Blantyre mining disaster

Quand

22 oct. 1877

Type

Accident minier

Coordonnées

55.78° N, 4.11° W

Description

three mining disasters (including Scotland's worst) which occurred at Blantyre pit

Deaths

207

1877 industrial accident in Scotland

The Blantyre mining disaster, which happened on the morning of 22 October 1877, in Blantyre, Scotland, was Scotland's worst ever mining accident. Pits No. 2 and No. 3 of William Dixon's Blantyre Colliery were the site of an explosion which killed 207 miners, possibly more, with the youngest being a boy of 11. It was known that firedamp was present in the pit and it is likely that this was ignited by a naked flame.

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