Castlehill Colliery

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Aitken, William, 16 Oct 1903, aged 64, Labourer, Deceased was bringing forward two empty waggons for dross at cart screen when he was fatally crushed between an upright post and second waggon. The space between the post and side of waggon was 4½ inches

Brown, Thomas, 14 Sep 1891, 10.40 a.m., aged 17, Collier, Fall of coal

Cameron, J., 15 Oct 1869, aged 40, Sinker, Suffocated by chokedamp

Cassels, Robert, 22 Oct 1914, (accident: 20 Oct 1914), aged 23, Miner, They were starting to take a new leaf off a stoop without setting trees under the straps which are needled into the blaes above the coal, a precaution the fireman had instructed them to take. A heavy fall of roof and side took place killing Duffy on the spot, and so injuring Cassels that he died on October 22. Owing to a mistake in counting the number of men below ground the accident was only discovered some five or six hours after it happened [More information ...]

Duffy, Patrick, 20 Oct 1914, aged 25, Miner, They were starting to take a new leaf off a stoop without setting trees under the straps which are needled into the blaes above the coal, a precaution the fireman had instructed them to take. A heavy fall of roof and side took place killing Duffy on the spot, and so injuring Cassels that he died on October 22. Owing to a mistake in counting the number of men below ground the accident was only discovered some five or six hours after it happened [More information ...]

Edgar, James, 09 May 1898, aged 26, Wagon shifter, Coal was being filled from a bing, and deceased was placing the loaded tubs upon the winding cage at pit mouth, in order that they might be raised to the upper scaffold for screening purposes. Immediately after sending away the cage with a loaded tub, he pushed another tub forward and fell with it to pit bottom, a distance of 30 fathoms. The shaft was fenced with a hinged gate, which deceased neglected to close after placing the tub on the cage

Findlay, James, 24 Dec 1914, aged 41, Bottomer, Deceased was pulling an empty tub across the plates at the shaft bottom when some loaded tubs, which had not got free from a haulage clip in time, pushed forward other loaded tubs against him and knocked him under the descending cage. If deceased had kept the shaft bottom gate closed till the proper time to open it the accident would not have occurred

Gordon, John, 12 Aug 1889, aged 32, Miner, Fall of coal

Lee, Thomas, 02 Mar 1909, aged 51, Miner, Deceased was putting back a charge of gelignite with a wooden stemmer when it exploded. The explosive was hard and therefore unsafe

McIvor, Robert, 07 Mar 1922, 8 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 28, Miner, A small fall had taken place at the face and partly closed the space between the face and the buildings. He was stripping off the coal from the face to enlarge the place to make a free passage for the air current when a piece of stone weiging about 30 cwts. fell from the roof on him.  His spine was fractured and his neck dislocated.  He died almost immediately.

Miller, Alexander, 05 Feb 1912, (accident: 29 Jan 1912), aged 58, Miner, He was holing when a piece of stone fell, and cut his head. He continued working, but died from meningitis on February 5th

Mitchell, James, 23 Jul 1903, aged 37, Miner, Deceased was holing, when a part of the coal fell away from an unseen lype

Murphy, Thomas, 15 Mar 1910, aged 26, Miner, Fall of stone from roof when working at coal face

Pender, John, 30 May 1906, aged 65, pitheadman, Deceased, who was an engineman prior to taking up duties as a pitheadman, worked an extra shift on the engine in place of the engineman who was off work, ill, and just as he was being relieved he suddenly expired through heart failure [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Ramsay, Alexander, 22 Oct 1873, Roadsman, Fall of roof

Walker, John, 20 Dec 1911, aged 63, Locomotive Driver, Driving a locomotive which had a separate bogie for coal, and was pushing five full waggons round a curve, when the locomotive became derailed. The coal bogie up ended and he was jammed between the iron rails, carrying the back part of the cab and the front of the fire box, and killed