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Surname
REDDIE
Forename
Patrick
Day
24
Month
01
Year
1901
Age
38
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Haughhead
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Glasgow Coal Co.
Location
Uddingston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
25 January 1901: Colliery Explosion – Five Men Injured - A colliery explosion occurred yesterday morning at Haughhead Colliery Uddingston, causing injuries of a serious nature to five men, whose names are:- Grahame Perrie, fireman, residing at Copeland Terrace, Uddingston; Patrick Reddie, miner, married and residing at Firpark, Cotton Street, Shettleston; John McGuire, sen., and his son John, both residing at 21 Montgomerie Place, Newton; and Thomas McPherson, Thorniewood Rows. The explosion took place in what is known as the Glasgow upper coal seam, which Perrie and the others had just reached when one of the men’s lamps exploded and all were burned more or less about the body and limbs. They were with difficulty rescued from their perilous position. Reddie, who was found to be the most severely burned, was conveyed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and the others who were burned about the arms and face, were conveyed home in cabs. [Herald January 26 1901] NB Both Patrick Reddie & Graham Perrie died following this accident