Gauchalland Colliery

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Abbott, William, 20 Jun 1898, aged 56, Reddsman, Fall of roof at his working face through failure to secure it when ordered by the fireman

Brown, William, 17 May 1880, aged 17, Roadsman, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Clark, James, 17 Jan 1913, aged 28, Brusher, Deceased and another man were detaching a loaded tub from one cuddy chain preparatory to attaching it to another to lower it further downhill. Deceased was in front of the tub, and for some reason the stop block provided was not used, and the tub overpowered him, jammed him against the roof, and suffocated him

Clark, John, 01 Nov 1871, aged 13, Drawer, Fell from a mid-working 32 fathoms [More information ...]

Craig, William, 21 Oct 1896, aged 60, Carter, By his horse swerving over an embankment, he fell off the cart

Gallacher, William, 21 Feb 1885, aged 13, Drawer, Was run over by a runaway hutch at pit bottom

Gebbie, John, 14 Feb 1914, aged 30, Drawer, An empty rake on a self-acting incline got off the rails. Deceased was assisting the man in charge by holding the brake till he would go down and put them right. He also volunteered to run the rake afterwards, and, while doing so he apparently went to the front of the drum, and was attempting to get the rope to coil on properly when he was caught by it and strangled

Gilmour, James, 03 Jan 1908, aged 50, Fireman, While recklessly working with a pick while standing on a loose plank which was not level, the plank slipped and he was precipitated down the shaft

Henderson, William, 05 Mar 1887, aged 26, Breaksman, Caught by the drum at top of a blind pit

Kane, Robert, 09 Nov 1912, (accident: 08 Nov 1912), aged 35, Miner, Deceased was taking down top coal alone in his working place when a piece apparently struck and knocked out one of the props, which allowed part of the roof to fall away from a break and a lype. The falling roof caught him before he could get clear and injured him so severely that he died early next morning

Kerr, Alexander, 04 Mar 1863, aged 24, Collier, By a small bolt falling from the pit mouth upon the deceased when crossing the shaft

Kerr, Andrew, 22 Apr 1914, (accident: 12 Mar 1914), aged 16, Coal Filler, Deceased worked with his father in a longwall place. After an interval for food, the lad went into the place and began to work, when a fall of coal occurred, striking him behind the head, and knocking his face against the floor. It was not considered the boy was seriously injured as there was no outward trace of injury to the skull. After a week or so he did not improve, and from what was occurring the medical man deduced he had a hidden fracture of the base of the skull. He died on April 22nd

Lindsay, George, 10 Apr 1872, aged 13, Boy, Fall of roof

Linton, Joseph, 10 Mar 1864, aged 50, Sinker, Fell down the pit, which was in the act of being sunk, by the scaffold giving way [More information ...]

Lorrimer, William, 26 Apr 1876, aged 12, Boy, Fall of roof

McGee, Michael, 08 Sep 1866, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof

McGhee, John, 15 Aug 1878, aged 50, Collier, Fall of coal

McGuines, Daniel, 14 Oct 1873, aged 28, Engineman, Was found partly covered with water, and surrounded with noxious gases

Murdoch, Alexander, 24 Jul 1883, aged 27, Collier, Fell down a blind shaft 36 feet

Paton, George, 04 Apr 1889, aged 45, Miner, Fall of roof at face

Paton, William, 16 Jun 1905, aged 59, Miner, Fall of stone (falling) from the working face. Apparently he failed to examine it after a shot was fired

Ramage, Duncan, 13 Mar 1863, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof at the face

Rankine, Colin, 26 Nov 1866, aged 20, Overseer, Caught between the cage and the shaft while being lowered

Robertson, Andrew, 17 May 1880, aged 50, Roadsman, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Roxburgh, Adam, 03 May 1910, aged 57, Miner, While setting a prop a fall of roof occurred at a fault

Roxburgh, John, 15 Jul 1878, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof

Scobie, James, 06 Jun 1887, aged 45, Waggon shifter, While spragging a waggon the sprag struck and knocked him down in front of the wheels

Scott, John, 14 Jun 1898, aged 42, Miner, Fall of roof at working face through failing to secure it with crowns as instructed by the manager

Smith, John, 29 Aug 1877, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof

Steven, William, 11 May 1861, aged 11, Drawer, Fall of coal

Struthers, James, 29 Sep 1877, aged 19, Collier, Fall of coal

Vallance, John, 31 Dec 1913, aged 15, Clerk, Deceased, after ticketing wagons, was crossing the rails between empty and loaded wagons, which were 8 feet apart and spragged, and at rest under the screens, when, without warning, a locomotive owned and worked by the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company pushed the empty wagons over a "scotch," and he was caught and killed

Wallace, James, 22 Jun 1898, aged 26, Pony driver, While illegally riding between hutches drawn by a pony, upon going through a screen he got caught by the lintel

White, James, 29 Dec 1866, aged 22, Collier, Fall of coal at face