Calderbank Colliery

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Addie, John, 24 Jul 1873, aged 18, Assistant loco. driver, Was run over by full waggons which were shunted down an incline

Baxter, Thomas, 04 Sep 1871, aged 50, Contractor, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Bright, Thomas, 03 Feb 1909, 5.45 a.m., aged 33, Fireman, Ignited firedamp when making an inspection of workings [More information ...]

Cochrane, George, 18 Mar 1913, aged 57, Engineman, Deceased, for the purpose of fixing a box to contain flowers on a ledge, was knocking off the end of a spar constituting a fence at the entrance to an electrical power station, when he overbalanced and fell to the ground a distance of 12 feet and was killed

Cook, Adam, 18 Jul 1872, aged 13, Drawer, Fall of roof at face

Davidson, James, 19 Dec 1904, aged 25, Miner, Fall of stone from working face

Dowine, James, 21 Nov 1877, aged 18, Drawer, Fall of roof

Farrell, Joseph, 18 Oct 1912, aged 25, Miner, Deceased was on his way to his work with two other workmen and while passing under a strong sandstone post the roof suddenly gave way and he was killed. The roof appeared to have taken a sudden burst. Repairs had just been made to a part of the roof in the immediate vicinity

Gillespie, Joseph, 27 Sep 1870, aged 43, Collier, Explosion of firedamp

Green, Francis, 26 Dec 1905, aged 60, Miner, When stepping into the cage to ascend he was struck on the head by a piece of coal which fell from a hutch being taken off the cage at the surface

Hurll, Michael, 26 Oct 1899, aged 27, Brusher, The deceased was brushing a road head, and had gone along the working face when his naked light ignited some fire-damp coming from a borehole extending from the surface. The borehole had been struck during the day, and the miner working in the place ignited gas, which he reported to the fireman. It was said that the deceased was told not to go along the working face

Hutchinson, Robert, 04 Sep 1871, aged 50, Collier, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Kelly, William, 11 Mar 1887, aged 79, Labourer, Run over by waggons

Kirkwood, Thomas, 06 Jun 1914, aged 26, Miner, Deceased was in the act of throwing coal to the road, when the roof suddenly, and without warning, fell upon and killed him instantly. The roof in falling knocked out several props, which had been set to support it

Knight, Thomas, 08 May 1914, aged 42, Brusher, Deceased, with two other workmen, had just completed the charging of a shot hole in the pavement, and, when one of the men was about to ignite the fuse, the roof suddenly and without warning fell and the three men were buried. When the stone was removed one was found to be dead and the other two were injured. A subsequent examination of the roof showed that the fall had come away from an unseen and unknown glazy parting. Such partings had not been met with in this seam before. The roof was composed of hard fakes and was apparently good

Lafferty, Henry, 13 Aug 1881, aged 20, Collier, Explosion of firedamp

Mann, Hugh, 01 Nov 1898, aged 25, Miner, Fall of roof at brushing face

McGregor, Alexander, 28 Sep 1872, aged 18, Drawer, Explosion of firedamp

Reynolds, Felix, 10 Apr 1924, 3.30 p.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 19, Miner's Drawer, Killed by an explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Smith, Andrew, 18 Jun 1889, aged 30, Mner, Fall of roof at face