Auchincruive Colliery

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Corrigan, Hugh, 27 Mar 1906, aged 42, Miner, Fall of roof in working place

Diamond, William, 12 Dec 1901, aged 26, Miner, Fall of roof at working face. His working place was not propped as required by the new Special Rules

Dunlop, John, 16 Jun 1908, 7.15 a.m., aged 19, Repairer, When clearing away a heavy fall he went up on the top of the timbering with his naked light and ignited gas which had accumulated in the cavity. The regulations required safety lamps alone to be used under such circumstances

Kelly, James, 28 May 1913, aged 16, Stone Picker, Deceased was sweeping up coal dust from gangways, which are used for oiling purposes at the screening plant, and as he passed a conveyor on the floor level his foot was caught, he was dragged in and so badly injured that he died four hours later. He was doing what he did with his foreman's sanction. The foreman should not have allowed him to do such work when the machinery was in motion

Mash, Thomas, 10 Nov 1911, aged 16, Assistant Bottomer, Deceased was employed principally as signaller. After signalling an empty cage away, he rushed across it to get to other side of the bottom, but was caught between the cage and doorheads as the cage lifted, was carried an unknown distance up the shaft, and fell back into the cage seat through a wooden grating, and to a seam 12 fathoms below

McDonald, John, 17 Oct 1903, aged 35, Overman, When clearing out firedamp from a heading he was overcome by the gas

McLellan, Alexander, 08 Jun 1909, aged 29, Miner, Fall of roof in working place or near it

McMahon, William, 12 Mar 1908, aged 19, Drawer, While holing coal it gave way and fell upon him. It displaced a sprag set to support it

McPherson, John, 23 Dec 1908, aged 53, Waggon trimmer, When crossing the rails at the screens he was run over by the railway company's brake van which was being run past the screens without any warning of its approach having been given

Milligan, John, 09 Nov 1914, aged 38, Miner, Whilst working at the coal face a fall of roof occurred. The deceased, thinking he was running out of the way, ran to a more dangerous position, and was completely buried. When extricated three hours later life was extinct

Nuson, Denis, 01 Oct 1913, aged 20, Surface Worker, He was assisting to adjust empty tubs on cage when the cage suddenly descended, and he was thrown into the shaft and crushed between the cage and the scaffold at the mouth of the shaft. The engineman apparently went away without having received the signal from the surface

Poole, Samuel, 24 Mar 1911, aged 40, Pit Sinker, He was descending the shaft, standing on the edge of a kibble, and when 30 ft. from the bottom he, by some means, fell off and was fatally injured

Sloan, William, 29 Apr 1924, (accident: 13 Apr 1924, 9.30 a.m., 3rd hour of shift), aged 23, Drawer, Deceased was found fast between a loaded hutch and the dip side of the road at the foot of a hand haulage road, dipping 1 in 20 in favour of the loads. He gave no explanation, but it would appear that he had got in front of the hutch to try to hold it back and had been overcome ; there were no snibbles in the wheels. He did not appear to be seriously injured, though he complained of having hurt his back. First aid was rendered and he was conveyed home, but pneumonia set in and he died on 29th April