Bogleshole Colliery

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Allan, James, 28 May 1873, aged 15, Driver, Was run over by hutches

Anderson, James, 29 Jun 1910, aged 50, Miner, While working at the coal face a stone 11 feet 9 inches by 4 feet 2 inches by 1 foot thick fell from a glazy lipe which owing to its being beyond the coal could not be seen before the fall occurred. The place was well timbered [More information ...]

Anderson, William, 29 Jun 1910, aged 26, Miner, While working at the coal face a stone 11 feet 9 inches by 4 feet 2 inches by 1 foot thick fell from a glazy lipe which owing to its being beyond the coal could not be seen before the fall occurred. The place was well timbered [More information ...]

Boyce, Thomas, 10 Sep 1900, aged 13, Stone Picker, While climbing upon a waggon to get a ride home the locomotive started, and the jerk causing him to fall he was run over by the waggon wheels

Boyd, John, sen, 17 Jul 1903, aged 40, Miner, Upon entering their working place to commence work after it was reported all clear by the foreman their naked lights ignited fire-damp and they were fatally injured by the explosion. Another man was injured [More information ...]

Cameron, Robert, 13 Nov 1888, aged 65, Miner, Fall of roof at face

Dunn, William, 27 Sep 1889, aged 40, Miner, Fall of roof at roadhead

George, James, 01 Oct 1866, aged 43, Bottomer, Fell down the shaft from a mid working

Gray, Richard, 24 Jun 1871, aged 58, Collier, Fall of coal

Hunter, Joseph, 17 Jul 1903, aged 32, Miner, Upon entering their working place to commence work after it was reported all clear by the foreman their naked lights ignited fire-damp and they were fatally injured by the explosion. Another man was injured [More information ...]

Jamieson, Andrew, 26 Feb 1878, aged 53, Collier, Fall of roof

Jamieson, David, 28 Sep 1846 [More information ...]

Jamieson, James, 28 Sep 1846 [More information ...]

Jamieson, William, 28 Sep 1846 [More information ...]

Kirkwood, R., 02 Nov 1867, aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof

Laird, Charles, 28 Sep 1846 [More information ...]

Liddell, David, 11 Jul 1892, aged 30, Miner, Fall of coal at working face

McArthur, Arcibald, 15 Jul 1864, aged 35, Fireman, Explosion of firedamp (while examining the workings with an unprotected light) [More information ...]

McAulay, Donald, 05 Mar 1924, (accident: 01 Mar 1924, 7.45 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 46, Stone Miner, Three shots were about to be fired electrically by the fireman in a stone drift, and deceased was in shelter by himself to guard one of the approaches to the place. In firing the second shot the fireman noticed that the exploder did not work so easily as usual, and, without uncoupling the cable from the exploder, he commenced to work the exploder in an attempt to free it. A minute later an explosion was heard, and, on examination, deceased was found near the face of the drift, having been injured by the exploding of the third shot. He had evidently returned and was coupling the cable to the third shot while the fireman was working the exploder. He died 4 days later. Had the fireman uncoupled the cable from the exploder after firing the second shot the accident would not have occurred

McAuley, Charles, 11 Mar 1867, aged 40, Collier, Fall of coal at face

McFarlane, Duncan, 28 Sep 1846 [More information ...]

McGuire, Edward, 24 Oct 1873, aged 50, Brusher, While blasting

Murphy, Patrick, 23 May 1887, aged 28, Roadsman, Fall of roof

Naismith, Allan, 05 May 1899, aged 50, Labourer, Collapse of an old wall, caused by digging a trench alongside of it

Newman, Patrick, 16 Jun 1868, aged 23, Brusher, While engaged blasting with gunpowder

Sneddon, John, 28 Sep 1846 [More information ...]

Swan, Thomas, 11 Aug 1881, aged 75, Collier, Fell from the cage whilst ascending ; he had worked 68 years in pits

Winning, William, 21 Jan 1888, aged 45, Miner, Fall of coal

Winning, William, 24 Oct 1896, aged 40, Brusher, Fall of roof while drawing props at stoops

Wright, John, 05 Nov 1887, (accident: 24 Oct 1887), aged 74, Miner, Fall of roof at face (injured on 24th October)