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Date:	15th March 1851
Colliery:	Nitshill, Victoria Pit
Cause:	Explosion, firedamp and coal dust, ignition caused by lighted candle
Lives Lost:	61

Description

Nitshill Explosion in Scotland. — Sixty-one killed. This colliery had an abundant downcast and upcast shaft, with a tube fitted for a furnace ; but so well satisfied was the manager with the ventilation that the furnace had been discontinued for some months. Many of the principal stoppings were of brick, and many of slit deal, to carry the air round the extremity of the workings ; but there were no sheath stoppings in the waste. The accident was attributed to the damage of one of these stoppings, whilst the want of internal stoppings allowed the air to pass straight to the upcast shaft ; and as the men were permitted to begin work without the examination of an overman, the gas discharged from the waste fired upon their naked lights.

Source: 1853

	Allison, Thomas
	Baxter, James
	Baxter, Joseph
	Bell, John
	Black, Robert
	Brighton, Joseph
	Buchanan, Jas
	Buchanan, Neil, jnr.
	Buchanan, Neil, snr.
	Campbell, John
	Carlan, Neil
	Carson, Andrew
	Cochrane, John
	Colville, David
	Connolly, Felix
	Connolly, John
	Connolly, Thomas
	Crossan, Dennis
	Crossan, Patrick
	Dodds, James
	Gebbie, Andrew, jnr.
	Gebbie, Andrew, snr.
	Gebbie, David
	Gibbs, Henry
	Hammond, James
	Hammond, John
	Hammond, Peter
	Hughes, Francis
	Hughes, Thomas
	Irving, Michael
	Keenan, Patrick
	Kerr, Connel
	Kerr, James
	Martin, Bernard
	Maxwell, John
	McDowell, Samuel
	McIllwam, Joseph
	McIllwam, Joseph
	McIllwam, Samuel
	McLachlan, James
	McMachlan, John
	McMillan, John
	McMillan, William
	Mulholland, John
	O'Neill, Felix
	O'Neill, Patrick
	Poole, James
	Samson, Thomas
	Scott, Thomas
	Scott, William
	Shields, Charles
	Shields, James
	Shields, John
	Smith, John
	Smith, John
	Smith, Michael
	Smith, Richard
	Speirs, Matthew
	White, Peter
	White, Thomas
	Whiteside, George
	Whiteside, Robert
	Williamson, John
	All names found

 

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