Cadzow Colliery

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Anderson, Robert, 14 Apr 1897, aged 68, Stableman, Deceased was crossing the sidings from the stables when he was run down by a train of empty waggons

Brown, George, 14 Jun 1909, aged 46, Miner, Fall of coal after withdrawing a sprag and preparing to wedge it down

Brownlee, Archibald, 09 Apr 1924, 1.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 64, Miner, For some unknown reason, deceased left his working place and went 36 yards out the drawing road, when a fall occurred and a stone weighing about 30 cwts. fell on him ; he died before he could be extricated. The place was examined by a fireman 4 hours previously, and he considered it safe. The fall came from an overhanging bed of sandstone, which had broken off at a hidden "lype." Had the overhanging bed been removed in the first instance, the accident would not have occurred. Roof supports were not used on the roadway

Cairney, Hugh, 24 Nov 1898, aged 55, Labourer, Deceased was pushing some waggons forward to the screen, when some others, which he had neglected to sprag, came down, and he was crushed between them

Calligan, Henry, 18 May 1923, aged 49, Miner, Run over by a waggon on the surface

Canaway, James, 09 Nov 1904, aged 45, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Cornish, William, 14 Jun 1900, aged 17, Bogieman, Deceased was discovered by another bogieman, who was proceeding inbye with an empty rake, under the tubs of his own rake. It is supposed that deceased, who had lifted a part of his loaded rake from a bench a short distance inbye from place of accident, had failed to grip his rope, and the rake descending a slight dip, ran too hard, and he attempted to jump off at a man-hole, but striking the stoop side he was thrown back among the moving tubs

Corrigan, Peter, 19 Dec 1899, aged 40, Miner, When bringing a loaded hutch from the face of a low stooping place, deceased was in front of it, and was crushed against the timber

Curwood, Richard, 31 May 1888, aged 28, Stone miner, Explosion of gunpowder. Shot went off prematurely

Davies, Hugh, 14 Jan 1943, aged 41, Pony Driver, Killed by a fall of stone from the roof

Dickson, John, 20 Dec 1928, aged 22, Engineer, Caught by machinery

Docherty, James, 16 Jul 1903, aged 35, Miner, Fall of coal, owing to sprag giving way

Dunyan, Peter, 13 Jul 1885, aged 30, Collier, Crushed between prop and hutches on engine-plane

Earlie, James, 24 Nov 1902, aged 34, Prop drawer, Fall of roof while drawing props

Easton, Robert, 25 Aug 1906, aged 29, Roadsman, The engineman raised the cage a few feet above the pithead, seeing which Easton jumped off, but fell back and down the shaft

Edgar, Henry, 12 Apr 1884, aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; removing stoops

Foster, Robert, 10 Oct 1929, Miner, They were overcome by gas after a shot had been fired [More information ...]

Fraser, John, 03 Jun 1938, Miner, Collapsed and died in the pit

Gilmour, Thomas, 20 Apr 1878, aged 20, Drawer, Crushed between loadsed tubs and centre props on a double road while "snibling" the tubs

Gilmour, William, 12 Jan 1905, aged 28, Miner, Fall of arching and roof on haulage road while passing along it. Another man was injured

Gorman, Charles, 16 May 1899, aged 52, Miner, Deceased was engaged withdrawing the props from under the head coal, when it suddenly fell on him

Higgins, John, 04 Oct 1913, aged 20, Driver, Deceased attached a horse to a bogie in which were the picks of the coal cutters. He proceeded on the haulage way until he reached the top of a stone mine where he unhooked the horse. The stone mine dips 1 in 9, and he appears to have allowed the bogie, on which he and another workman sat, to run at a rapid rate, and, on reaching a bend of the road, on which were bevelled pulleys, the shears struck one of them causing the bogie to leave the rails, and pitching both men out. Deceased seems either to have been caught by the handle of the brake or the shears as he pitched forward, and was fatally injured

Hunter, William, 13 Aug 1923, aged 32, Oversman, Killed by a fall

Irons, David, 09 Jan 1895, 9 a.m., aged 24, Miner, Fall of head coal

Kane, John Johnstone, 10 Apr 1928, aged 18, Pony Driver, Crushed between hutches and the roof

Kirk, James, 07 Dec 1905, aged 45, Brakesman, Without authority he attempted to work a locomotive. He lost control of it, and it ran into a waggon that the driver was shunting

Lindsay, Richard, 13 Jun 1916, aged 29, Shiftsman, Killed by a fall of stone from the roof

Matthews, Robert, 10 Oct 1929, Miner, They were overcome by gas after a shot had been fired [More information ...]

Maxwell, Andrew, 11 Oct 1895, 3 p.m., aged 22, Bogieman, Fall of stone

McCall, Andrew, 02 Sep 1910, aged 50, Miner, When coming out at the end of his shift he was fatally injured by a loaded hutch which three men were bringing out with them to the shaft and had allowed to run away from them

McMath, James, 06 Jan 1891, Tramp; not employed, Drowned in pond

McQuade, Thomas, 04 Mar 1912, (accident: 14 Feb 1912), aged 31, Repairer, A large piece of sandstone fell from the roof whilst he was engaged in repairing a roadway and fatally injured him. He died on the 4th March

Oaks, Felix, 29 Sep 1890, 11.30 a.m., aged 46, Bottomer, Crushed by cage

O'Hara, James, 25 Apr 1902, aged 43, Miner, Fall of coal beneath which he was working without having sprags set

Paton, Thomas, 10 Oct 1928, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Penman, Alexander, 15 Nov 1888, aged 20, Collier, Fall of roof. At face; stoop and room

Ramsay, James, 18 May 1899, aged 56, Miner, Deceased left his working place, which was a rising one, and went to another to get a drink of water, and in returning without a light, he was met by a runaway tub which was being filled by his son. The tub was insecurely fixed

Reid, Charles, 21 Feb 1896, aged 21, Bottomer, While bringing out a rake of full hutches attached to bogie on endless rope haulage road came too far and collided with other hutches and was crushed. Deceased was not authorised to interfere with the rakes

Renwick, George William, 12 Jun 1900, aged 16, Carter, While driving a cart in the colliery yard the wheel came in contact with a pump-pipe, and the cart was overturned

Riley, Thomas, 25 Mar 1905, aged 38, Oncostman, Fall of roof on road while repairing it to get access to stoops

Rodden, James, 10 Oct 1928, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Sheddon, William, 15 Mar 1929, aged 34, Miner, Killed by a fall of stone from the roof

Sinclair, John, 22 Jun 1930, aged 19, Boiler Fireman, He was buried in a fall of ashes and died from suffocation

Stewart, Robert, 14 Sep 1933, aged 21, Miner, Fall of stone from the roof [More information ...]

Welsh, Charles, 19 Dec 1902, aged 50, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Whitton, John, 10 Oct 1929, Fireman, They were overcome by gas after a shot had been fired [More information ...]