Bellhaven Colliery

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Barrie, William, 20 Sep 1902, aged 45, Ostler, Deceased was turning off the waiter supply used for the stables, and obtained from the main rising column of pipes in the shaft, when he accidentally fell into the shaft to the bottom, a distance of 22½ fathoms

Gibb, William, 06 Mar 1908, aged 26, Waggon Trimmer, Deceased had charge of Ell coal and common dross screens, and ran his own waggons to screens. He had five empty waggons at common dross screen coupled together, one which was loaded he ran out, and put in a second, after which he seems to have been passing behind when the three others moved slowly down, and he was crushed against the buffers of the second. The three waggons behind had not been trigged up

Ralston, Lizzie, 23 Jul 1906, aged 19, Coal Cleaner, While stepping across a revolving shaft deceased's clothing was caught and she was wound round and fatally crushed; the shaft was unfenced

Scott, William, 23 Jan 1902, aged 28, Brusher, Deceased was preparing a charge of compressed powder for a brushing shot, while his neighbour was collecting and removing the boring tools. The latter was alleged to have raised his head into a small cavity close to face of brushing, and to have ignited a small quantity of firedamp, the explosion of which ignited four lbs. of compressed powder, and nineteen cartridges of gelignite, contained in the cartridge box with which deceased was working at the time. His cap, with an ordinary miner's lamp hooked to it, was afterwards found close to where he had been sitting. He sustained injuries to which he succumbed five days later

Swan, James, 18 Mar 1901, aged 45, Wagon shifter, While shifting a wagon below the screen he was jammed against a post supporting the scaffold

Young, John, 07 Jan 1912, (accident: 08 Dec 1911), aged 73, Wagon Trimmer, He died from injuries received when going up some steps into an engine house on December 8th last. The top step broke and caused him to stumble slightly ; as there were only three steps it was thought he was only slightly injured