Age 34	Hunthill, Blantyre Killed: 07/09/1883	Fall of coal (survived 5 hours)
139	Hugh McMillan Age 67	82 Broompark Road, Blantyre Killed: 09/12/1941	Explosion
140	Robert McMurdo Age 28	21 Hall Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed: 09/01/1908	Fall of stone
141	Neil McNaught Age 13	Kirkton, High Blantyre Killed: 07/12/1883	Run over by railway carriage
142	John Malone Age 43	Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
143	James Millar Age 75	31 Broompark Road Killed: 19/07/1960	Coal gas
144	Bernard Milligan Age 28	20 Newlands Village Kiled: 28/12/1906	Roof fall
145	John Milne Age 45	45 Merry’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 24/05/1878	Fall at face (2 tons)
146	William Moorland Age 52	14 Middle Row, the Village Killed: 20/07/1911	Fall of stone
147	James Muir Age 34	33 Welsh Drive, Blantyre Killed: 05/08/1943	Fall of stone
148	John Muir Age 46	13 Craig Street, Blantyre Killed: 20/02/1901	Rope snapped on cage
149	David Muirhead Age 26	7 Mansfield Street, Partick Killed: 22/03/1919	Crushed by two hutches
150	Robert Mullen Age 30	Pilot Acre, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
151	Robert Murdoch Age 20	1 Dixon Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed: 05/03/1878	Fall from cage at pithead
152	Thomas Murdoch Age 48	1 Dixon Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed: 05/03/1878	Fall from cage at pithead
153	John Murphy Age 25	20 Miler Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
154	Lawrence Mynes Age 32	53 Merry’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 15/04/1912	Machinery fell on him
155	John Newton Age 50	Jackson Place, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
156	John Nicol Age 14	Hunthill, High Blantyre Killed: 10/09/1880	Fell under wagon
157	Catherine Nugent Age 16	Braidwoods Land, Uddingston Killed: 04/06/1892	Dress caught in revolving shaft
158	Bernard O’Brien Age 27	Stonefield, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
159	John O’Neil Age 35	15 Dixon Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
160	Alex Paterson Age 59	73 Broompark Road, Blantyre Killed: 12/04/1944	Roof fall
161	John Paterson Age 42	94 Baird’s Raws, Stonefield Killed: 14/12/1891	Roof fall (Pyotshaw seam)
162	Robert Paterson Age 40	36 George Street, Burnbank Killed: 01/08/191?	Fell and died instantaneously
163	William Paterson Age 45	9 Waverley Street, Hamilton Killed: 21/09/1956	Killed by hutches
164	William Paton Age 28	61 Auchinraith Road, Blantyre Killed: 10/03/1936	Fall from roof
165	William Paton Jnr Age ?	10 School Lane, Kirkton Killed: 06/09/1906	Roof fall
166	James Patrick Age 27	Dunns Land, Udston Killed: 01/04/1899	Run over by locomotive
167	Robert Patrick Age 23	Dunns Land, Udston Killed: 01/04/1899	Run over by locomotive
168	Hugh Pollock Age 48	Killed: 02/03/1874	Firedamp explosion
169	John Prasher Age 21	Clover Terrace, Uddingston Killed: 24/11/1896	Roof fall
170	John Primrose Age 67	8 Greenfield, Old Rows Killed: 28/04/1918	Crushed by 2 hutches
171	George Pritchard Age 60	130 Glasgow Road, Blantyre Killed: 21/03/1936	Runaway bogie
172	James Reach Age ?	16 Calder Street, Blantyre Died: Feb. 1900	Died underground of heart disease
173	William Redman Age 15	Dunlops Land Killed: 18/05/1884	Fall of stone. Died at home
174	Frank Regan Age 43	Auchinraith Rows, Blantyre Killed: 12/05/1903	Roof fall
175	Joseph Regan Age 43	7 Watson Street, Blantyre Killed: 30/08/1930	Firedamp explosion
176	Patrick Regan Age 35	Dixon’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 20/02/1878	Roof fall
177	William Renfrew Age 29	Aitkenhead Rows, Bothwell Killed: 02/05/1900	Roof fall
178	Richard Rinn Age 36	Barnhill, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
179	Thomas Ritchie Age 38	213 Glasgow Road, Blantyre Killed: 20/08/1925	Roof fall
180	James Roach Age 32	Dixon’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 07/02/1900	Died at home (injured in July)
181	Joseph Robson Age 18	Middle Row, The Village Killed: 23/03/1896	Roof fall
182	Patrick Rodgers Age 24	1 Watson Street, Blantyre Killed: 03/09/1918	Fell down shaft
183	Petras Samolis Age 2?	47 Craighead Rows, Stonefield Killed: 06/04/1905	Roof fall
184	Michael Savage Age 27	8 Bertram Street, Burnbank Killed: 15/08/190?	Killed by Pit prop
185	James Shaw Age 32	Larkhall Killed:24/05/1877	Crushed by ropes and pulleys
186	John Shearer Age 52	Dixon’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 29/12/1904	Roof fall
187	Hugh Shirra Age 22	25 Dixon Street, Dixon’s Raws Killed: 29/03/1880	Roof fall
188	George Shorthouse Age 64	10 Gladstone Street, Hamilton Killer: 30/08/1930	Firedamp explosion
189	Jozas Smezelsku Age 26	Craighead Rows, Stonefield Killed: 26/02/1904	Roof fall
190	Robert Smith Age 13	Beggs Land, High Blantyre Killed: 12/11/1885	Run over by hutches
191	Robert Sneddon Age 25	156 St. James Road, Glasgow Killed: 12/10/1934	Fall of coal
192	William Sprott	2 Auchinraith Terrace, Blantyre Killed: 30/08/1930	Firedamp explosion
193	William Stewart Age 55	51 Small Crescent, Blantyre Killed: 10/05/1930	Killed by explosion
194	Robert Strang Age 25	Killed: 17/06/1907	Accident at Priory
195	Robert Struthers Age 15	School Lane, Kirkton Killed: 12/12/1889	Surgical shock
196	Robert Struthers Age 36	Royal Buildings, Uddingston Killed: 03/08/1891	Firedamp explosion
197	Wincas Sullbis Age 25	90 Craighead Rows, Stonefield Killed: 28/12/1904	Roof fall
198	Alex Symington Age 24	Larkfield, High Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
199	Joseph Taggart Age 35	56 Hardie Street, Blantyre Killed: 18/01/1944	Roof fall
200	Henry Tennant Age 16	McAlpine’s Buildings, Blantyre Killed: 24/07/1901	Thrown from cage
201	William Thompson Age 30	Addie’s Rows, Bothwell Killed: 13/09/1898	Roof fall
202	Edward Thomson Age 35	Hunthill, High Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1879	Firedamp explosion
203	Patrick Valleley Age 23	Stonefield, Blantyre Killed: 02/07/1979 (9.30pm)	Firedamp explosion
204	Alexander Watson Age 28	220 Main Street, High Blantyre Killed: 15/05/1935	Fall of stone
205	John Weldon Age 32	Dixon’s Raws, Blantyre Killed: 01/12/1898	Roof fall
206	Thomas White Age 32	Auchinraith Cottages, Blantyre Killed: 07/08/1889	Roof fall
207	William White Age 24	106 Auchinraith Road, Blantyre Died: 01/03/1929	Heart failure

Source: Blantyre Miners’ Welfare Charitable Society & Blantyre Heritage Group

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