Dysart Colliery

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Adamson, Peter, 11 Mar 1863, aged 12, Collier, Fall of top coal 5' x 15' x 15' while the boy was passing under it with his tub

Adamson, William, 08 Oct 1887, aged 20, Collier, Fall of side. At face; stoop and room

Allan, Henry, 14 Sep 1906, aged 38, Labourer, The "cleek" had been standing for a short time and a signal to raise the men was given from the bottom. As the cage at the surface was loaded it was necessary in order to comply with the Special Rules that the descending cage should be empty, and accordingly deceased after giving a signal to the engineman,stepped on to the cage to take off the empty tub, when the cage descended and he fell into the shaft. The evidence at the "Inquiry" was very conflicting, but it appeared the engineman was at fault

Barclay, Alexander, 23 May 1893, 12.30 p.m., aged 48, Pit bottomer, Coal fell down pit

Bell, Alexander, 07 Apr 1908, aged 46, Miner, Deceased was apparently taking down coal or holing when a piece of overhanging coal fell upon him and he was fatally crushed. There were no sprags up, and deceased's neighbour was to blame in not setting some to the face

Blyth, John, 09 Jul 1877, aged 48, Sinker, He failed to get properly into the kettle when riding from a shot, and fell off while ascending

Chrystal, Alexander, 14 Oct 1908, aged 36, Miner, Deceased was "shearing" his coal on one side, when without warning, the whole area of cut coal fell upon him, killing him instantly

Chrystel, James, 28 Oct 1857, Collier, Crushed whilst attempting to get on the cage when in motion

Combe, Alexander, 23 Jan 1908, aged 51, Roadsman

Crystal, Andrew, 03 Nov 1899, aged 61, Miner, Deceased was taking bottom coal off the side of a stoop, when the roof coal suddenly fell. There were no props up to the roof

Cunningham, H., 01 Dec 1884, aged 22, Collier, Fall of side. While filling a tub beneath head coal already "shorn" and unsafe ; stoop and room

Cunningham, Robert, 29 Jul 1899, aged 45, Miner, While cutting up into the head coal by the side of an old room, the head coal suddenly fell

Cunninghame, James, 09 Sep 1863, aged 66, Collier, This old man went in below some top coal he was trying to take down, and it fell on him

Duncan, A., 13 May 1862, Collier, Fall of head coal [More information ...]

Duncan, William, 25 Apr 1890, 10.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 42, Miner, Fall of coal [More information ...]

Eadie, Alexander, 24 Oct 1907, aged 19, Miner, Deceased was at work in the first working of the Dysart Main Coal Seam, when the roof coal fell over a large area, and part fell on him and crushed him against a tub, which he was filling at the time

Fairfull, William, 13 May 1862, Collier, Fall of head coal [More information ...]

Grant, James, 19 Aug 1889, aged 33, Miner, Fall of stone

Grubb, Richard, 13 Dec 1904, aged 33, Shaftsman, Deceased and another workman were ascending the shaft on the cage cover after doing some necessary work about a pump, when a stone fell from the side of the shaft, about 20 fathoms above, and striking him he was knocked off the cage and fell into the shaft at the bottom of which were 20 fathoms of water. The part of shaft from whence stone fell was not lined

Kelly, John, 11 May 1899, aged 53, Sinker, The shaft was being re-sunk from the level of the Dysart Main Coal Seam. Deceased, and two other sinkers descended on the cage to the Dysart Main Coal bottom, and while one of the men was preparing to fix the kettle rope to the winding rope in order to descend to a bucket-door of pump, 11 fathoms below, deceased walked into the shaft, and fell into the water 23 fathoms down. To reach the body grappling irons had to be used. No reason could be assigned for deceased's conduct. The temporary fence had been removed immediately before

Leslie, James, 19 Mar 1901, aged 22, Miner, Deceased was about to take down some head coal which had been shorn on both sides. While cutting out the bridge in front of the rise side shearings the head coal suddenly came down, part of it falling upon deceased and causing injuries to which he succumbed while being taking outbye

McKay, Alexander, 19 Nov 1924, 6.20 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 59, Stone Miner, A level cross cut stone drift was being driven 13 ft. wide by 8 ft. high in measures dipping 1 in 4½. Four shots, fired on the back shift, displaced two props and rendered some roof insecure. Instead of at once plucking the bad stone and replacing the props, the back shift men continued to clear away the debris. It was idle on the night shift. Before commencing work on the day shift, deceased was warned by the fireman, but was killed by a fall of roof immediately he entered the place. The fall, which consisted of fakes, measured 9 ft. by 5 ft. by 1 ft. thick in the middle and would weigh nearly a ton

Melville, George, 29 Sep 1870, Collier, Fall of coal

Paterson, David, Jun 1908, (accident: 02 Jul 1907), aged 28, Miner, Deceased worked in the Dysart Main Coal, which is a very thick seam, and while boring a hole for a shot some overhanging top coal fell upon him, injuring his spine. He died from his injuries 11 months after

Paton, James, 02 Nov 1861, Pitheadman, Falling down pit from surface

Penman, James, 04 Jul 1887, aged 49, Engineman, While oiling pulley

Penman, John, 29 Aug 1907, aged 45, Miner, Deceased was taking down the upper bed of the second working in the Dysart Main Coal seam, when it fell upon him and he was killed instantly. The coal fell away from between two keen parallel lypes which were unseen

Pow, David, 29 Dec 1899, aged 33, Miner, A mass of coal and stone fell upon him from the side of a room

Spence, James, 11 Nov 1908, aged 21, Miner, Deceased fired a shot in one corner of a stoop and room place, and only part of the coal was blasted down ; after taking off the loose, he began to re-hole, without putting up sprags, and had only struck a few blows when the coal fell upon him

Watson, John, 05 Nov 1881, aged 40, Bogie man, While riding up the dook on bogie it left the rails and he was thrown off

Watson, William, 25 Apr 1890, 10.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 58, Miner, Fall of coal [More information ...]

Watson, William, May 1908, (accident: 28 Jan 1908), aged 24, Miner, The back shift had filled their tubs and run them on to the haulage dook as usual. The tubs were lifted by the fore shift in rakes of 6 or 8, and to each rake a bogie was attached. Deceased was on his way to his work and passed the rakes, and when down some distance he heard tubs coming, and thinking it was empty tubs he stepped on to load road and was knocked down by a runaway rake of loaded tubs. He died from his injuries four months after