Single Record

Full Details

Surname

CLARK

Forename

Edward

Day

13

Month

08

Year

1900

Age

Occupation

Mine/Quarry Name

Tannochside, No.1 Pit

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Archibald Russell

Location

Uddingston

County

Lanarkshire

Details of Event

13 August 1900: Explosion at an Uddingston Colliery – Several Men Injured - Early yesterday morning, while the night shift men were at work in Mr Archibald Russell's No.1 Tannochside Colliery, near Uddingston, a serious explosion of gas took place in the Main coal seam, whereby two men— Edward Clark, 21 Croftbank Street, Uddingston; and Francis Murphy, 13 Double Rows, Tannochside—were seriously burned about the hands, arms, face, and chest, and other two men—James Brady, 32 Single Bows, Tannochside, and a man named Whitney, were slightly hurt. Immediately the explosion took place the shock reverberated through the pit, and Brady and Whitney, who were working some fifty fathoms distant, were slightly injured by falling stones, but were able to walk home. Clark and Murphy, however, are badly burned, and Dr Thomson, Uddingston,.who attended the injured men, ordered both men's removal to the Royal Infirmary. As both Clark and Murphy were at work in an isolated part of the pit and are alleged to have been carrying “Glennie” safety lamps, the cause of the explosion is at present a mystery. [Scotsman 14 August 1900] One of two miners who was burned by the explosion in Nackerty Colliery, near Baillieston, on Monday night, died in the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, last night. His name was James Murphy, and he resided at Tannochside Rows. [Scotsman 17 August 1900] Tannochside – Explosion in a Pit - About midnight on Sunday two miners named Edward Clark, Croftbank, Uddingston, and Francis Murphy; 13 Double Row, Tannochside, were somewhat severely burned by an explosion of gas in Mr Russell's No.1 Tannochside Colliery. Both had to be conveyed to the Royal Infirmary, after their injuries had been attended to by Dr Thomson. [Bellshill Speaker 18 August 1900]