Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	2nd July 1879
Colliery:	Blantyre, No. 1 Pit
Cause:	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light
Lives Lost:	25

	Berry, Peter, aged 58, Brusher, left a widow and six children
	Boyle, Tague, aged 22, Brusher, single
	Bryson, James, aged 58, Brusher, left a widow and family
	Cairns, Bernard, aged 23, died the following day
	Harvey, John, aged 44, Brusher, single
	Howitt, Michael, aged 27, Brusher, single
	Irvine, Thomas, aged 60, Bottomer, left a widow and grown up family
	Jardine, Edward, aged 28, widower
	Lafferty, James, aged 46, Fireman, left a widow and a family
	Malone, John, aged 38, Brusher, left a widow and five children
	McArthur, Alexander, aged 40, Brusher, left a widow
	McGarvie, Patrick, aged 55, Brusher, left a widow
	McGarvin, Edward, aged 23, Brusher
	McGribben, Patrick, aged 58, left a wife and grown up family
	Mullan, Robert, aged 28, Brusher, single
	Murphy, John, aged 24, single
	Newton, John, aged 60, Brusher, single
	O'Bryen, Bernard, aged 29, Brusher, left a widow and one child
	O'Neil, John, aged 32, Brusher, left a widow and three children
	Runn, Richard, aged 30, Brusher, left a widow and six children
	Simmington, Alexander, aged 24, Brusher, single
	Thompson, Edward, aged 31, Brusher, left a widow and three chidren
	Vallelly, Patrick, aged 21, Brusher, single
	Wilson, John, aged 25, Brusher
	24 of 25 names found
	Youngest: 21 years old ; Oldest: 60 ; Average: 37

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