Earlseat Colliery

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Anderson, James, 15 May 1905, (accident: 10 Feb 1905), aged 44, Miner, Deceased had fired a shot and on returning to examine the work it had done, the roof fell on him and injured his spine. He died on 15th May

Graham, Andrew, 12 Oct 1911, aged 54, Tub Repairer, The machinery having been stopped at 1.50 p.m. deceased thought that work had ceased for the day, as the shift finishes at 2 p.m. He, therefore, and as usual, went through a fence to clean the dross from the end of a picking table. On more coal coming out, the engine-driver started the machinery, and deceased was dragged round a pulley by one of the belts

Heggie, David S., 22 Feb 1912, aged 32, Fireman, When travelling up a steep endless rope haulage road, he was knocked into the full road by a runaway empty hutch, and run over by the full one coming up behind

Hutchison, George, 25 Mar 1907, aged 44, Miner, Deceased was lying holing under the head coal, when it suddenly burst and fell upon him. The head coal was "ranced" but the "burst" threw the rance out

Linn, William, 28 Apr 1905, aged 23, Miner, A newly opened longwall section had taken the first break ; and after the roof had settled, deceased and another miner were repairing the roadway for the purpose of re-starting the faces, when the roof overhead suddenly burst

Mackie, John, 29 Nov 1910, aged 31, Miner, He had a long length of coal holed and standing on sprags, and when the sprags were drawn the face coal fell and liberated the roof above which caught and killed him. He was taking an undue risk both with face and roof coal by drawing too many sprags at one time

Muir, Hugh, snr., 26 Jan 1912, aged 45, Miner, Deceased had placed a bar to the roof in his roadway, and cut holes in the sides some 4 feet in front of it for another one when the roof fell and killed him. There had been a heavy crush over this roadway, and deceased should have set a temporary tree to support the weak roof he was working under, while preparing for the second bar

Neil, William, 05 Mar 1914, aged 26, Miner, The drawer was out of the place about five minutes. When he returned he found deceased quite dead, owing to about 25 cwts. of coal having fallen on him. From the position of the body it would appear that he was holing under coal that was considerably overhanging, and that no sprags had been set

Ratcliffe, John Thomas, 24 Jun 1910, aged 22, Miner, Deceased was called by his drawer to do some repairs to the roadway about 44 yards back from the coal face, and while taking down some head coal which was unsafe a piece fell out and striking a prop glanced off it on to deceased and crushed him against the side