WISHAW, Lanarkshire, Scotland. 13th. August, 1849.
This was the property of Mr. Wilson and the explosion occurred at the No.6 Pit. Some men had descended and about thirty were waiting at the surface to go down when the explosion occurred. Nine were killed and one man was blow up the shaft and it was reported that fragments of human flesh and bone were scattered for 400 yards around the pit. The unfortunate man was Alexander McKimmin of Tirlee. A boy named Thomas Hunter was heard calling up the shaft to be taken up but it was 5 p.m. on Monday when it was possible to get down and Hunter’s body was recovered.
REFERENCES
Annals of Coal Mining. Galloway. Vol.2, p.133
Mining Journal. Vol. xix, p.402.
Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre.
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