Hamilton Palace Colliery

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Aird, William, 13 Aug 1912, aged 51, Miner, He was proceeding along the haulage way to shaft after finishing his work for the day, and just as he was about to open a trap door to pass through, an empty tub on the rope came upon him, and he fell under it, and was fatally crushed

Armour, William, jnr., 10 Oct 1899, aged 14, Miner, The fireman lit the fuse of a shot of compressed gunpowder. No sooner was the fuse lit than it ignited firedamp, and he, the deceased, and another miner were all injured by the explosion. The shot afterwards went off

Barr, Adam, 07 Oct 1911, (accident: 04 Oct 1911), aged 72, Oncostman, He and other seven men were being lowered in the shaft to their work, when the winding engineman failed to check the speed of the descending cage sufficiently, and it struck the cage violently. The ascending cage was taken up against the pulley, but fortunately no one was in it. Deceased died on the 7th October, and all the other men were more or less injured

Bell, John, 12 Aug 1912, aged 58, Roadsman, Deceased was redding a road through an old gob road, when a large piece of rock, 3 feet by 6 feet long by 4 feet thick fell from the roof on to him. From the appearance of the place after the accident it seemed that more timber should have been set under the stone

Brunton, William, 28 Dec 1899, aged 28, Miner, While acting as pony driver he fell in front of his "race," and was run over by the front hutch

Buchan, John, 13 Feb 1900, aged 34, Miner, Fall of roof in working place

Bullar, William, 15 Jul 1910, aged 40, Miner, Deceased was taking down coal when the roof fell suddenly upon him. It fell at two slips parallel to the coal face and displaced two props

Chereshewski, Joseph, 01 Jun 1900, aged 26, Miner, Fall of coal

Clark, Charles, 18 Nov 1911, aged 34, Miner, He was wedging down coal, and when the coal fell part of the roof fell with it, and injured him so seriously that he died a few hours later

Connolly, James, 06 Nov 1896, aged 37, Miner, Fall of stone from side of travelling road while passing along it

Connolly, Thomas, 20 Mar 1893, 11.15 a.m., aged 47, Screenman, Fell off a waggon in motion and was run over

Cook, John, 24 Jun 1904, aged 18, Miner, Fall of coal

Cummings, Adam, 10 Dec 1906, aged 34, Miner, Fall of roof in working place when finishing taking out a stoop. The fall crushed put the props. Another man was injured

Cunningham, Patrick, 07 Oct 1892, aged 32, Miner, Fall of coal

Dickson, Arthur, 31 Mar 1909, aged 32, Roadsman, When travelling out a haulage road, he was caught by a runaway hutch

Dickson, Samuel, 01 Aug 1891, aged 29, Miner, Fall of coal

Duffy, John, 12 Aug 1924, 5.15 a.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 28, Brusher, He was clearing away and packing brushing debris after a shot had been fired, when, without any warning, a piece of overhanging side weighing about 30 cwts. fell on him, causing such severe injuries that he died 1½ hours later. This place was examined by the fireman 2 hours previously and considered safe. Overhanging side should be supported or taken down

Ferguson, John, 15 Mar 1905, aged 24, Miner, He opened the gate at the mid-working of a blind pit, pushed a hutch into the open shaft, and fell after it to the bottom. There was no bottomer as required by the Special Rules

Findlay, Elizabeth, 14 Oct 1895, 9 a.m., aged 30, Stone picker, Fell through a temporary opening in a screen scaffold, upon a revolving shaft, and thence to the ground

Gallocher, John, 18 Oct 1909, aged 50, Miner, Fall of brushing when starting a new place. No supports had been set

Gregory, Robert, 20 Feb 1890, aged 18, Miner, Fall of roof at road head

Lynes, John, 19 Aug 1896, aged 44, Haulageman, A rail being conveyed on hutches struck and knocked out a prop. The roof gave way and fell on him

McCart, Robert, 02 Oct 1914, aged 39, Haulageman, Deceased, and another workman, went into the shaft to repair the signal wire ; he had to get some distance above the cage, which was resting in the bottom, to a pulley carrying the wire. In getting the wire into its position on the pulley he seems to have pulled it sufficiently far to give the signal to ascend with the result that the cage was raised while he was descending by way of the "buntons," and he was caught and fatally crushed

McCormack, Edward, 13 Aug 1906, aged 29, Miner, Fall of coal

McGroarty, John, 20 Oct 1897, aged 18, Miner, While travelling out to pit bottom, he was run over by an empty hutch on the haulage road

McKane, James, 04 Jul 1907, aged 19, Pony driver, While walking in front of his pony and a race of full hutches, owing to the want of snibbles he was overtaken by the hutches and crushed against the side of the road

McNair, William, 04 Oct 1887, aged 28, Stone miner, Fall of roof. While filling a tub of debris, stone fell from roof

Meeke, William, 20 Oct 1904, aged 22, Oncost man, Collapse of a brick arch in course of being built. Apparently the centres gave way

Moonie, Robert, 13 Feb 1891, aged 41, Brusher, Fall of roof at brushing face

Neil, William John, 12 Apr 1902, aged 35, Drawer, When taking a hutch down a "cuddie brae" the pulley tree broke and the "cuddie" ran down on him

Nelson, Hugh, 06 Dec 1898, aged 35, Pumping engineman, Found dead beneath the pumping engine, having been crushed by the machine

Nicholls, Thomas, 09 Dec 1911, aged 33, Oncostman, Deceased and another workman were engaged taking out a set of timber to allow the roof to fall, and when the timber had been removed the roof fell across two sets of timber, under which they stood for safety, and Nicholls was buried beneath the debris

Ogilvie, Alexander, 23 Dec 1901, aged 21, Miner, Fall of coal

Rankin, Alexander, 14 May 1912, aged 34, Oncostman, Deceased was buried beneath a fall of roof from between two faults, whilst passing along roadway with a loaded hutch

Russell, James, 07 May 1908, aged 67, Labourer, When applying the brake to a moving waggon he put his arm in front of the buffer and got it crushed against the buffer of a stationary waggon

Simm, Peter, jun, 09 Jun 1903, aged 22, Pony driver, Fall of roof on road while taking an empty hutch to a working place

Smith, John, 24 Sep 1913, (accident: 23 Sep 1913), aged 47, Miner, Deceased was taking down coal, and when it was ready to fall he stepped back to a position in which he thought he would be clear. The coal as it fell displaced a long prop he had set up the previous clay, and the end of it struck him violently on the upper part of the abdomen. It was not thought he was seriously injured, but he afterwards had to be removed to the infirmary and died next day

Timlin, John, 19 Sep 1908, aged 20, Screen machinery attendant, He went inside the fence of moving machinery and got caught by bevel wheels. He ought not to have gone there

Wallace, Alexander, 02 Oct 1910, (accident: 26 Nov 1909), aged 47, Miner, Died from the results of injuries received when following his employment on 26th November, 1909, by a fall of head coal

Warmington, Samuel, 13 Apr 1894, 6.30 p.m., aged 23, Miner, Fall of roof at stoops while drawing props

Wilson, James, 25 May 1895, 11.30 a.m., aged 58, Shaftsman, While ascending on the top of a water chest on the cage, he put his out his foot to close a valve, when he was caught between the chest and the buntons

Wilson, James, 15 Nov 1895, 8.50 a.m., aged 28, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Wilson, Peter, 19 Jun 1903, aged 29, Miner, Fall of roof while drawing props at stooping operations