Dalbeath Colliery

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Adamson, Robert, 14 Nov 1907, aged 26, Brusher, Collapse of defective arch, weakened by moisture and blasting operatings, A pump room was being made, and deceased was engaged removing debris in tubs from inside a brick arch, when the arch collapsed, and falling on deceased he was killed instantly [More information ...]

Allan, John, 30 Jan 1922, (accident: 23 Jan 1922, 4.30 p.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 52, Pony driver, He was run over by a set of loaded hutches which had just brought out on to the passbye. Septic pneumonia supervened, and he died seven days later.

Barclay, Robert, 25 May 1905, aged 24, Miner, Deceased was holing coal when it fell away from between two lypes and fatally injured him

Bishop, Robert, 24 Sep 1906, (accident: 06 Aug 1906), aged 50, Miner, A dook haulage endless rope system had just started, and the son of deceased, by some means, was caught by the rope and drawn towards the wheel at the inbye end, and deceased went to release his son and his leg was caught and crushed apparently by the revolving wheel ; he died from his injury on 24th September, 1906. The wheel was under water and not sufficiently fenced

Cowan, Thomas, 21 Jun 1920, aged 45, Killed by a fall of roof

Davies, George, 20 May 1918, aged 51, Crushed by hutch

Delaney, Hugh, 07 Sep 1908, aged 50, Labourer, Deceased brought a loaded waggon of "driff" from a siding to the firehole for boilers, and apparently left eight others behind, and while he was about the waggon the others came slowly down upon him, and he was first crushed between the waggons and the wall, thrown under and then run over. The waggons were insufficiently secured

Ditchburn, James, jun., 31 Dec 1902, aged 31, Miner, The bottomer had ascended to the surface for a bag of corn. While he was instructing the engineman to raise the cage from the surface to the upper scaffold, deceased and his father came outbye to pit bottom at the close of their shift. Finding neither bottomer nor cage there, they signalled for a cage, and immediately afterwards the dip cage was lowered, owing to the rise cage being raised to the upper scaffold. The engineman raised the latter cage a few inches too far, and then set it back, and deceased assuming that the return signal bell was out of order, and that the shaking of the dip cage was intended as a return signal, placed his father on it, pulled the signal lever and was in the act of following, when the cage was raised, crushing him against the door-heads and dragging him some distance up the shaft. He fell back to pit bottom and was killed instantly

Duncan, Thomas, 11 Jun 1897, aged 51, Miner, Deceased was holing the coal in his long wall face, when a quantity came over on him from between two sprags

Fowler, David, 22 Nov 1893, aged 15, Stone picker, Tub fell from hoist. Not employed at the time

Greig, Andrew, 05 Sep 1894, 4.40 a.m., aged 66, Reddsman, Fall of roof and sides

Harrower, Charles, 05 Mar 1895, 2.30 p.m., aged 25, Miner, Explosion of a shot

Hempseed, David, 06 May 1912, (accident: 10 Apr 1912), aged 30, Miner, He was seriously injured by a fall of coal at the face and died on the 6th May.

Kay, John, 15 Aug 1889, aged 18, Bottomer, Crushed by cage [More information ...]

Kean, David, 26 Jun 1920, aged 23, Killed by a fall of stone

Kingsford, Arthur, 01 Nov 1917, Face fall

McGonegal, Peter, 19 Nov 1923, aged 27, Shot firing accident

Meldrum, James, 30 Nov 1912, aged 22, Hanger-on on Haulage Incline, Whilst assisting to liberate a full hutch, which had stuck on a self-acting incline, the chain broke at a cut link. Deceased fell into the empty road, and was caught by the empty tub, which, owing to there being no backstay, ran back and he was carried to the foot of incline by it

Paterson, James, 03 Apr 1916, aged 50, Roof fall

Paterson, William, 25 Jan 1906, aged 52, Miner, Deceased was taking coal off the face when the roof collapsed, and he was killed instantaneously. The place was approaching an old working, and the roof was troubled with "waste" breaks

Penman, William, 16 Dec 1889, aged 24, Brusher, Fall of roof

Rae, Mary, 12 Feb 1907, aged 14, Pithead-worker, Deceased was spreading the "duff" on top of a hopper when the surface foreman, unaware of her position, pulled open the schute or sliding door to fill a waggon beneath, and she fell down among the fine material and was suffocated

Ross, Robert, 14 Oct 1896, aged 24, Miner, Fall of roof stone at longwall face

Stewart, Robert, 09 Aug 1890, 11.30 a.m., aged 26, Miner, Fall of roof

Stewart, Thomas, 30 May 1904, (accident: 17 Sep 1903), aged 42, Miner, Deceased had taken a sprag out to enable him to out down his coal, but as he failed to bring it down he began to "mend" the holing, when the coal fell over and crushed him. He died on 30th May, 1904

Tanner, John, 10 Feb 1899, aged 39, overman, Deceased was endeavouring to pick up a screw-key which had fallen underneath the framework which carried some haulage pulleys, when his head was caught by a projecting portion of a clutch revolving with the shaft, and crushed against the framework