Bredisholm Colliery

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Badger, John, 27 Nov 1860, aged 36, Fireman, Fall of roof at a coal pillar

Birmingham, John, 11 Nov 1889, aged 50, Waggon shifter, While spragging waggons he was thrown in front of wheels and was run over

Blackburn, Alexander, 25 Aug 1886, aged 59, Collier, Fall of side. At face; stoop and room

Bryson, Peter, 27 Jan 1899, aged 28, Miner, Fall of roof at working face while brushing his road

Buchan, Andrew, 12 Jun 1896, aged 53, Miner, Fall of coal

Buchan, Peter, 04 Aug 1882, aged 29, Brusher, At face of brushing; long wall

Campbell, John, 22 Feb 1911, aged 15, Drawer, By some unexplained means he became entangled in the endless rope wheel, which was securely fenced on all accessible sides. He must have climbed over the fence to get where he was

Carson, William, 27 Feb 1883, aged 14, Collier, Fall of side. At face, while holing. Stoop and room

Conley, James, 05 May 1883, aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, while putting in building ; long wall

Conlin, Daniel, 14 Dec 1898, aged 22, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Davis, John, 21 Dec 1888, aged 62, Reddsman, Fall of roof. Redding up stoop

Divine, Bernard, 20 Nov 1863, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof in Pyotshaw workings. No props up

Docherty, Helen, 25 Dec 1908, aged 15, Message girl, When attempting to pass between moving waggons being weighed, she got caught and was run over

Docherty, James, 26 Jun 1884, aged 50, Foreman Brusher, Fall of roof. At face ; while taking down "brushing"

Dollan, William, 09 Jun 1890, aged 21, Bottomer, Crushed by the cage in a blind pit coming down on him

Donaldson, John, 04 Apr 1882, aged 40, Labourer, Fell over the scaffold while emptying a hutch of stones over screen

Drummond, John, 13 Apr 1910, aged 33, Miner, When being lowered to his work he fell off the cage after it had descended a short distance and was killed

Fisher, Thomas, 09 Jun 1887, aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof. At face; long wall

Flinn, Thomas, 19 May 1863, aged 13, Boy, Fall of roof

Fotheringham, Andrew, 05 Aug 1910, aged 54, Miner, When working under some top coal which is said to have been supported by a prop, the top coal suddenly fell away and killed him and injured his son who was working with him

Frame, William, 28 Feb 1868, aged 15, Boy, Fall of roof at face while engaged undermining

Gallocher, P., 28 Sep 1863, aged 14, Collier, A piece of Pyotshaw which the men had just left off working fell upon him as he was passing under

Gemmell, Stephen, 13 Jul 1874, Fireman, A small quantity of firedamp had gathered in a bratticed place standing "up stoop" and he went in amongst it with his naked light when examining the place. He ought to have used a safety lamp

Jerdan, John, 06 Nov 1877, aged 20, Brusher, Fall of Roof. At Face. Long wall

Johnstone, John, 12 Feb 1909, aged 29, Machineman, Fall of roof at working face

Kirkwood, William, 26 May 1896, aged 50, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Kittings, Thomas, 14 Oct 1853, Fell from pithead down the shaft with a hutch

Markley, P., 21 Mar 1867, aged 48, Brusher, Fall of roof while blasting

McCartney, Thomas, 01 Nov 1883, aged 54, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; long wall

McEwan, James, 14 Jan 1875, aged 20, Collier, [Falling from part way down] He pushed a tub into a "blind" pit and fell along with it a depth of 13 fathoms. It was the first day of the pit being used, and the gate had not been put on. Gates have since been put on

McGhie, John, 18 Aug 1879, aged 35, Miner, Explosion of firedamp

McGill, Neil, 17 Oct 1888, aged 48, Contractor brusher, While riding on top of loaded tub was crushed against the roof

McGill, Neil, 01 Mar 1891, aged 26, Haulage attendant, Caught by the driving pulley of a dook pump worked by wire rope

McGraw, Edward, 22 Aug 1881, aged 30, Shaftsman, Fell from main coal to splint coal. He was incautiously stepping across the corner of winding shaft, when the cage struck him

McKay, James, 31 Mar 1887, aged 18, Brakesman, Locomotive left the rails, and first waggon came over on foot-plate where deceased was standing

McKenna, Patrick, 14 Dec 1888, aged 50, Collier, Fall of side. At face; stooping

McLachlan, John, 08 Dec 1888, aged 14, Runner, Caught hold of haulage rope, and was taken up into pulley

McLay, John, 21 Jan 1890, aged 19, Drawer, Fall of roof at working face at road head

McLeod, Malcolm, 17 Feb 1888, aged 37, Collier, Fall of roof. At face; stoop and room

McSeveny, Samuel, 23 Jan 1891, aged 38, Miner, Fall of coal while "stooping"

Mullen, Robert, 05 Aug 1886, aged 54, Collier, Fall of roof. At face; long wall

Murphy, Henry, 12 Apr 1888, aged 16, Collier, Fall of side. At face; stoop and room

O'Neil, Bernard, 10 Jul 1884, aged 25, Brusher, Explosion of firedamp

O'Neil, James, 18 Nov 1879, aged 50, Brusher, Fall of roof. At face of "brushing" while propping it before leaving

Paterson, John, 19 May 1888, aged 36, Collier, Fall of side. At face; stooping

Paterson, Robert, 27 Apr 1895, Noon, aged 52, Fireman, Fall of roof on a haulage road while he was redding a previous fall

Rhinds, William Weir, 06 Jan 1925, aged 44, Injuries sustained by being crushed between the roof of the main haulage road and a loaded hutch of a rake of loaded huches then in motion

Roy, John, 12 Feb 1892, aged 35, Miner, Fall of head coal at stoops while knocking out props

Russell, Robert, 15 May 1874, aged 40, Engineman, The "fan" of the engine also drove a grindstone and whilst he was attempting to put on the grindstone belt without stopping the engine he got entangled with it

Sanderson, James, 03 Aug 1891, aged 51, Roadsman, Fall of roof on road

Scobbie, John, 14 Jul 1886, aged 13, Drawer, Fall of roof. On drawing road; long wall

Scobbie, John, 06 Jul 1912, aged 32, Repairer, Deceased and another man were on the top of a cage taking out old barring to replace it with a new when a fall occurred from the side of the shaft 73 fathoms above them and it caught and killed him.

Semple, James, 30 Aug 1895, 8.30 a.m., aged 14, Bogie runner, The hutches he was conveying along a haulage road left the rails, knocked out a prop, and the roof fell on him

Smith, James, 16 Jun 1862, aged 45, Collier, Fall of roof at the face

Somerville, James, 11 Sep 1882, aged 59, Ostler, Run over by a bogie

Timmins, James, 31 Mar 1877, aged 52, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, Long wall

Traynor, William, 29 Nov 1911, aged 22, Coal Cutting Machineman, The accident occurred in the Ell Coal Seam, which is holed by means of a coal cutter, the motive power of which is electricity, A.C. of 500 volts. Deceased was in charge of the coal cutter and at the time of the accident he and another machineman were shifting the haulage rope connected with the cutter, and while doing so both received an electric shock, the former being killed on the spot

Walsh, John, 18 Jun 1898, aged 36, Pitheadman, After re-hosing the winding-rope he was steadying it until the engineman lifted the cage. The cage was raised suddenly, and caused him to fall between the cage and the pithead frame where he was crushed

Ward, Michael, 28 Jan 1864, aged 39, Collier, Fall of roof at face

Wotherspoon, A., 03 Nov 1870, aged 40, Sinker, He was on a scaffold at the top of a blind pit, when a mass of stone fell off the side wall, and carried the scaffold, with him on it, down the pit. Scaffold badly constructed

Young, Archibald, 12 Feb 1863, aged 31, Collier, A piece of Poytshaw coal 24' x 22' x 3' which he was preparing to take down fell upon him