Bellfield Colliery

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Anderson, David, 22 Jun 1908, aged 47, Miner, While working at the face, a piece of head coal gave way and crushed him against a prop. It was stated that sprags supported the head coal, but that these were displaced by the fall

Barr, William, 23 Nov 1905, aged 65, Mine owner, While standing close to unfenced machinery at the pithead, his overcoat got caught by a revolving shaft, and he was drawn in and fatally injured

Brown, William, 03 Oct 1892, 8.15 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 44, Sinker, Fell down shaft

Chalmers, John, 06 Sep 1902, (accident: 22 Aug 1902), aged 17, Miner, Whilst putting a hutch on the rails he sprained his leg. He died on 6th September, but it is doubtful if the accident was the cause of his death

Cornelius, John, 27 Nov 1896, aged 44, Miner, While taking out some cartridges of compressed gunpowder from his canister, containing 2 1/2lbs., a spark fell from his lamp, which was on his cap, into the canister, igniting the contents, and causing an explosion

Ferguson, James, 04 Nov 1914, aged 17, Pony Driver, His pony, which, having been idle the previous day, was somewhat restive, failed, when coming outbye with a rake of hatches, to stop at the lye. When endeavouring to stop the pony it ran down an incline, and he was crushed between the hutches and the side of the road. A stop block placed at the top of the incline would have prevented this accident

Greenshields, James, 12 Oct 1910, aged 41, Miner, He was taking a loaded hutch from the coal face when it left the rails and knocked out a prop, and the stone above it fell upon him

Kelly, John, 24 Dec 1912, aged 47, Miner, He was engaged stooping coal, and while in the act of taking some off the face, which had been loosened by a shot, it fell, and before he could clear himself struck him, causing instant death. Close behind him was a prop, and this prop was in his way to get clear

Leggate, Robert M., 03 Apr 1895, 1.20 p.m., aged 28, Manager, Crushed by dynamo

Lockhart, Robert, 25 Feb 1904, (accident: 13 Jul 1903), aged 18, Bencher, While riding on a bogie on a low part of a haulage road along with other men he got crushed against the roof. He died from his injuries on 25th February 1904

Maclay, George, 22 Dec 1905, aged 27, Bogie man, He fell from his bogie and was dragged along by the hutches, his bogie having collided with another coming in the opposite direction and which had gone off the rails

McLuskie, Hugh, 03 Dec 1908, aged 50, Miner, Fall of coal, which knocked out a sprag and a prop, the latter of which struck him and inflicted fatal injuries

Meikle, William Boyd, 02 Apr 1902, aged 30, Miner, Fall of coal while holing without sprags. He had holed 4 feet deep to a distance of 9 feet from an open end

Neilson, David, 10 Nov 1896, aged 47, Brusher, Fall of roof stone at longwall face

Park, John, 11 Jan 1892, 2.15 p.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 37, Miner, Fall of roof

Robertson, William, 08 Jul 1907, aged 35, Miner, Fall of roof at working face of a machine wall

Wilson, Robert, 06 Sep 1895, 8.30 a.m., aged 39, Miner, Fall of coal

Yuile, John, 16 Nov 1910, aged 51, Waggon Trimmer, When taking a waggon down a siding it came in contact with another waggon in an adjoining road, which was foul of the crossing, and he was crushed between them