Udston Mining Disaster
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Udston mining disaster occurred in Hamilton, Scotland on Saturday, 28 May 1887 when 73 miners died in a firedamp explosion at Udston Colliery. Caused, it is thought, by unauthorised shot firing the explosion is said to be Scotland's second worst coal mining disaster.Keir Hardie, then Secretary of the Scottish Miners' Federation, denounced the deaths as murder a few days later.The Udston Colliery, owned by the Udston Coal Company, was situated at the top of…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Udston mining disaster occurred in Hamilton, Scotland on Saturday, 28 May 1887 when 73 miners died in a firedamp explosion at Udston Colliery. Caused, it is thought, by unauthorised shot firing the explosion is said to be Scotland's second worst coal mining disaster.Keir Hardie, then Secretary of the Scottish Miners' Federation, denounced the deaths as murder a few days later.The Udston Colliery, owned by the Udston Coal Company, was situated at the top of Hillhouse, Hamilton behind where Townhill Road now runs. Opened in 1875, it was a small pit employing approximately 200 men and boys working in three coal seams at depths of up to 1,000 feet (300 m) underground. The workings of the colliery extended for 150 acres (0.61 km2) and were bordered on three sides by the Blantyre, Earnock, and Greenfield Collieries.