I have already posted a number of mining disasters on here, but August 21st is one of those days that has seen several accidents over the years. None of these could be considered "disasters", although they were, of course, disasters to the family and friends of those lost.
1880 - Paisley, Scotland
John Beveridge, miner, 30 years of age, residing at Inkerman, was killed by a heavy fall of metal from the roof while working in the Blackstone Mineral Company's Pit on Saturday morning. The deceased leaves a wife and two children, one of whom was born on Friday.
(from the Glasgow Herald, 23rd August, 1880)
1883 - Ystrad, Wales
Ystrad is a village situated in the Rhondda Valley in Glamorgan, South Wales. The Rhondda was a noted coal-mining area, and one such mine was located in the Gelli district of Ystrad.
The first pit at Gelli Colliery was sunk in 1870, and the following year, four miners were killed in an underground accident. Several other shafts were sunk over the years, and on 21st August, 1883, there was another catastrophe. An explosion of firedamp in the Globe Pit claimed the lives of five miners, and sixteen others were badly burned.
The victims were :
Thomas Woodliffe (26)
David Thomas (32)
John Lewis (34)
John Jones (46)
John Chubb (44)
1933 - Cardowan Colliery, Stepps, Glasgow, Scotland.
Just two days after another tragedy, when a miner was drowned at the Cardowan Colliery, three men were killed by a roof fall at the same mine. Some 20 tons of stone came loose, and fell on the three men, James Matheson, Robert Brown, and Thomas Hall.
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