Bent Colliery

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Brown, Robert, 29 Dec 1881, Collier, Found dead below some tubs on endless rope haulage road. He had left the face unwell, and is supposed to have taken a fit

Bruns, Thomas, 31 Jul 1893, 11 a.m., aged 59, Miner, Fall of stone

Campbell, John, 25 Jun 1895, 6.15 p.m., aged 60, Roadsman, Fall of stone

Cavanagh, Robert, 30 Sep 1918, aged 50, Brusher, Killed by a fall of stone from the roof

Cleland, James, 22 Aug 1889, aged 45, Miner, Fall of roof

Crawford, William, 25 Sep 1896, aged 13, Brass picker, Crushed between stationary and moving waggons while crossing rails close to pit

Dunn, David, 05 Aug 1885, aged 16, Collier, Fall of side. While holing in a narrow place

Fleck, George, 05 Sep 1904, aged 28, Miner, Fall of coal while knocking out sprags

Freeland, John, 05 Dec 1890, aged 46, Roadsman, Sudden death from natural causes

Gellicks, Owen, 22 Sep 1891, 2.15 p.m., aged 18, Collier, Fall of coal and blaes

Glass, Richard, 10 Jan 1924, 6.30 a.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 18, Gummer, Deceased was "gumming" behind a coal cutter on a longwall face when the brushing at a roadhead broke through the timbers, and a displaced strap with debris on top fell across his neck. A large stone also fell on his back and death must have been practically instantaneous. Five straps and 10 props were displaced by the fall. The place was examined by a fireman about 1½ hours before the accident and although the roof was bad it was found securely timbered

Gourlay, Robert, 20 Mar 1907, aged 38, Waggon shifter, He held up a 6-feet prop to prevent two moving waggons from buffer looking other two. The prop was knocked aside and he was crushed between the waggons

Hassan, Hugh, 15 Jul 1885, aged 32, Roadsman, Fall of roof. While drawing props at stoops

Hosie, Matthew, 11 Aug 1902, aged 32, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Kilday, John, 22 May 1914, aged 21, Machineman, Deceased and another man were starting to pull an electrically driven coal cutter into its place, for undercutting the coal, by its own power, when a small piece of the roof consisting of ironstone rib fell on the revolving disc, which was not under the coal, with the result that the machine was thrown bodily round towards the waste, and before he could get clear he was caught by the revolving disc, and so severely injured that he died the same day

McCabe, Patrick, 15 Feb 1910, aged 39, Machineman, Fall of roof at coal face in machine wall

McIntyre, John, 21 Dec 1928, aged 65, Miner, Died at the pithead from natural causes

McKillop, Daniel, 23 Jan 1929, aged 57, Oncostman, Died from natural causes whilst at work underground

Muir, James, 29 Dec 1900, aged 22, Haulageman, Deceased coupled together two wagons while they were moving, and in coming from between them appears to have stumbled, and was run over

Muir, William Alexander, 24 May 1917, aged 54, Engineman, Caught by machinery

Naismith, William, 19 Mar 1904, aged 62, Miner, Fall of roof in working place. His hip joint was dislocated and he died while under chloroform. The working place was not propped as required by the regulations

O'Brien, Peter Burns, 19 Oct 1899, aged 23, Miner, Fall of roof stone at the face of longwall. A small trouble crossed the strata at the point, and appears to have relieved the stone

Paton, George, 27 Dec 1912, aged 47, Assistant Coal Cutter Machineman, The deceased was buried by a large fall of roof stone whilst attending the machine. The fall came from between two lypes, but neither were visible before it occurred

Potter, John, 12 Dec 1896, aged 55, Waggon trimmer, A waggon which deceased was trimming was moved forward and deceased was crushed by it

Russell, Andrew, 17 May 1878, Roadsman, Fall of roof. On main road while repairing it. Stoop and room

Steele, Thomas, 24 Apr 1883, aged 15, Chain boy, Crushed between the buffers of empty waggons, which were being shunted by locomotive

Stevenson, John, 06 Oct 1911, aged 35, Brusher, He bored a hole for a shot in the brushing and left the place to have some food. During his absence the shot firer came into the place, and after charging the hole with four cartridges of Arkite, about 1½ lbs., he lit the fuse and passed along the face. In the place below two shots were charged, and the fuse also lit, prior to deceased's hole being charged. Deceased was unaware that two shots had been lit in the place below, and when the two shots exploded he thought his was one of them and proceeded to the face ; when 35 feet away his shot went off, and he was struck on the head with some flying debris

Taylor, Edward, 13 Dec 1894, 11 a.m., aged 25, Runner, Crushed by tub

Taylor, John, 19 Feb 1918, aged 30, Machineman, Caught by machinery

Weir, Andrew, 05 Mar 1903, aged 32, Miner, Fall of roof at working face. It is not known what he was doing at the time of the accident

Wilson, Edward, 28 Jun 1899, aged 35, Brusher, Deceased was taking out some props under the brushing at a longwall roadhead, preparatory to blasting it down, when a large stone fell from between two parallel lypes converging overhead, killing him instantly