Durie Colliery

Brown, Patrick, 11 Apr 1890, 11.15 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 40, Sinker, Fall from kettle

Fullerton, Richard, 21 Feb 1903, aged 42, Pit joiner, Deceased, with three other workmen, was engaged removing the pipes &c., from an abandoned shaft. During the operations it was necessary to remove a batten of wood which was in the way of the cage, and to do so deceased stood on a scaffold which was being supported by the batten. When the batten was freed, it and the scaffold on which he stood fell down the shaft carrying him with them. He fell into 8 fathoms of water, and some days elapsed before his body was recovered

Laing, John, 03 Jul 1899, aged 54, Surfaceman, While passing between two wagons, deceased appears to have struck his head against a bolt or other projection with fatal result

Miller, John, 19 Sep 1898, aged 40, Pithead worker, While attempting to push an empty tub off the cage of a steam hoist, it suddenly dropped, and deceased fell to the ground, a distance of 21 feet, and was killed instantly

Raeburn, William, 03 Dec 1902, aged 57, Repairer, Deceased was repairing a longwall road, when the roof suddenly fell, completely burying him. The fall, which extended 5 yards along the road, and across its whole width, was apparently due to a lype which was not visible until the accident had taken place