Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	10th January 1947
Colliery:	Burngrange, Nos. 1 And 2 (Oil Shale) Mine
Cause:	Explosion, firedamp and fire, ignition caused by flame of open acetylene cap lamp
Lives Lost:	15

	Carroll, David, aged 36, Miner's Drawer
	Carroll, William, aged 31, Miner's Drawer
	Cowie, Henry, aged 36, Miner's Drawer
	Easton, George, aged 53, Oncost worker
	Fairley, John, aged 20, Miner's Drawer
	Findlay, William, aged 56, Oncost worker
	Gaughan, Anthony, aged 45, Miner
	Greenock, William, aged 51, Miner
	Heggie, Thomas, aged 27, Miner
	Lightbody, John, aged 41, Miner
	McAuley, James, aged 59, Miner
	McGarty, John, aged 30, Miner's Drawer
	Muir, David, aged 25, Miner's Drawer
	Pake, Samuel, aged 34, Miner's Drawer
	Ritchie, William, aged 39, Miner
	All names found
	Youngest: 20 years old ; Oldest: 59 ; Average: 39
	Witnesses at the Inquiry
	Anderson, Bryce, Company Officer, National Fire Service
	Brown, David, Overman
	Crombie, George, Fireman
	Davidson, David, Rescue Station Superintendent
	Davidson, Thomas, Miner's Drawer
	Easton, Thomas, Faceman
	Forrester, John, Miner's Drawer
	Girdwood, John, Fireman
	Hislop, William, H.M. Assistant Inspector of Mines
	Johnstone, Andrew, Faceman
	Kerr, William, Miner's Drawer
	Kinsman, Joseph, Workmen's Inspector
	McArthur, James, Faceman, Workmen's Inspector and Rescue Worker
	McArthur, John Brownlie, Manager
	McBeth, John, Fireman
	McGirl, Pat, Miner's Drawer
	McLean, Roderick, Surveyor
	Miller, Robert, Faceman
	Mitchell, James, Motorman
	Muir, William Bell, Fire Force Commander, National Fire Service
	Pettigrew, George, Miner's Drawer
	Readdie, James, Captain of Rescue Brigade
	Reid, Robert, Faceman
	Reid, Thomas, Miner's Drawer
	Rogers, Thomas Arthur, H.M. District Inspector of Mines
	Russell, Archibald Gibb, Undermanager
	Sharp, William Clark, Regional Mines Medical Officer
	Stein, John, Mine Agent
	Thwaites, Harold Verdon, Medical Practitioner
	Todd, Alexander, Bencher
	Todd, James, Faceman

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