Three aspects that should be considered.
Three aspects that should be considered.
On 22nd October the early shifts of more than 230 men had gone down the mine as usual at 5.30am. It was a gloomy start to the Monday and the villagers were beginning to go about their business when, at 8.45am, a huge underground explosion heard for miles around rocked Blantyre and sent flames from two of the five pits.
Whilst we should always remember the Blantyre Mining Disaster on that day and of the 216 men and boys who lost their lives, together with thoughts of their families and loved ones, there are three aspects that also need some consideration of that catastrophic day.
Firstly, of the 216 miners who lost their lives (the numbers of dead vary as to which source you use, between 207 – 216), 94 were aged under 21 and 48 of them 16 and younger. Three of them were only 12 years old. Take a moment to imagine your own son, nephew or grandson going down the Pit at that young age and losing his life in the process. My memory fails me at the time of writing, but I do recall that one of the 12 year olds who died was on his first day down the Pit.
List of Dead under 21 | |||||
James | Clyde | Coal miner | Single | 44 Dixon St | 12 |
John | Liddell | Coal miner | Single | Hall Street | 12 |
Archibald | McKillop | Coal miner | Single | Burnbank Hamilton | 12 |
William | Bolton | (not given) | Single | Auchinraith | 13 |
Peter | Burns | Coal miner | Single | McAlpine’s Land | 13 |
Joseph | Gilmour | (not given) | Single | (not given) | 13 |
William | Graham | Drawer | Single | 57 Hall Street | 13 |
William | McLachlan | Pony driver | Single | 1 Jackson Place, Blantyre | 13 |
George | Murphy | Drawer | Single | 8 Carfin St | 13 |
James | Reid | Drawer | Single | Burnbank Hamilton | 13 |
John | Speirs | Coal miner | Single | 9 Miller St | 13 |
Robert | Steel | Coal miner | Single | Flemington, Cambuslang | 13 |
Thomas | Whiteside | Coal miner | Single | Larkfield | 13 |
James | Brown | Coal miner | Single | 11 McAlpines Land | 14 |
William | Campbell | Coal miner | Single | Kirkton | 14 |
William | Clyde | Pony driver | Single | 44 Dixon St | 14 |
John | Conlin | Pony driver | Single | 57 Calder Street | 14 |
James | Cosgrove | Coal miner | Single | 15 Carfin St | 14 |
John | Hendry | Pony driver | Single | Larkfield | 14 |
Edward | McCallum | Coal miner | Single | 28 Hall Street | 14 |
William | McGhee | Coal miner | Single | Larkfield | 14 |
John | McKillop | Coal miner | Single | Burnbank | 14 |
Samuel | Roberts | Coal miner | Single | 60 Hall Street | 14 |
William | Stevenson | Coal miner | Single | 15 Govan St | 14 |
James | Wilson | Drawer | Single | 55 Calder St | 14 |
Peter | Anderson | Pony driver | Single | Hunthill | 15 |
Thomas | Bolton | Drawer | Single | 48 Hall St | 15 |
Simon | Boyle | Drawer | Single | 8 Hall Street | 15 |
Francis | Cosgrove | Coal miner | Single | 15 Carfin St | 15 |
Robert | Hendry | Pit bottomer | Single | 11 Larkfield, Blantyre | 15 |
Edward | McLachlan | Pony driver | Single | 1 Jackson Place | 15 |
John | Speirs | Pony driver | Single | Barnhill | 15 |
Malcolm | Stewart | Coal miner | Single | 52 Calder Street | 15 |
Charles | Tonner | Colliery drawer | Single | 13 Calder Street | 15 |
John | Trainer | Pony driver | Single | Pilot Acre | 15 |
James | Welsh | Coal miner | Single | Hart’s Land | 15 |
Thomas | Bolton | Drawer | Single | Auchinraith | 16 |
James | Cavanagh | Colliery drawer | Single | 5 Calder St | 16 |
Andrew | Cox | Coal miner | Single | 54 Hall St | 16 |
John | Hastie | Coal miner | Single | 11 Miller St | 16 |
James | Kelly | Coal miner | Single | 43 Calder St | 16 |
George | Lauder | Coal miner | Single | Townhill, Hamilton | 16 |
John | McCulloch | Coal miner | Single | Auchinraith | 16 |
John | McGhee | Coal miner | Single | Larkfield | 16 |
Edward | Moir | Drawer | Single | Barnhill | 16 |
James | Sneddon | Coal miner | Single | Auchinraith | 16 |
George | Speirs | Coal miner | Single | Barnhill | 16 |
Robert | White | Pony driver | Single | Auchinraith | 16 |
James | Bolton | Pit bottomer | Single | 48 Hall St, Blantyre | 17 |
Peter | Carmichael | Coal miner | Single | Auchinraith | 17 |
Thomas | Murdoch | Coal miner | Single | 1 Dixon Street | 17 |
William | Primrose | Coal miner | Single | Blantyre Works | 17 |
William | Richardson | Coal miner | Single | Kirkton, Blantyre | 17 |
Moses | Roberts | Coal miner | Single | 60 Hall Street | 17 |
Robert | Stewart | Coal miner | Single | 34 Hall St | 17 |
John | Thomson | Colliery hostler | Single | Larkfield, Blantyre | 17 |
James | Wilson | Coal miner | Single | Larkfield | 17 |
William | Wilson | Coal miner | Single | 55 Calder St | 17 |
John McEwan | Wright | Pony driver | Single | 3 Priestfield Blantyre | 17 |
John | Brown | Coal miner | Single | 11 McAlpines Land | 18 |
Abraham | McGhee | Coal miner | Single | Larkfield | 18 |
Edward | McLaughlan | Coal miner | Single | 17 Miller St | 18 |
Alexander | Miller | Assistant engine hand | Single | (not given) | 18 |
Owen | Brannaghan | Coal miner | Single | Stonefield, Blantyre | 19 |
John | Cavanagh | Coal miner | Single | 5 Calder St | 19 |
James | Clark | Coal miner | Single | Pilot Acre | 19 |
John | Dolan | Coal miner | Single | Dixon’s Rows | 19 |
William | Gemmell | Coal miner | Single | Burnbank Hamilton | 19 |
Thomas | Halliday | Soldier | Single | 34 Hall St | 19 |
James | Hendry | Coal miner | Single | Larkfield | 19 |
Patrick | McCue | Coal miner | Single | 23 Dixon Street | 19 |
John | McKelvie | Coal miner | Single | Burnbank Hamilton | 19 |
Alexander | Revie | Coal miner | Single | Dixon’s Rows | 19 |
John | Sneddon | Coal miner | Single | Auchinraith | 19 |
John | Stevenson | Coal miner | Single | 15 Govan St | 19 |
James | Stewart | Coal miner | Single | 34 Hall St | 19 |
Turnbull | Cleghorn | Bottomer | Single | Hart’s Land | 20 |
John | Conaghan | Coal miner | Single | 5 Carfin Street | 20 |
Robert Orr | Kirkland | Coal miner | Single | 41 Priestfield Terrace | 20 |
James | Lauder | Coal miner | Single | Townhill, Hamilton | 20 |
James | Marshall | Coal miner | Single | 14 Calder Street | 20 |
James | Murphy | Coal miner | Single | 8 Carfin St | 20 |
Thomas | Roberts | Coal miner | Single | 60 Hall Street | 20 |
John | Russell | Coal miner | Single | Kirkton | 20 |
Thomas | Baxter | Coal miner | Single | Priestfield Terrace | 21 |
Charles | Coyle | Coal miner | Single | Larkfield | 21 |
Samuel | Gardener | Coal miner | Single | Newton, Cambuslang | 21 |
Thomas | Hendry | Coal miner | Single | Larkfield | 21 |
James | McFadzen | Coal miner | Married to Helen Buchan | Dixon’s Rows | 21 |
William | Muir | Coal miner | Single | Burnbank Hamilton | 21 |
Bernard | Murray | Coal miner | Single | Larkfield | 21 |
Peter | O’Brien | Coal miner | Single | 10 Calder Street | 21 |
Robert | Ovens | Coal miner | Single | 12 Hall Street | 21 |
Thomas | Wilson | Coal miner | Single | Greenfield, Hamilton | 21 |
Secondly, we all imagined, or at least I did, that most were killed down the pit and on that fateful day. However, if you look at the date of registration of deaths, it suggests that not all died at the scene:-
Name | Surname | Age | Date Registered | |
James | Allan | 22 | 14th Nov 1877 | |
Peter | Anderson | 15 | 17th November 1877 | |
Thomas | Baxter | 21 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
William | Black | 38 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
Thomas | Bolton | 15 | 8th November 1877 | |
James | Bolton | 17 | 24th October 1877 | |
Thomas | Bolton | 16 | 7th November 1877 | |
William | Bolton | 13 | 24th October 1877 | |
William | Boyle | 49 | 1st Nov 1877 | |
Simon | Boyle | 15 | 3rd Nov 1877 | |
Owen | Brannaghan | 19 | 30th Oct 1877 | |
Michael | Brannan | 26 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
James | Brodie | 25 | 7th November 1877 | |
James | Brown | 43 | 10th Nov 1877 | |
John | Brown | 18 | 10th Nov 1877 | |
James | Brown | 14 | 10th Nov 1877 | |
John | Burns | 33 | 27th Nov 1877 | |
Thomas | Burns | 24 | 7th November 1877 | |
Peter | Burns | 13 | 7th November 1877 | |
Patrick | Burns | 34 | 24th October 1877 | |
Andrew | Burt | 24 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
Michael | Cairns | 29 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
John | Campbell | 33 | 30th Oct 1877 | |
William | Campbell | 35 | 23rd Oct 1877 | |
William | Campbell | 14 | 21st Jan 1878 | |
Peter | Carlin | 34 | 10th Nov 1877 | |
Peter | Carmichael | 17 | ||
John | Cavanagh | 19 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
James | Cavanagh | 16 | 26th December 1877 | |
John | Cavanagh | 23 | 1st Nov 1877 | |
James | Clark | 19 | 7th November 1877 | |
Turnbull | Cleghorn | 20 | 10th Nov 1877 | |
James | Clyde | 38 | 7th November 1877 | |
James | Clyde | 12 | 7th November 1877 | |
William | Clyde | 14 | 22nd Nov 1877 | |
John | Conaghan | 20 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
John | Conlin | 14 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
James | Cosgrove | 14 | 13th November 1877 | |
Francis | Cosgrove | 15 | 13th November 1877 | |
John | Cox | 46 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
Andrew | Cox | 16 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
Charles | Coyle | 21 | 9th March 1878 | |
John | Crawford | 24 | 26th November 1877 | |
Charles | Divers | 27 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
John | Dobie | 25 | 9th November 1877 | |
Thomas | Dobie | 27 | 9th November 1877 | |
Patrick | Dolan | 22 | 27th Feb 1878 | |
John | Dolan | 19 | 1st Nov 1877 | |
William Irons | Dunstan | 24 | 10th Nov 1877 | |
Robert | Eadie | 50 | 19th November 1877 | |
William | Freckleton | 23 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
Charles | Gainer | 23 | 24th October 1877 | |
Samuel | Gardener | 21 | 2nd Nov 1877 | |
William | Gemmell | 19 | 26th October 1877 | |
John | Gemmell | 22 | 2nd Nov 1877 | |
Matthew | Gemmell | 31 | 24th November 1877 | |
Joseph | Gilmour | 35 | 23rd Oct 1877 | |
Joseph | Gilmour | 13 | 23rd Oct 1877 | |
John | Gold | 28 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
Benjamin | Gold | 24 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
Andrew | Gold | 22 | 10th Nov 1877 | |
James | Gold | 33 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
Thomas | Gracie | 57 | 24th October 1877 | |
William | Graham | 13 | 3rd Nov 1877 | |
Robert | Halliday | 39 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
Thomas | Halliday | 19 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
Matthew | Halliday | 48 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
Thomas | Halliday | 22 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
John | Hamilton | 31 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
William | Hanlin | 23 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
John | Hastie | 16 | 9th November 1877 | |
Thomas | Hendry | 21 | 2nd Nov 1877 | |
James | Hendry | 19 | 7th November 1877 | |
John | Hendry | 14 | 21st November 1877 | |
Robert | Hendry | 15 | 24th October 1877 | |
James | Irvine | 36 | 2nd Nov 1877 | |
James | Kelly | 16 | 22nd Nov 1877 | |
John | Kelly | 23 | 30th Oct 1877 | |
Patrick | Kelly | 27 | 1st Nov 1877 | |
James | Kelly | 33 | 12th November 1877 | |
James | Kemp | 22 | 10th Nov 1877 | |
John | Kenny | 45 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
Robert Orr | Kirkland | 20 | 12th November 1877 | |
Nicol | Kyle | 35 | 24th October 1877 | |
James | Lang | 55 | 30th Oct 1877 | |
Archibald | Lang | 25 | 23rd Oct 1877 | |
Hugh | Larkin | 24 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
James | Lauder | 20 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
George | Lauder | 16 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
James | Liddell | 41 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
John | Liddell | 12 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
Thomas | Lucas | 24 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
Peter | Mackie | 31 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
James | Marshall | 20 | 2nd Nov 1877 | |
Hugh | Martin | 51 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
David | Martin | 28 | 3rd Nov 1877 | |
Robert | McAdams | 28 | 7th December 1877 | |
Peter | McAnulty | 6th December 1877 | ||
Edward | McCallum | 14 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
Patrick | McCue | 19 | 26th February 1878 | |
John | McCulloch | 44 | 30th Oct 1877 | |
John | McCulloch | 16 | 3rd Nov 1877 | |
Thomas | McCulloch | 25 | 10th Nov 1877 | |
James | McCusker | 28 | 2nd Nov 1877 | |
Henry | McCusker | 30 | 30th Nov 1877 | |
Thomas | McDonald | 29th Oct 1877 | ||
James | McFadzen | 21 | 30th Oct 1877 | |
John | McFadzen | 23 | 15th Nov 1877 | |
John | McFarlane | 31 | 1st Nov 1877 | |
James | McGarry | 35 | 13th November 1877 | |
Abraham | McGhee | 18 | 9th November 1877 | |
John | McGhee | 16 | 9th November 1877 | |
William | McGhee | 14 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
James | McGown | 24 | 3rd Nov 1877 | |
Gilbert | McIntyre | 47 | 6th November 1877 | |
William | McKay | 48 | 9th November 1877 | |
John | McKelvie | 19 | 2nd Nov 1877 | |
John | McKillop | 14 | 22nd Nov 1877 | |
Archibald | McKillop | 12 | 30th Oct 1877 | |
James | McKinnon | 32 | 1st Nov 1877 | |
Moses | McLachlan | 23 | 15th Nov 1877 | |
Edward | McLachlan | 15 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
William | McLachlan | 13 | 24th October 1877 | |
John | McLaughlan | 23 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
Edward | McLaughlan | 18 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
Thomas | McMeechan | 45 | 13th November 1877 | |
James | McMillan | 30 | 27th Oct 1877 | |
Robert | McNaught | 26 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
Bernard | McTavie | 56 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
Thomas | Meechan | 39 | 9th November 1877 | |
Alexander | Miller | 18 | 23rd Oct 1877 | |
William | Miller | 23 | 8th November 1877 | |
Joseph | Miller | 27 | 6th December 1877 | |
John | Moir | 36 | 2nd Nov 1877 | |
Edward | Moir | 16 | 3rd Nov 1877 | |
Hugh | Morgan | 37 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
Andrew | Morrison | 48 | 6th November 1877 | |
William | Muir | 21 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
Thomas | Murdoch | 17 | 7th November 1877 | |
Francis | Murphy | 25 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
James | Murphy | 20 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
George | Murphy | 13 | 5th December 1877 | |
Bernard | Murray | 21 | 9th November 1877 | |
James | Murray | 50 | 3rd Nov 1877 | |
George | Nisbet | 27 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
John | O’Brien | 24 | 9th November 1877 | |
Peter | O’Brien | 21 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
John | O’Donnell | 26 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
John | O’Donnell | 23 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
Robert | Ovens | 21 | 7th November 1877 | |
John | Park | 34 | 8th November 1877 | |
William | Primrose | 17 | 6th November 1877 | |
James | Rae | Between 35 and 40 | Registered on information of Procurator Fiscal on April 2 1878 | |
Thomas | Ramsay | 25 | 2nd Nov 1877 | |
William | Reid | 27 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
James | Reid | 13 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
George | Renwick | 48 | 21st November 1877 | |
John | Revie | 59 | 6th November 1877 | |
Alexander | Revie | 19 | 6th November 1877 | |
William | Richardson | 17 | 23rd Oct 1877 | |
William | Roberts | 24 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
Thomas | Roberts | 20 | 6th November 1877 | |
Moses | Roberts | 17 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
Samuel | Roberts | 14 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
Richard | Ross | 30 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
John | Russell | 20 | 2nd Nov 1877 | |
George | Sawers | 24 | 9th November 1877 | |
George | Semple | 32 | 20th November 1877 | |
William | Sharp | 63 | 6th November 1877 | |
James | Sharp | 40 | 6th November 1877 | |
James | Simpson | 24 | 24th October 1877 | |
Robert | Simpson | 60 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
Patrick | Smith | 40 | 2nd Nov 1877 | |
Edward | Smith | 22 | 10th Nov 1877 | |
James | Smith | 35 | 3rd Nov 1877 | |
James | Sneddon | 39 | 20th November 1877 | |
James | Sneddon | 16 | 10th Nov 1877 | |
John | Sneddon | 19 | 30th Oct 1877 | |
George | Speirs | 16 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
John | Speirs | 15 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
William | Speirs | 28 | 3rd Nov 1877 | |
John | Speirs | 13 | 21st November 1877 | |
John | Stark | 29 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
James | Steel | 36 | 9th November 1877 | |
Robert | Steel | 13 | 9th November 1877 | |
Alexander | Stevenson | 42 | 30th Oct 1877 | |
John | Stevenson | 19 | 30th Oct 1877 | |
William | Stevenson | 14 | 30th Oct 1877 | |
James | Stewart | 19 | 19th November 1877 | |
Robert | Stewart | 17 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
Malcolm | Stewart | 15 | 6th November 1877 | |
John | Thomson | 17 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
George | Todd | 43 | 24th October 1877 | |
Hugh | Tonner | 48 | 6th November 1877 | |
Charles | Tonner | 15 | 26th December 1877 | |
John | Trainer | 15 | 8th November 1877 | |
James | Valleley | 22 | 7th November 1877 | |
Neil | Ward | 51 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
Robert | Wardrop | 37 | 23rd Oct 1877 | |
Alexander | Watt | 28 | 24th October 1877 | |
John Young | Welsh | 22 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
Francis | Welsh | 23 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
James | Welsh | 15 | 13th November 1877 | |
Andrew | Whiteside | 37 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
Thomas | Whiteside | 13 | 5th Nov 1877 | |
Robert | White | 16 | 6th November 1877 | |
Thomas | Wilson | 45 | 30th Oct 1877 | |
James | Wilson | 17 | 10th Nov 1877 | |
Thomas | Wilson | 21 | 30th Oct 1877 | |
Hugh | Wilson | 36 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
William | Wilson | 17 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
James | Wilson | 14 | 19th November 1877 | |
William | Wood | 51 | 31st Oct 1877 | |
James | Wright | 49 | 29th Oct 1877 | |
John McEwan | Wright | 17 | 29th Oct 1877 |
And thirdly, how some of them were connected to each other as Fathers, Sons, Brothers, Cousins etc.
Name | Surname | Marital status | Age | Notes |
James | Allan | Single | 22 | |
Peter | Anderson | Single | 15 | |
Thomas | Baxter | Single | 21 | |
William | Black | Married to Margaret Kirkland | 38 | |
Thomas | Bolton | Single | 15 | Brother of James Bolton, cousin of Thomas & William Bolton |
James | Bolton | Single | 17 | Brother of Thomas Bolton , cousin of Thomas & William Bolton |
Thomas | Bolton | Single | 16 | Brother of William Bolton, cousin of Thomas & James Bolton |
William | Bolton | Single | 13 | Brother of Thomas Bolton, cousin of Thomas & James Bolton |
William | Boyle | Married to Helen McDonagh | 49 | Father of Simon Boyle |
Simon | Boyle | Single | 15 | Son of William Boyle |
Owen | Brannaghan | Single | 19 | Died in Royal Infirmary of burns on October 30th |
Michael | Brannan | Single | 26 | |
James | Brodie | Married to Elizabeth Brown | 25 | |
James | Brown | Married to Elizabeth Mackie | 43 | Father of John & James Brown |
John | Brown | Single | 18 | Son of James Brown |
James | Brown | Single | 14 | Son of James Brown |
John | Burns | Married to Helen Cornfield | 33 | Brother of Thomas & Peter Burns, brother-in-law of James Clyde |
Thomas | Burns | Married to Jane Cornfield | 24 | Brother of John & Peter Burns |
Peter | Burns | Single | 13 | Brother of John & Thomas Burns |
Patrick | Burns | Married to Mary Creely | 34 | |
Andrew | Burt | Single | 24 | |
Michael | Cairns | Married to Mary Murray | 29 | |
John | Campbell | Married to Mary Kelly | 33 | |
William | Campbell | Widower of Janet Park | 35 | Father of William Campbell |
William | Campbell | Single | 14 | Son of William Campbell |
Peter | Carlin | Married to Ann Moore | 34 | |
Peter | Carmichael | Single | 17 | |
John | Cavanagh | Single | 19 | Stepson of Hugh Morgan |
James | Cavanagh | Single | 16 | Stepson of Hugh Morgan |
John | Cavanagh | Single | 23 | |
James | Clark | Single | 19 | Cousin of John Trainor |
Turnbull | Cleghorn | Single | 20 | Brother in law of Thomas McCulloch |
James | Clyde | Married to Agnes Cornfield | 38 | Father of James & William, brother-in-law of John Burns |
James | Clyde | Single | 12 | Son of James Clyde |
William | Clyde | Single | 14 | Son of James Clyde |
John | Conaghan | Single | 20 | |
John | Conlin | Single | 14 | |
James | Cosgrove | Single | 14 | Brother of James Cosgrove |
Francis | Cosgrove | Single | 15 | Brother of Francis Cosgrove |
John | Cox | Married to Margaret Kirkwood | 46 | Father of Andrew Cox |
Andrew | Cox | Single | 16 | Son of John Cox |
Charles | Coyle | Single | 21 | |
John | Crawford | Married to Martha McCutcheon | 24 | |
Charles | Divers | Married to Bridget Divers | 27 | |
John | Dobie | Single | 25 | Brother of Thomas Dobie |
Thomas | Dobie | Married to Mary Jones | 27 | Brother of John Dobie |
Patrick | Dolan | Single | 22 | Brother of John Dolan, brother-in-law of James McCusker |
John | Dolan | Single | 19 | Brother of Patrick Dolan, brother-in-law of James McCusker |
William Irons | Dunstan | Single | 24 | |
Robert | Eadie | Married to Margaret Drummond | 50 | |
William | Freckleton | Widower of Margaret Gemmell | 23 | |
Charles | Gainer | Single | 23 | Died in Royal Infirmary of burns |
Samuel | Gardener | Single | 21 | Nephew of James Wright |
William | Gemmell | Single | 19 | Brother of John & Matthew Gemmell, brother-in-law of William Reid, cousin of William Muir |
John | Gemmell | Single | 22 | Brother of William & Matthew Gemmell, brother-in-law of William Reid cousin of William Muir |
Matthew | Gemmell | Single | 31 | Brother of William & John Gemmell, brother-in-law of William Reid cousin of William Muir |
Joseph | Gilmour | Married to Martha Moffat | 35 | Father of Joseph Gilmour |
Joseph | Gilmour | Single | 13 | Son of Joseph Gilmour |
John | Gold | Married to Mary Roberts | 28 | One of 4 Gold brothers |
Benjamin | Gold | Married to Isabella Crawford | 24 | One of 4 Gold brothers |
Andrew | Gold | Single | 22 | One of 4 Gold brothers |
James | Gold | Married to Mary Lambie | 33 | One of 4 Gold brothers |
Thomas | Gracie | Married to Jane Smellie | 57 | |
William | Graham | Single | 13 | Brother-in-law of Patrick Kelly |
Robert | Halliday | Married to (1) Mary Hailstones (2) Agnes Strickland | 39 | Father of Thomas Halliday, stepfather of James & Robert Stewart, uncle of Robert McNaught |
Thomas | Halliday | Single | 19 | Son of Robert Halliday |
Matthew | Halliday | Married to Janet Johnston | 48 | Father of Thomas Halliday |
Thomas | Halliday | Single | 22 | Son of Matthew Halliday |
John | Hamilton | Married to Elizabeth Nisbet | 31 | |
William | Hanlin | Single | 23 | |
John | Hastie | Single | 16 | |
Thomas | Hendry | Single | 21 | Brother of James & John Hendry |
James | Hendry | Single | 19 | Brother of Thomas & John Hendry |
John | Hendry | Single | 14 | Brother of Thomas & James Hendry |
Robert | Hendry | Single | 15 | |
James | Irvine | Married to Bridget Keenan | 36 | |
James | Kelly | Single | 16 | Brother of John Kelly, brother-in-law of John Campbell |
John | Kelly | Single | 23 | Brother of James Kelly, brother-in-law of John Campbell |
Patrick | Kelly | Married to Margaret Graham | 27 | Brother-in-law of William Graham |
James | Kelly | Married to Mary Ann Lachlan | 33 | |
James | Kemp | Single | 22 | |
John | Kenny | Married to Margaret Kelly | 45 | |
Robert Orr | Kirkland | Single | 20 | |
Nicol | Kyle | Married to Agnes Welsh | 35 | Brother-in-law of 3 Welsh brothers |
James | Lang | Married to Martha Raevey | 55 | Father of Archibald Lang |
Archibald | Lang | Married to Helen Richardson | 25 | Son of James Lang, brother-in-law of William Richardson |
Hugh | Larkin | Married to Agnes Tonner | 24 | Brother in law of John O’Brien |
James | Lauder | Single | 20 | Brother of George Lauder |
George | Lauder | Single | 16 | Brother of James Lauder |
James | Liddell | Married to Janet Bishop | 41 | Father of John Liddell |
John | Liddell | Single | 12 | Son of James Liddell |
Thomas | Lucas | Single | 24 | |
Peter | Mackie | Married to Janet Drummond | 31 | |
James | Marshall | Single | 20 | |
Hugh | Martin | Married to Isabella Burgess | 51 | |
David | Martin | Married to Martha Carson | 28 | |
Robert | McAdams | Married to Elizabeth Brown | 28 | |
Peter | McAnulty | Widower of Catherine McSorley | ||
Edward | McCallum | Single | 14 | |
Patrick | McCue | Single | 19 | |
John | McCulloch | Married to Allison Marshall | 44 | Father of John McCulloch |
John | McCulloch | Single | 16 | Son of John McCulloch |
Thomas | McCulloch | Married to Mary Cleghorn | 25 | Brother-in-law of Turnbull Cleghorn |
James | McCusker | Married to Ann Dolan | 28 | Brother of Henry McCusker, brother-in-law of Dolans |
Henry | McCusker | Married to Mary O’Neill | 30 | Brother of James McCusker |
Thomas | McDonald | Married to Jane Hall | Died in Royal Infirmary of burns on Oct 27th | |
James | McFadzen | Married to Helen Buchan | 21 | Brother of John |
John | McFadzen | Single | 23 | Brother of James McFadzen |
John | McFarlane | Married to Sarah McCutcheon | 31 | |
James | McGarry | Married to Margaret Bennett | 35 | |
Abraham | McGhee | Single | 18 | 3 McGhee brothers |
John | McGhee | Single | 16 | 3 McGhee brothers |
William | McGhee | Single | 14 | 3 McGhee brothers |
James | McGown | Married to Jessie Kerr | 24 | |
Gilbert | McIntyre | Married to Susan White | 47 | |
William | McKay | Married to Elizabeth Arbuckle | 48 | |
John | McKelvie | Single | 19 | |
John | McKillop | Single | 14 | Brother of Archibald |
Archibald | McKillop | Single | 12 | Brother of John |
James | McKinnon | Married to Janet Hawthorn | 32 | |
Moses | McLachlan | Married to Margaret Muir | 23 | Brother of Edward & William |
Edward | McLachlan | Single | 15 | Brother of Moses & William |
William | McLachlan | Single | 13 | Brother of Edward & Moses |
John | McLaughlan | Married to Mary O’Neill | 23 | Brother of Edward |
Edward | McLaughlan | Single | 18 | Brother of John |
Thomas | McMeechan | Married to Janet Stewart | 45 | |
James | McMillan | Married to Sarah Jane McGhee | 30 | |
Robert | McNaught | Married to Mary Russell | 26 | Nephew of Robert Halliday |
Bernard | McTavie | Married to Mary Ann Clark | 56 | |
Thomas | Meechan | Single | 39 | |
Alexander | Miller | Single | 18 | |
William | Miller | Married to Sarah Graham | 23 | |
Joseph | Miller | Married to Elizabeth Hamill | 27 | |
John | Moir | Married to Christina Aitken | 36 | Father of Edward Moir |
Edward | Moir | Single | 16 | Son of John Moir |
Hugh | Morgan | Married to Martha Crawford | 37 | Stepfather of Cavanagh brothers |
Andrew | Morrison | Married to (1) Sarah Boyd (2) Elizabeth McFarlane | 48 | |
William | Muir | Single | 21 | Cousin of Gemmells |
Thomas | Murdoch | Single | 17 | |
Francis | Murphy | Married to Ann McGhee | 25 | |
James | Murphy | Single | 20 | Brother of George Murphy |
George | Murphy | Single | 13 | Brother of James Murphy |
Bernard | Murray | Single | 21 | |
James | Murray | Married to Elizabeth McSorley | 50 | |
George | Nisbet | Married to Euphemia Fleming | 27 | His widow Euphemia Fleming died Nov 6 1877 of phthisis |
John | O’Brien | Married to Mary Tonner | 24 | Brother of Peter O’Brien, brother-in-law of Hugh Larkin |
Peter | O’Brien | Single | 21 | Brother of John O’Brien |
John | O’Donnell | Married to Ann Hunter | 26 | |
John | O’Donnell | Single | 23 | |
Robert | Ovens | Single | 21 | |
John | Park | Single | 34 | |
William | Primrose | Single | 17 | |
James | Rae | – | Between 35 and 40 | |
Thomas | Ramsay | Widower of Sarah Agnew | 25 | |
William | Reid | Married to Agnes Gemmell | 27 | Brother of James Reid, brother-in-law of Gemmell brothers |
James | Reid | Single | 13 | Brother of William Reid |
George | Renwick | Married to Margaret Kerr | 48 | |
John | Revie | Married to Jane Scobbie | 59 | Father of Alexander Revie |
Alexander | Revie | Single | 19 | Son of John Revie |
William | Richardson | Single | 17 | Brother-in-law of Archibald Land |
William | Roberts | Married to Margaret Forsyth | 24 | 4 Roberts brother |
Thomas | Roberts | Single | 20 | 4 Roberts brother |
Moses | Roberts | Single | 17 | 4 Roberts brother |
Samuel | Roberts | Single | 14 | 4 Roberts brother |
Richard | Ross | Single | 30 | |
John | Russell | Single | 20 | |
George | Sawers | Married to Martha Lang | 24 | |
George | Semple | Married to Marion Nimmo | 32 | |
William | Sharp | Married to Elizabeth Burns | 63 | Father of James Sharp |
James | Sharp | Single | 40 | Son of William Sharp |
James | Simpson | Single | 24 | |
Robert | Simpson | Widower of Agnes Buchanan | 60 | |
Patrick | Smith | Married to Mary Ann Connolly | 40 | Brother of Edward Smith |
Edward | Smith | Single | 22 | Brother of Patrick Smith |
James | Smith | Married to Catherine Richards | 35 | |
James | Sneddon | Married to Elizabeth Archibald | 39 | Father of James Sneddon |
James | Sneddon | Single | 16 | Son of James Sneddon |
John | Sneddon | Single | 19 | |
George | Speirs | Single | 16 | Brother of John Speirs |
John | Speirs | Single | 15 | Brother of George Speirs |
William | Speirs | Married to Magdaline Wright | 28 | Brother of John Speirs |
John | Speirs | Single | 13 | Brother of William Speirs |
John | Stark | Married to Mary Anderson | 29 | |
James | Steel | Married to Elizabeth Steel | 36 | Father of Robert Steel |
Robert | Steel | Single | 13 | Son of James Steel |
Alexander | Stevenson | Married to Margaret Porter | 42 | Father of John & William Stevenson |
John | Stevenson | Single | 19 | Son of Alexander Stevenson |
William | Stevenson | Single | 14 | Son of Alexander Stevenson |
James | Stewart | Single | 19 | Stepson of Robert Halliday |
Robert | Stewart | Single | 17 | Stepson of Robert Halliday |
Malcolm | Stewart | Single | 15 | |
John | Thomson | Single | 17 | |
George | Todd | Married to Margaret Mann | 43 | |
Hugh | Tonner | Married to Margaret McIntyre | 48 | Father of Charles Tonner |
Charles | Tonner | Single | 15 | Son of Hugh Tonner |
John | Trainer | Single | 15 | Cousin of James Clark |
James | Valleley | Married to Sarah Crosbie | 22 | |
Neil | Ward | Widower of Ann McAulay | 51 | |
Robert | Wardrop | Married to Margaret Hamilton | 37 | |
Alexander | Watt | Married to Janet Hamilton | 28 | |
John Young | Welsh | Single | 22 | Brother of Francis & James, brother in law of Nicol Kyle |
Francis | Welsh | Single | 23 | Brother of John & James, brother in law of Nicol Kyle |
James | Welsh | Single | 15 | Brother of Francis & John, brother in law of Nicol Kyle |
Andrew | Whiteside | Married to Elizabeth Chalmers | 37 | Father of Thomas White |
Thomas | Whiteside | Single | 13 | Son of Andrew White |
Robert | White | Single | 16 | |
Thomas | Wilson | Married to Rebecca Welsh | 45 | Father of Thomas & James |
James | Wilson | Single | 17 | Son of Thomas Wilson, brother of Thomas |
Thomas | Wilson | Single | 21 | Son of Thomas, brother of James |
Hugh | Wilson | Married to Mary Burns | 36 | Father of William & James |
William | Wilson | Single | 17 | Son of Hugh Wilson |
James | Wilson | Single | 14 | Son of Hugh Wilson |
William | Wood | Married to Angeline Connell | 51 | |
James | Wright | Married to Jane Marshall | 49 | Father of John Wright, uncle of Samuel Gardener |
John McEwan | Wright | Single | 17 | Son of James Wright, cousin of Samuel Gardener |
And never forget the widows aftermath, when some were evicted and some married in haste in order to keep their tied cottages…
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