Carberry Colliery

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Brown, Alexander Salkeld, 05 Jul 1931, aged 30, Collier, Killed by a fall of stone

Campbell, Alexander, 01 Nov 1912, aged 14, Creeper Attendant, He was pushing a full hutch to the foot of a creeper, and fell into the hole where the drum is fixed round which the creeper chain works. The left leg was held in the hole, and the right leg was carried for a distance up the creeper. The right leg was taken off, and abdominal injuries received to which he succumbed in a couple of hours

Casey, John, 04 Jun 1913, aged 31, Brusher, Deceased was engaged in rebrushing a horse road, the roof of which was much disturbed and broken by the workings on the low side of it and also by the workings in seams above it. At the time of the accident he was preparing to set some timber, when a piece of the roof fell and killed him. The fall displaced some timber previously set by him

Dillon, James, 17 Jan 1934, aged 60, Miner, Crushed by a fall of stone from the roof

Duncan, James, 22 Nov 1910, aged 34, Repairer, When he was repairing a road, the timber he had put up was swung out, and a piece of stone fell and struck him on the back

Forsyth, Hugh, 08 Jun 1906, aged 29, Attendant on Coal Cutting Machine, A coal cutting machine of the disc type was in use, and the length of the "run" was 120 yards on an inclination of 1 in 3. In order that the machine should feed itself while cutting, a rope goes round a pulley fixed to a prop by a gabby and chain, one end of the rope is attached to the machine and the other end winds round a drum on the machine. Deceased, as leading man, was in front of the machine, and while it was cutting to the rise the gabby broke and pulley came down with terrific force and striking his head fractured his skull. The gabby was made of best iron 1 1/8 in. diameter, and did not appear to be defective

Frew, John, 17 Aug 1908, aged 40, Brusher, Deceased and other repairers were engaged making repairs on a main incline, and had temporarily propped a bad part, and while putting up permanent supports, a large stone crashed through the timber, and he was instantly killed

Fullerton, John, 01 Mar 1888, Collier, Fall of side. At face; stoop and room

Hall, Patrick, 13 Nov 1922, 10.38 a.m., 12th hour of shift, aged 30, Coal cutting machine gummer, He had been walking up a main haulage dook while the haulage was in motion. Apparently he got on to a loaded tub and was crushed between the roof and the hutch upon which he was riding at the time. He died an hour later in the ambulance.

Higgins, William, 29 Jun 1914, aged 15, Pony Driver, Deceased was drawing out a full train of hutches, and, as usual at this mine, was sitting on the front of the first one. There was a strong current of air. To prevent his naked light from being blown out, he carried it well down in front of the hutch. While doing this he probably overbalanced and fell in front of the first hutch, which was pulled over him, by the pony

Horner, John, 04 Oct 1906, aged 17, Drawer, The shaft is 137 fathoms deep, and at 75 fathoms from the surface is a steam pump in the dip side, and for expansion a copper pipe was placed some distance above. While the men were descending to their work in the morning an unusual noise was heard in the shaft, and the oversman, thinking a joint had blown, signalled to the surface to cut off the steam, after which the men were again allowed to descend. The dip cage was loaded with seven persons, and while it was descending it came into contact with something and shortly after a piece of wood followed, and a splinter struck deceased, penetrating the skull by the eye, from the effects of which he died next day. It was afterwards discovered that the expansion pipe had burst and the force of the steam had displaced a brattice deal opposite, which the cage caught in passing. Had the oversman made an inspection of the shaft after the explosion before he allowed the men to descend he would have discovered the loose deal

King, Alexander, 02 Dec 1875, Collier, [On Inclined Planes] He was travelling up an incline and was met by the truck coming down

King, James, 15 Sep 1893, aged 36, Miner, Fall of head coal

Laing, Phillip, 05 Feb 1903, aged 33, Sinker, Deceased was a foreman sinker, and at the time of the accident was engaged removing a scaffold 7 fathoms below the Great seam, and the planks were raised to said seam by a rope and drawn up by two workmen. A plank was fixed to the rope in the usual way, and while being hauled up it slipped from the rope and fell, striking deceased on the head. The rope had not been properly fastened by deceased

Meyers, John, 15 Apr 1915, aged 35, Miner, Crushed to death under a fall of coal ; address: 5 Mitchell Street, Musselburgh

Moore, John, 27 Jan 1887, aged 19, Crushed by pump rods

Morrison, George, 11 Sep 1896, aged 43, Miner, Fall of coal in close place

Morrison, John, 06 Aug 1924, 1.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 33, Miner, Fall of coal in the Jewel seam [More information ...]

Purvis, William, 06 Aug 1924, 1.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 38, Miner, Fall of coal in the Jewel seam [More information ...]

Ritchie, Robert, 19 Oct 1903, aged 24, Pitheadman, Deceased ran a loaded tub of debris from the shaft to the waggon tip, and by some means was thrown over the scaffold to the railway below, a distance of 14 ft. The tub was found off the rails, and it is supposed that it had struck him as it came back after being emptied. The tip was a side one

Storrie, Thomas, 30 Sep 1931, aged 25, Collier, Killed by a fall of stone

Thomson, John, 01 Jun 1915, aged 41, Coal Miner, died from injuries sustained due to a large quantity of rocks falling on him while at work

Urquart, James, 06 Aug 1924, 1.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 58, Miner, Fall of coal in the Jewel seam [More information ...]

Watson, Robert, 03 Apr 1913, aged 22, Banksman, The deceased was turning round, after putting two empty hutches on to the cage, when he was struck by another empty, and knocked back into the shaft just as the cage descended, and was fatally crushed. A controller was provided to regulate the empties, and, by some means, this had evidently been half turned round, and so allowed another hutch to pass. Possibly Watson had only brought one hutch over the previous time and had forgotten to turn the controller

Williamson, John, 09 Sep 1924, 8.30 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 64, Pitheadman, He was engaged on the back shift sending down wood, girders, etc., from the low scaffold. He went up to the pithead for empty hutches to take to the low scaffold, and finding the hutches nearest the cage part filled with wood he apparently decided not to take them. He forgot to signal the cage away to the low scaffold, and proceeding down the stairs and into the air lock he opened the door guarding the shaft. Failing to notice that the cage was not there, he pushed into the shaft a hutch carrying two girders, and was himself precipitated down the shaft a distance of 270 yards. Death was instantaneous