Govan Colliery

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Anderson, Neilie, 21 Dec 1894, 3.45 p.m., aged 17, Drawer, Fall of roof at working face

Biggins, John, 04 Nov 1865, aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof

Binning, John, 10 Jul 1871, aged 22, Engineer, Scalded by steam whilst repairing the throttle valve of steam engine [More information ...]

Boyce, Bernard, 09 Jul 1863, aged 60, Brusher, Fall of stones at the face

Boyd, John, 10 Jul 1871, aged 60, Engineer, Scalded by steam whilst repairing the throttle valve of steam engine [More information ...]

Bryson, John, 27 Sep 1854, Fell down pit, from breakage of the winding rope

Buchanan, John, 24 Jul 1922, 9.30 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 28, Drawer, He was turning a hutch on the steel plates at the junction of two roads when a fall of roof occurred, killing him almost instantly.  The area over which the roof fell was 18 ft long and 8 ft wide.  The fireman inspected the place about one hour before the accident happened and found it safe. The room was not supported.

Cairns, John, 20 Dec 1872, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof

Campbell, James, 23 Jul 1859, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof

Campbell, William, 06 Feb 1862, aged 50, Roadsman, By going with an unprotected light into the powder magazine and igniting a large quantity of gunpowder [More information ...]

Connol, Hugh, 05 Mar 1874, aged 28, Brusher, Fall of roof while engaged securing it

Dick, James, 08 Feb 1853, Fall of roof at face of working

Dick, Thomas, 17 Oct 1861, aged 33, Collier, Fall of roof

Docherty, Michael, 15 Oct 1853, Fall of roof

Fox, Francis, 06 Dec 1878, aged 43, Brusher, Fall of roof

Gavin, Phillip, 02 Apr 1902, aged 52, Woodman, While repairing a road some stones fell from the roof upon him

Gibson, Thomas, 17 Feb 1855, Crushed by cage when descending shaft

Gillespie, Edward, 19 May 1893, 7 p.m., aged 45, Brusher, Fall of roof at brushing face

Hanna, James, 01 Jun 1882, aged 14, Boy, Was run over by waggons whilst engaged shifting them

Henderson, James, 18 Apr 1853, Fall of roof

Izatt, Andrew, 10 May 1881, aged 24, Collier, Fall of coal

Jack, George, 23 Feb 1858, aged 38, Sinker, The handle of a crane broke, and fell down the shaft upon him as he was changing a bucket

Jackson, John, 29 Sep 1860, aged 24, Sinker, Explosion of firedamp in the shaft [More information ...]

Kean, Charles, 30 May 1873, aged 50, Roadsman, Fall of roof while engaged securing it

Kean, Charles, 28 Sep 1876, aged 50, Brusher, Fall of roof

Keith, William, 08 Mar 1864, aged 40, Collier, Fall of coal

Kelly, James, 07 Mar 1910, 7.15 a.m., aged 40, Miner, These men, along with two others, were entering their working place at the beginning of the morning shift, and when the deceased arrived near a hurdle screen his naked light ignited some gas, and he and his companions were burned. The fireman, who made the examination of the place before the shift commenced, found an accumulation of gas and cleared it away, with the exception of a small quantity in a hole in the roof, 6½ feet above the pavement. Notwithstanding this gas was present he reported to another fireman that the place was quite safe for workmen to enter, and they were allowed to go into it, with the result that these men lost their lives, and the other two were injured [More information ...]

Kelly, Samuel, 07 Mar 1910, 7.15 a.m., aged 35, Miner, These men, along with two others, were entering their working place at the beginning of the morning shift, and when the deceased arrived near a hurdle screen his naked light ignited some gas, and he and his companions were burned. The fireman, who made the examination of the place before the shift commenced, found an accumulation of gas and cleared it away, with the exception of a small quantity in a hole in the roof, 6½ feet above the pavement. Notwithstanding this gas was present he reported to another fireman that the place was quite safe for workmen to enter, and they were allowed to go into it, with the result that these men lost their lives, and the other two were injured [More information ...]

Kerr, William, 29 Sep 1860, aged 46, Foreman, Explosion of firedamp in the shaft [More information ...]

Kyle, John, 08 Apr 1870, aged 26, Sinker, When placing wood in a sinking pit, he fell into some water at the bottom and was drowned

Laird, William, 27 Nov 1877, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof at face

Lang, Andrew, 28 Jul 1886, aged 30, Brusher, Fall of roof

Malcolm, James, 21 Oct 1886, (accident: 12 Oct 1886), aged 24, Reddsman, Fall of roof (died on 21st)

Mannel, William, 10 Jan 1863, aged 36, Brusher, Explosion of gunpowder

Marshall, John, 29 Sep 1860, aged 24, Sinker, Explosion of firedamp in the shaft [More information ...]

Maxwell, Archibald, 01 Mar 1868, aged 19, Collier, Fell out of the cage while being raised [More information ...]

Maxwell, Robert, 09 Dec 1875, aged 55, Collier, Fall of roof

McAuslin, William, 04 May 1892, aged 39, Brusher, Ignition of a shot while stemming it

McComisky, Patrick, 19 Mar 1911, (accident: 26 Feb 1911), aged 37, Brusher, He was struck on the head by a small piece of falling roof stone. He died 21 days after the occurrence

McFarlane, Daniel, 05 Dec 1853, Crushed by a hutch loaded with rails

McGarey, Hugh, 09 Jan 1872, aged 50, Brusher, Fall of "set" of gearing in one of the main roads while engaged making repairs

McKees, James, 24 Jan 1853, Fall of roof at face of working

Milligan, Edward, 01 May 1893, 6.30 a.m., aged 50, Miner, Ignition of a shot which had not gone off, and to which he returned too soon, and while lighting another squib

Milligan, James, 11 Jun 1911, aged 51, Bottomer, Deceased and another workman were being lowered on the cage to a mid working in which was placed a pump. The engineman failed to stop at the proper landing and went several feet further. Deceased, thinking that the cage had stopped at the place for getting off, stepped from the cage into an open space of 3 feet and went down the shaft, falling a distance of 32 fathoms. The engineman contravened Special Rule 27 by failing to stop at the proper landing

Morrison, James, 12 Apr 1858, aged 17, Drawer, Fall of roof at the face [More information ...]

Moyse, James, 11 Aug 1904, aged 65, Waggoner, When drawing forward waggons to the pit he was met by the locomotive on the adjoining line of rails. The horse took fright, sprang in front of the engine, and both man and horse were killed

Muir, John, 27 May 1864, aged 26, Sinker, By a scaffold falling upon him in the shaft

Murray, John, 13 Jan 1909, aged 67, Waggon trimmer, Found injured in four-foot way near screens

Newton, William, 06 Feb 1862, aged 27, Roadsman, By going with an unprotected light into the powder magazine and igniting a large quantity of gunpowder [More information ...]

O'Neil, Edward, 23 Jun 1881, (accident: 10 May 1881), aged 50, Brusher, Fall of roof. Died on 23rd June

Park, James, 28 Mar 1871, aged 56, Collier, Fell from a "mid-working" [More information ...]

Percy, Charles, 19 Jan 1886, aged 23, Brusher, Roof fell upon him whilst taking out props at road head

Reid, Robert, 10 Jul 1871, aged 45, Engineer, Scalded by steam whilst repairing the throttle valve of steam engine [More information ...]

Reilly, Peter, 30 May 1894, 8.30 p.m., aged 62, Bottomer, Crushed by the cage while crossing the cage seat

Robertson, Thomas, 11 Oct 1862, aged 39, Roadsman, Explosion of firedamp

Shields, John, 31 Jul 1872, aged 54, Collier, While blasting, shot went off unexpectedly

Shields, Peter, 14 Apr 1869, aged 22, Collier, Fallof coal while undermining it

Smith, Archibald, 06 Oct 1911, aged 15, Message-boy, The boy left the place where he was sitting and went towards a line of rails where a loaded waggon was being run out from the screen, and was crushed between the buffers of the moving waggon and one which stood stationary

Sturgeon, Thomas, 07 Jan 1913, aged 46, Waggoner on Surface, Deceased was about a train of wagons when the locomotive came upon the train and began pushing ; by some means which could not be ascertained he got among the wagons, and 13 wagons of the train passed over him. He was aware that the locomotive was coming to the pit earlier than usual, and apparently he had not heard the whistle as it approached

Tennant, John, 03 May 1859, aged 46, Collier, Fall of coal at the face

Vint, Edward, 06 Mar 1903, aged 15, Stone picker, While oiling machinery in motion he was caught by the driving wheels

Wales, Ernest, 18 Nov 1907, aged 18, Labourer, While shovelling coal into conveyer below the pithead scaffold he got caught by unfenced machinery

Waugh, Alexander, 25 Jan 1872, aged 50, Collier, Caught at the pit mouth by attempting to go off the cage while it was in motion

Wilson, Samuel, 13 May 1882, aged 21, Screenman, Got crushed between railway waggons