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Who perished n the Drummond Colliery
Explosion of May 13, 1873.
Oh! What a sudden shock they in a movement fell
No time allowed to bid their friends farewell
Weep not for them, nor sorrow take
But love their families for their sake
Be yea also ready
The Miners’ Monument
The Miners’ Monument on Drummond Road was erected by the employees of the Drummond Colliery on October 22, 1891, to commemorate the miners who lost their lives in the May 13, 1873, explosion. The monument was built by William MacKenzie and the carving was done by James King.
The inscription includes the following:
James Dunn, general manager
Joseph Richardson, underground manager
| John Bowens | Daniel J. McDonald |
| John Dunn | John McRichey |
| John T. Elliot | John McNeil |
| Robert W. Dunbar | Oliver McLeod |
| Phillip Dunn | Hugh Gillis |
| George Burney | John Emery |
| John McKelvie | John Walton |
| Samuel Hale | Donald Shaw |
| Thomas Glenwright | David McNeil |
| Roderick McCharles | Hugh McGillivray |
| John Bennett | Henry Freeman |
| Duncan Holliday | James Dalling |
| Colin McDonald | Archibald Cameron |
| Harvey Campbell | Matthew Lyall |
| John Manning | Duncan McRae |
| John McKelvie, Jr. | William Elliot |
| D. McF. Stewart | James Webb |
| George Stewart | John McDonald No 1 |
| Edward Jones | John McDonald No 2 |
| James McPherson, Jr. | Angus Smith |
| James Ramsay | Hugh McDonald |
| Colin Chisholm | Kenneth Cameron |
| Edward Burns | John Ellis |
| Timothy Howatt | John Fraser |
| Nicholas O'Brien | Alex Purvis, Jr. |
| Edward Ruddick | John Sinclair |
| William Rogers | Alexander Murray |
| Duncan MacDonald |
