Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	8th March 1877
Colliery:	Barwood, No. 2 Pit
Cause:	Explosion, firedamp
Lives Lost:	17

Description

For further information on this disaster - please check the Scottish Mining Villages site which provides background information and a details of thos involved in the disaster.

	Alison, James, aged 44, Bottomer, Udston Rows, married with 5 children
	Auchterlonie, Hugh, aged 41, Miner, Kirkton, High Blantyre, married with 3 children, stepfather of James Nelson
	Bates, William, aged 41, Miner, East Kilbride, married with 7 children
	Berry, Thomas, aged 25, Miner, Auchentibber, married with family, brother of William
	Berry, William, aged 22, Miner, Auchentibber, Blantyre, unmarried, brother of Thomas
	Boyce, Christopher, aged 20, Miner, Auchentibber, unmarried, brother of Joseph and William, brother-in-law of James Crichton & William Harrison, cousin of William John Boyce
	Boyce, Joseph, aged 18, Miner, Auchentibber, unmarried, brother of Christopher and William, brother-in-law of James Crichton & William Harrison, cousin of William John Boyce
	Boyce, William, aged 23, Miner, Auchentibber, unmarried, brother of Christopher and Joseph, brother-in-law of James Crichton & William Harrison, cousin of William John Boyce
	Boyce, William John, aged 23, married 2 children, cousin of Boyce brothers
	Brown, William, aged 53, Miner, Auchentibber, married with 4 children
	Buddie, Andrew, aged 28, Underground Fireman, Burnbank, married with family
	Cameron, Isaac, aged 35, Miner, Udston Rows, married, no children, brother-in-law of James Gaw
	Cook, James, aged 17, Miner, Foundry Row, Greenfield, Hamilton, unmarried, son of Richard
	Cook, Richard, aged 50, Miner, Foundry Row, Greenfield, Hamilton, married, father of James & Thomas
	Cook, Thomas, aged 20, Miner, Foundry Row, Greenfield, Hamilton, unmarried, son of Richard
	Crewe, John, aged 23, Miner, Udston Rows, unmarried, brother of Washington
	Crewe, Washington, aged 25, Miner, Udston Rows, unmarried, brother of John
	Crichton, David, aged 21, Miner, Auchentibber, unmarried, brother of James Crichton
	Crichton, James, aged 31, Daisyknowe, Auchentibber, married with 5 children, brother of David Crichton, brother-in-law of Boyce brothers
	Cummings, Joseph, aged 28, Miner, Loanfoot, Blantyre, unmarried
	Davies, George, aged 32, Miner, Udston Rows, married with child, son-in-law of Andrew Watson
	Dennistoun, Thomas, aged 17, Miner, Turner's Buildings, Stonefield, unmarried, brother of William
	Dennistoun, William, aged 23, Miner, Turner's Buildings, Stonefield, Blantyre, unmarried, brother of Thomas
	Dingsdale, George, aged 23, Miner, Udston Rows, married with child
	Dodds, John, aged 13, Miner, 9 Watson St, Burnbank, Hamilton
	Drain, William, aged 19, Miner, Udston Rows, married with child
	Fleming, David, aged 27, lodging at Udston Rows, native of Strathaven, unmarried
	Gauld, James, aged 13, Miner, Udston Rows, unmarried
	Harkness, George, aged 30, 42 Gladstone St, Burnbank, married, brother of John
	Harkness, John, aged 25, Miner, 42 Gladstone St, Burnbank, married with child, brother of George
	Harrison, William, aged 36, Miner, Auchentibber, married with 6 children
	Houston, William, aged 44, Miner, Udston Rows, recently arrived from Durham
	Jarvis, James, aged 31, Miner, Maxwelltown, East Kilbride, unmarried
	Jones, Edward, aged 15, Miner, Craig Row, Auchentibber
	Kane, James, aged 14, Miner, son of Cornelius Kane, miner, 10 Udston Rows
	Lawson, Andrew, aged 16, Miner, Little Udston, unmarried, eldest son of William
	Lawson, William, aged 41, Miner, Little Udston, married, father of Andrew
	Leadbetter, James, aged 39, Ostler, 15 Barrack St Hamilton, married with 5 children
	Malcolm, Gavin Russell, aged 15, Miner, Auchentibber, unmarried
	McCulloch, James, aged 40, Miner, East Kilbride, married with 5 children, father of James McCulloch
	McCulloch, James, aged 14, Miner, East Kilbride, son of James McCulloch
	McDade, John, aged 21, Miner, Auchentibber, unmarried, brother of Michael
	McDade, Michael, aged 32, Miner, Auchentibber, married with 4 children, brother of John
	McGinnes, John, aged 16, Miner, 47 Hill St, Blantyre, unmarried, brother of Peter McGinnes
	McGinnes, Peter, aged 22, Miner, 47 Hill St, Blantyre, unmarried, brother of John McGinnes
	McGurty, Francis, aged 49, Miner, Udston Rows, married, father of James
	McGurty, James, aged 17, Miner, Udston Rows, son of Francis, lived with parents
	McLean, Alexander, aged 50, Auchentibber, married with 6 children
	McNiven, Robert, aged 25, Miner, High Dykehead, married with family
	McTavish, James, aged 19, Oncostman, 23 Ann St, Burnbank, unmarried, lived with parents
	Murdoch, William, aged 26, Miner, Udston Rows, married with child
	Navall, John, aged 31, Cemetery Walk, Blantyre, married with 5 children
	Nelson, James, aged 16, Kirkton Blantyre, brother of John, stepson of Hugh Auchterlonie
	Nelson, John, aged 4, Kirkton Blantyre, brother of James, stepson of Hugh Auchterlonie
	Nelson, Joseph, aged 22, Miner, Udston Rows, unmarried
	Penman, Thomas, aged 20, Pony Driver, High Dykehead, unmarried- brother of Walter
	Penman, Walter, aged 22, Pony Driver, High Dykehead, unmarried - brother of Thomas
	Quinn, Michael, aged 21, Causeystanes Blantyre, married with child
	Reid, John, aged 24, Miner, 24A Beckford St, Hamilton, married with 2 children
	Richmond, James, aged 58, Miner, Station, High Blantyre, widower with family
	Robertson, Daniel, aged 15, Drawer, Auchentibber
	Rooney, Terence, aged 55, Miner, Auchentibber, unmarried
	Shanks, David, aged 45, Miner, Auchintibber, married with 4 children, father of David Shanks
	Shanks, David, aged 13, son of David Shanks
	Smith, John, aged 34, Miner, Larkfield, Blantyre, unmarried
	Spiers, James, aged 38, Miner, Old Calderwood, East Kilbride, married with 5 or 6 children
	Stirling, Allan, aged 22, Miner, Earnock Colliery, Parish of Hamilton, unmarried
	Torley, Alexander, aged 26, Fireman, Udston Rows, married with child
	Torley, Felix, aged 43, Miner, Udston Rows, unmarried
	Watson, Andrew Thomas, aged 48, Bottomer, Udston Rows, married with family, father-in-law of George Davies
	Wilson, James, aged 40, Miner, 50 Udston Rows, married with 7 children
	Wilson, John, aged 20, Miner, Udston Rows, unmarried
	Winter, Walter, aged 22, Drawer, Udston Row, unmarried
	All names found
	Youngest: 4 years old ; Oldest: 58 ; Average: 28

 

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