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The Udston mining disaster occurred in Hamilton, Scotland on Saturday, 28 May 1887 when 73 miners died in a firedamp explosion at Udston Colliery. Caused, it is thought, by unauthorised shot firing[1] the explosion is said to be Scotland's second worst coal mining disaster.[2]
Keir Hardie, then Secretary of the Scottish Miners' Federation, denounced the deaths as murder a few days later.[3]
- ^ "The Flag in the Wind - Features - Notable Dates in History" Archived 5 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Scots Independent
- ^ Bolton, Wilma S. Black Faces and Tackety Boots: True Stories from the Coal Mines of Lanarkshire ISBN 978-0-9552998-0-3
- ^ "Udston Pit Disaster", The Gazetteer for Scotland