Dalmeny (Oil Shale)

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Aitken, Robert, 04 Oct 1895, 8.30 a.m., aged 44, Miner, Fall of stone

Boa, Walter, 21 Apr 1911, aged 18, Assistant Chain Runner, He omitted to see a rake properly coupled up, and was following it up a dook when a coupling slipped off the drawbar of the fourth tub. The jock was either not attached or did not work, and deceased was pinned to the side of the runaway hutches

Bond, Robert, 09 May 1908, aged 14, Signaller, Deceased was engaged at a haulage dook, he left his station and stood between the rails, and when the rope started he was thrown down, and the tubs fatally crushed him as they were drawn up

Branders, William, 15 Mar 1907, aged 59, Miner, Deceased was taking shale off the rise side of his place, when a large piece fell away from between lypes, and striking him he was killed instantly

Cain, William, 13 Aug 1888, Miner, Struck by piece of shale

Galloway, Joseph, 04 Feb 1908, aged 40, Miner, Deceased was at work, and apparently fell against the building on side of road and dislocated his neck. It was supposed he was getting away hurriedly from the face, as the roof was working, when he stumbled

Gilhooley, Frank, 16 Oct 1911, 12 noon, aged 34, Miner, Grieve was working with two other men, A. Walker, contractor, and A. Connolly, miner. They were stooping or removing pillars on the lower side of a small area of waste, which had been worked out and the roof allowed to fall. The roof had fallen up through 40 feet of strata, and in doing so had passed through two seams of shale, and Grieve apparently went up into the waste to slide this fallen shale down into the roadway, where Walker and Connolly were working, when his naked light ignited firedamp which had been allowed to accumulate, severely burning him and Connolly, who was close to him. The deceased (Gilhooley), Livingstone, a fireman, and William Lees, who were going to see what was the matter, were also severely burned by the second flame, which extended about 200 feet into a main level above [More information ...]

Grant, John, 16 Aug 1889, aged 50, Miner, Fall of stone

Grieve, Robert, 16 Oct 1911, 12 noon, aged 30, Drawer, Grieve was working with two other men, A. Walker, contractor, and A. Connolly, miner. They were stooping or removing pillars on the lower side of a small area of waste, which had been worked out and the roof allowed to fall. The roof had fallen up through 40 feet of strata, and in doing so had passed through two seams of shale, and Grieve apparently went up into the waste to slide this fallen shale down into the roadway, where Walker and Connolly were working, when his naked light ignited firedamp which had been allowed to accumulate, severely burning him and Connolly, who was close to him. The deceased (Gilhooley), Livingstone, a fireman, and William Lees, who were going to see what was the matter, were also severely burned by the second flame, which extended about 200 feet into a main level above [More information ...]

Halkett, George, 12 Feb 1908, aged 38, Fireman, For a considerable time the haulage road had been under repair and heightening, the work being done on the back shift. Repairs were going on as usual when a part of the roadway fell, and in order to have it cleared for the fore shift, a large number of hands were employed to clear the debris. Several men got on top of fall to throw the debris into an open space, and while thus engaged a large stone fell from the roof 15 ft. above, killing the fireman on the spot, and injuring Henderson so badly that he succumbed some hours later. The manager was examining the roof at the time, and he and two others were injured [More information ...]

Harper, William, 02 Apr 1905, (accident: 06 Sep 1904), aged 60, Miner, Deceased was assisting to repair a roadway, and while raising an iron girder to the roof it slipped and one end fell on him causing injuries to which he succumbed on 2nd April, 1905

Henderson, Alexander, 12 Feb 1908, aged 26, Drawer, For a considerable time the haulage road had been under repair and heightening, the work being done on the back shift. Repairs were going on as usual when a part of the roadway fell, and in order to have it cleared for the fore shift, a large number of hands were employed to clear the debris. Several men got on top of fall to throw the debris into an open space, and while thus engaged a large stone fell from the roof 15 ft. above, killing the fireman on the spot, and injuring Henderson so badly that he succumbed some hours later. The manager was examining the roof at the time, and he and two others were injured [More information ...]

Kane, Patrick, 26 Sep 1906, aged 21, Drawer, Deceased was going outbye with a loaded tub, when a piece of shale fell away from the side, and striking him, caused injuries to which he succumbed about three hours later

Malone, James, 04 Feb 1913, aged 46, Miner's Drawer, Deceased was standing by whilst a miner was liberating some side which they thought would knock out a tree. The tree which was 8 feet 6 inches long, was knocked out and fell towards deceased instead of in the direction it was expected to fall ; the end of it grazed the front of his abdomen. He was able to walk home but died in the Hospital about fifteen hours later

McGillvray, Alexander, 22 Jan 1889, aged 32, Miner, Fall of roof

Prentice, William P., 22 Feb 1897, aged 35, Manager, Two seams of oil shale were separated by a few feet of blaes. A miner engaged in making a road from a place in the upper seam to a place in the lower seam, fired a shot in the pavement in the upper seam which blew through into the lower seam and struck the deceased, who was examining the workings at the time

Rintoul, George, 10 Aug 1907, aged 35, Repairer, During the holiday, deceased and several others were engaged heightening the roof at the pit bottom, and while thus engaged a stone fell and fatally crushed him

Scullion, James, 12 Nov 1902, aged 30, Miner, Deceased and others were making a roadway through waste, when the roof suddenly fell

Sneddon, Thomas G., 06 Sep 1907, aged 52, Miner, Shot holes were bored in the bottom, mid, and top portions of the seam, and the bottom and mid holes were charged with 1½ lb. of gunpowder each. Deceased lighted the fuse of the shots, and apparently some delay was caused, and although the fuse of both shots had a light applied, he and his neighbour were not sure if the "train" had caught, but they both retired to a place of safety ; as soon as one shot exploded both men went back, and when near the face the mid shot went off on them. It was a violation of Additional Special Rule 1a to go back on a shot where an attempt had been made to light the fuse

Williamson, William, 03 Jul 1897, aged 26, Oncostman, Deceased and another oncostman went through a fence into an abandoned rising road to get rails, when gas was kindled by their naked lights