Garriongill Colliery

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Aird, Hugh, 09 Oct 1878, (accident: 25 Jun 1878), aged 33, Pitheadman, Crushed between two wagons while shifting them at the screens. Died 9th Oct

Anderson, Andrew, 24 Jun 1871, aged 14, Onsetter, Run over by trams on engine incline. He was riding on the train, and it was flung off the road

Baird, Alexander, 13 Jan 1885, aged 52, Collier, Fall of head coal. Stoop and room

Burns, Philip, 22 Dec 1887, aged 15, Collier, Stumbled and tub ran over him

Clark, Ebenezer, 11 May 1883, aged 13, Assistant Collier, Fall of side. At face of room ; the coal fell while he was holing and his father shearing

Graham, Samuel, 21 Aug 1903, aged 33, Bottomer, Deceased was crossing the cage seat while cage was running in the shaft, when it came down and crushed him

Hyslop, Samuel, 10 Sep 1886, aged 37, Stoneminer, Brushing. It is supposed he accidentally kindled a fuse

Jamieson, J., 04 Aug 1870, aged 13, Waggon trimmer, Squeezed by waggons

Jones, William, 27 Dec 1912, aged 68, Pit Bottomer, He was engaged pulling two full hutches on to the cage when it was lifted away without warning, and he was crushed between the cage and the side of the shaft

Kennedy, Stephen, 10 Feb 1875, aged 16, Driver, [On Inclined Planes] Crushed between tubs and prop at the top of an engine plane while detatching rope. He had no duty there

Lawrie, David, 17 Nov 1891, 11.30 a.m., aged 57, Pit bottomer, Fell down shaft

Livingston, Duncan, 21 Jun 1888, aged 70, Hutch mender, Another waggon ran against the one he was in, and he was crushed at the screens

Louden, John, 24 Jul 1903, aged 69, Oversman, Explosion of gas

Lynn, Patrick, 12 Oct 1914, aged 37, Brusher, He had fired a shot in a longwall road, and had been dressing down the roadside when a stone suddenly fell from between two lypes, and caused injuries to his head. He was working alone at the time and was found, sitting by the side of the road unconscious, by his neighbour when he went into the place. Deceased did not recover consciousness

Macdonald, James, 03 Nov 1876, aged 15, Collier, [Fall of roof] At "stoops"

MacRoberts, John, 07 Aug 1912, (accident: 12 Feb 1912), aged 36, Miner, He was working close to a fault, and a piece of stone fell from the roof against the fault on to his back, causing serious injuries. Died 7th August, 1912

McGhie, William, 30 Oct 1869, aged 17, Collier, Jammed by hutches on incline. He had no business there

McGill, Hamilton, 01 Mar 1871, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof at face

McLean, Richard, 11 Sep 1884, aged 44, Collier, Fall of side. While holing ; long wall

McPherson, John, 29 Nov 1906, aged 48, Miner, Deceased was taking off coal at the face when a stone fell from the roof, and fatally crushed him. On the left-hand side was a visible "lype," and the stone fell away from this, and one inside which was invisible

McQueen, Thomas, 19 Jun 1878, aged 63, Surfaceman, Crushed by a pulley which he was oiling while in motion

Munro, John, 07 Apr 1864, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof in splint coal

Paul, John, 13 Feb 1880, aged 73, Collier, Fall of roof. At face on entering in the morning, stoop and room

Porteous, James, 28 Jul 1873, aged 23, Drawer, He was coming down a heading in front of a loaded hutch, when in the act of stepping aside, was caught by a roadside prop and was crushed between it and the hutch

Purse, David, 21 Mar 1887, aged 17, Drawer, Stumbled and tub ran over him

Scott, Adam, 01 Sep 1891, 2.30 a.m., aged 16, Repairer, Fall of coal and stone

Scott, Daniel, 23 Jul 1878, aged 17, Driver, Fall of roof. On drawing road. He knocked out some gears with his empty tub while taking it down a "brea." Stoop and room

Speirs, Andrew, 27 Sep 1873, aged 13, Collier, Fall of "head coal" whilst filling a hutch

Stewart, William, 14 Feb 1877, aged 17, Driver, Run over by tubs on horse road

Wilson, Patrick, 21 Dec 1880, aged 19, Labourer, Run over by a wagon while attempting to sprag it

Wyper, Alexander, 30 Nov 1888, aged 53, Collier, Fall of side. At face; stoop and room

Young, John, 04 Sep 1873, aged 20, Collier, His father and he had ascended the shaft, the former had stepped off, when the cage with the latter fell to the bottom. It appears that the cotteril which kept the bolt in the muzzle had come out unobserved, and the bolt had gradually worked out

Young, Michael, 22 Jul 1886, aged 20, Collier, Fall of side. At face; stoop and room

Yuille, John, 22 Dec 1913, aged 63, Miner, He was filling coal against the brushing face at the top of a heading, rising about 1 in 6, when a large mass of the brushing, which was post, about 4 feet 6 inches thick, and weighing probably 15 tons, fell without any warning. One large stone rolled over on him, and the left arm, which was inside the iron hutch, was almost severed. He died in the ambulance wagon on the way to the hospital about two and a half hours later