Earnock Colliery roof fall, 1895

Two miners, Abraham McManus and Charles Rae, were killed by a fall of stone at Earnock Colliery, Hamilton, on 22 October 1895.

Cause

A fall of stone underground.

What happened

On the afternoon of 22 October 1895 a fall of stone at Earnock Colliery, on the south-west side of Hamilton, killed two miners, Abraham McManus, 21, and Charles Rae, 27.

Recorded claims

Individual factual claims, each attached to the source(s) that support it below. Where sources disagree, both are kept.

• On 22 October 1895 two miners, Abraham McManus, 21, and Charles Rae, 27, were killed at Earnock Colliery, Hamilton. ^1,2,3
• A fall of stone underground killed them at about 2 p.m. ^1,2,3
• The colliery belonged to John Watson Ltd. ^1,2,3

Related terminology

Mining terms this disaster is structurally linked to, with the nature of the relationship.

• Colliery (contextual relationship)
  Named twice in this record, first in the summary: “…McManus and Charles Rae, were killed by a fall of stone at Earnock Colliery, Hamilton, on 22 October 1895.”

Sources

1. (secondary) Mining deaths 1890-1899, surnames R part 1 (Ian Winstanley) — Healey Hero (Ian Winstanley's mining deaths lists)
2. (secondary) Fatal accidents in Scottish mines, 1895 — Scottish Mining Website
3. (secondary) Mining deaths 1890-1899, surnames M part 4 (Ian Winstanley) — Healey Hero (Ian Winstanley's mining deaths lists)

Record created: 8 October 2026 · Last researched: 8 October 2026