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Names of Men Killed in Redding Colliery Disaster 25th September 1923

No Name Date body recovered Place where body was found
1 Thomas Brown 25 September 1923 30 yards from Gutterhole shaft to dip
2 John Forrester 25 September 1923 10 yards from Gutterhole shaft to dip
3 David Porteous 25 September 1923 30 yards from Gutterhole shaft to dip
4 Frank McGarvie 04 October 1923 Against Motor House, top of Main Coal Mine
5 Michael McKenna 04 October 1923 Corner of Easton's Mine, Main Coal haulage road
6 Andrew Anderson 04 October 1923 In Main Coal haulage road, between 4 and 5 bodies
7 William Anderson 10 October 1923 In Easton's Mine, Main Coal
8 Patrick Shields 13 October 1923 In Easton's Mine, Main Coal
9 James Hannah 13 October 1923 In Easton's Mine, Main Coal
10 Thomas Aitken 13 October 1923 In Easton's Mine, Main Coal
11 Thomas Thomson,junr. 14 October 1923 In Slant off Spion Kop main road, Ball Coal
12 Thomas Kilgannan 14 October 1923 Entrance to Slant off Spion Kop main road
13 David Brown 18 October 1923 In No 2 Section main road, Ball Coal
14 Thomas Brown 18 October 1923 In No 2 Section main road, Ball Coal
15 John Lennie Wright 20 October 1923 Main Coal Airway, 20 yards to rise of Gutterhole
16 Thomas Thomson (2) 06 November 1923 In Bar Run Airway, Pick Section, Main Coal
17 James Marrs 06 November 1923 In Bar Run Airway, Pick Section, Main Coal
18 Laurence T. Scobbie 06 November 1923 In Bar Run Airway, Pick Section, Main Coal
19 David Thomson 06 November 1923 In Bar Run Airway, Pick Section, Main Coal
20 Jas. Scott Irving 06 November 1923 In Bar Run Airway, Pick Section, Main Coal
21 Alex. Hamilton 06 November 1923 In Bar Run Airway, Pick Section, Main Coal
22 Laurence Thomson 08 November 1923 In Bar Run Airway, Pick Section, Main Coal
23 William Donaldson 12 November 1923 To dip of Gutterhole Shaft in Main Coal
24 Colin Maxwell, senr. 15 November 1923 At 92 refuge hole, Bar Run Road, Main Coal
25 Thomas Bonar 15 November 1923 At 93 refuge hole, Bar Run Road, Main Coal
26 John Baxter 15 November 1923 Between 101 and 102 refuge holes, Main Coal
27 Walter Maxwell 20 November 1923 At 105 refuge hole, Bar Run Road, Main Coal
28 Archibald McNee 21 November 1923 In Dublin Return Airway, near top
29 David Bennie 21 November 1923 In Old No 1 Section, off Hen Farm Section, under Middlerig Farm
30 Robert Thomson 21 November 1923 In Old No 1 Section, off Hen Farm Section, under Middlerig Farm
31 Andrew Brown 21 November 1923 In Old No 1 Section, off Hen Farm Section, under Middlerig Farm
32 Henry Thomson 21 November 1923 In Old No 1 Section, off Hen Farm Section, under Middlerig Farm
33 Robert Beveridge 21 November 1923 In Old No 1 Section, off Hen Farm Section, under Middlerig Farm
34 John Beekman 21 November 1923 In Old No 1 Section, off Hen Farm Section, under Middlerig Farm
35 Thomas Thomson (1) 21 November 1923 In Old No 1 Section, off Hen Farm Section, under Middlerig Farm
36 James Adam 21 November 1923 In Old No 1 Section, off Hen Farm Section, under Middlerig Farm
37 Colin Maxwell, junr. 21 November 1923 In Old No 1 Section, off Hen Farm Section, under Middlerig Farm
38 Michael McLaughlin 21 November 1923 In Old No 1 Section, off Hen Farm Section, under Middlerig Farm
39 James Jarvie 21 November 1923 In Old No 1 Section, off Hen Farm Section, under Middlerig Farm
40 James Cochrane 03 December 1923 To dip of Bar Run Return Airway, Main Coal

The numbers indicate the order in which the bodies were recovered.
Nos 13 and 14 died of gas (black damp) poisoning. Nos 29 to 39 inclusive from cardiac failure, due to exhaustion, and the others from drowning

Last Updated 22nd August 2010