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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〔("The Flag in the Wind - Features - Notable Dates in History" ), Scots Independent〕 the explosion is said to be Scotland's second worst coal mining disaster.〔Bolton, Wilma S. ''Black Faces and Tackety Boots: True Stories from the Coal Mines of Lanarkshire'' ISBN 978-0-9552998-0-3〕
Keir Hardie, then Secretary of the Scottish Miners' Federation, denounced the deaths as murder a few days later.〔("Udston Pit Disaster" ), The Gazetteer for Scotland〕
==Location==
The Udston Colliery, owned by the Udston Coal Company, was situated at the top of Hillhouse, Hamilton behind where Townhill Road now runs. Opened in 1875, it was a small pit employing approximately 200 men and boys working in three coal seams at depths of up to underground. The workings of the colliery extended for and were bordered on three sides by the Blantyre, Earnock, and Greenfield Collieries. The last remaining colliery buildings and the pit waste were removed in 2002 and today the site of the colliery is now a housing estate and part of Hamilton’s western expansion programme.
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