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Allan, William, 05 Aug 1909, aged 34, Miner, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Anderson, Joseph, 05 Aug 1909, aged 35, Miner, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Armstrong, Frank, 05 Aug 1897, aged 25, Driver, Deceased was proceeding down the horse dook, leading his horse, when the roof which was a brick arch gave way, and fell on him

Canavan, Patrick, 05 Aug 1909, aged 17, Drawer, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Guthrie, James, 20 May 1886, Miner, Fall of roof. On drawing road; stoop and room

Irvine, John, 25 Mar 1892, 2.15 p.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 50, Haulage bottomer, Crushed by hutch

Leckie, Charles, 21 Sep 1914, aged 34, Miner, Deceased bored a hole to a depth of 3 ft. in an upward direction and charged it with 1 lb. of gunpowder ; he inserted a squib, and, as soon as all was ready, ignited the match, and immediately shot exploded. Before he could get clear he was covered with the debris from the shot and fatally injured. It transpired that deceased was in the habit of nipping a piece off the end of the squib, and, apparently he had in this case, nipped it off almost closeup to the gunpowder train, and the gunpowder was ignited by his light. Contravention of Section 2 (f)(b) of Explosives in Coal Mines Order

Lockhart, Robert, 12 Jan 1874, Miner, Fall of roof

McAvoy, John, 13 Sep 1882, Miner, Fall of side. Stoop and room

McCourt, John, 11 Nov 1884, Miner, Fall of roof

Mitchell (Pole), Peter, 23 Jan 1903, aged 21, Miner, Deceased was filling a tub with clay when a part of the overhanging face fell and killed him on the spot

Taylor, William, 05 Aug 1909, aged 23, Miner, Fall of roof [More information ...]

Uski (Pole), Peter, 12 Nov 1903, aged 48, Miner, Deceased was stamping a hole for a shot in the bottom of the seam, when a stone fell from the roof and killed him instantaneously

Wallace, Joseph, 02 Jun 1906, aged 44, Overman, Explosion