Bannockburn Colliery

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Brown, James, 30 May 1905, aged 25, Brakesman, While running a "race" on a self acting incline the brake gave way and the lever struck him on the head

Brown, Nathaniel, 05 Dec 1910, aged 29, Pony Driver, When coming out with a loaded rake of hutches he appears to have lost his light and fallen in front of the hutches. He was found under the second hutch

Carson, William, 21 Feb 1914, (accident: 08 Feb 1914), aged 32, Miner, He had apparently taken out a tree, and brought down some stone from the roof, and then started work at the coal without supporting the roof again. A piece of stone fell from between two sand backs, and severely injured him. The roof was full of open slips, and needed great care in timbering. Died February 2lst

Casey, William, 29 Dec 1908, aged 51, Labourer, Crushed between waggon and wall of washery while pushing waggons forward to screens

Dazley, William, 06 May 1909, aged 44, Repairer, While travelling down dook lashing chain got disconnected from a hutch, which ran back on him. Men were prohibited from travelling on the dook there being a separate travelling road

Douglas, William, 21 Dec 1898, aged 17, Drawer, Fall of wheel-frame and roof at top of self-acting incline

Duncan, Hugh, 13 Apr 1900, aged 41, Miner, When he stepped off the cage at a mid-working, he fell into the cage seat of the other cage, and through the defective scaffolding to the bottom of the shaft

Dunnachie, Thomas, 03 Nov 1913, aged 25, Brusher, He was removing some stones from a drawing road when a large stone fell off the building and severely injured him. Died about four hours later

Hamilton, Charles, 22 May 1912, (accident: 14 Feb 1912), aged 21, Miner, He was trying to put some hutches on the road while being moved by the haulage, when he slipped and fell in front of the rake, sustaining a broken back, and he succumbed to his injuries on 22nd May

Hepburn, James, 21 Jun 1912, (accident: 12 Jun 1912), aged 46, Labourer, He was sitting outside a hut on the spoil bank, when a pony, which had been startled by an engine, while drawing a rake of hutches, turned off the track in front of him. The rake ran on, and the draw chain crushed his leg against the hutch. Died 21st June

Hunter, James, 17 Jan 1912, aged 14, Haulage boy, When attempting to pull a hutch out of the cage at the pit bottom, the shuts on the surface failed to act, the cage pressed them, and he was pulled forward and crushed against the landing plates

Lamont, John, 18 Apr 1910, aged 52, Miner, Fall of roof between slips at coal face

Macgregor, Duncan, 14 Jun 1907, aged 21, Repairer, When he was working on a dook a drawer let go a full hutch, which ran over him

McCallum, James, 27 Feb 1913, aged 21, Miner, He was corning up the shaft with seven other men when the winder failed to stop the cage at the proper place. The cage was carried up to the pulley, and McCallum jumping out fell down the shaft. The other men escaped

McEwan, Peter, 01 Aug 1910, aged 39, Bencher, He was coming up the dook from the second to first bench, when a fall of stone from roof caught and killed him. After the fall a "lipe" was exposed along one side of the road

Mclachlan, John, 10 Mar 1906, aged 55, Pump attendant, In some unknown manner he fell to the pit bottom either from the cage or from the entrance to a steam pump placed in the shaft

Ogilvie, David, 02 Mar 1857, Collier, Fall of coal

Ramage, Alexander, 11 Nov 1909, aged 28, Miner, Returned to a shot of arkite, the fuse of which was thought not to have been kindled

Stevenson, Alexander, 10 Feb 1868, aged 68, Assistant engineman, Got entangled with the underground machinery [More information ...]

Templeton, Gilbert, 19 Jan 1909, aged 26, Brusher, Fall of roof on old road while repairing it

Turnbull, Walter, 12 Feb 1909, aged 26, Engineer, While oiling a bearing of fan engine he got caught by the flywheel

Welsh, James, 24 Mar 1897, (accident: 12 Nov 1896), aged 28, Brusher, Fall of roof on road while sitting waiting for a shot to go off. November 12th 1896 ; died March 24th 1897

Wynn, William, 15 Oct 1896, aged 42, Miner, Fall of roof at working face