Eddlewood Colliery

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Brown, Henry, 16 Aug 1889, aged 45, Miner, Fall of coal and stone

Brown, John, 27 Feb 1891, 2.30 p.m., aged 15, Collier, Crushed by tubs

Gowans, James, 06 Aug 1890, 11.50 p.m., aged 46, Sinker, Fell from kettle

Graham, William, 08 Aug 1890, 12.30 p.m., aged 16, Office boy, Crushed between waggons

Harper, James, 24 Jan 1882, aged 40, Sinker, Struck by a stone which fell from the side of shaft

Laird, Thomas, 15 Apr 1887, aged 58, Collier, Fall of roof. At stoops

McGuire, Michael, 26 Aug 1904, aged 27, Pony Driver, He was crushed in some unexplained manner between hutches and the roof

McIntyre, Patrick, 28 Apr 1892, 7.20 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 38, Labourer, Crushed by hutch

McLauchlan, John, 08 Jul 1897, (accident: 07 Jul 1897), aged 25, Labourer, Deceased was cleaning weeds off the engine road between the screening sheds, when he was run down by a tank locomotive, which passed over both of his legs. He succumbed to his injuries on the following day

McNamara, John, 26 Dec 1888, aged 15, Drawer, In trying to stop two loaded tubs he fell in front, and they ran over him

Millar, John, 19 Feb 1896, aged 38, Miner, Fall of roof stone at longwall face. Deceased was a Pole, and the name given was the name he was known by

Murphy, William, 21 Apr 1900, aged 50, Brusher, Deceased was alone putting in a building, when a stone fell off the face of the brushing on him. Before he was discovered he had lain under the stone for fully an hour, he subsequently died from his injuries

Peacock, Richard, 24 May 1892, 11.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 21, Reddsman, Caught by cage

Rankin, William, 12 May 1902, aged 20, Pithead labourer, When taking a full hutch off the cage it was lowered without having been signalled, and he got caught by it

Rennie, William, 11 Jan 1892, 10.20 p.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 40, Screenman, Crushed by trucks

Shapotch, William, 01 Dec 1904, aged 37, Miner, Fall of coal and stone, due to want of sprags

Wilson, George, 06 Mar 1883, aged 25, Bottomer, Dragged down the shaft from a mid-working by a train of hutches

Young, Robert, 12 Oct 1887, aged 40, Drawer, Jammed between roof and top of tub