Hurlet Pit Explosion – Paisley – 1805

HURLET PIT. Paisley, Midlothian, 1805.

An explosion took place at the pit causing the loss of eighteen lives. It was reported that six funerals left the village for Paisley and two for Neilson on the same day.

REFERENCES
Annals of Coal Mining. Galloway, vol.1, p. 406.
The Children’s Employment Commission, Append. I.
Great Pit Disasters Great Britain. 1700 to the present day. Helen and Baron Duckham.

Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre.