Herbertshire Colliery

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Baird, William, 27 Jan 1892, aged 24, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Caldwell, John, 19 Jun 1901, aged 27, Brusher, Fall of side at working face. A prop was being got ready to set beneath it

Clancy, P., 01 Nov 1935, Bencher, was at work in the mine section when a hutch containing a load of sand broke away, and running down the incline, crashed into him and threw him against one of the girders

Connley, Michael, 16 Dec 1905, aged 14, Screen engineman, Caught by bevel wheels of machinery close to which he was working

Donachie, Frances, 18 Aug 1897, aged 16, Drawer, A drawer allowed his hutch to run away on an incline, and it struck deceased at the foot

Feeny, John, 11 Apr 1909, (accident: 18 Aug 1908), aged 21, Drawer, While apparently illegally drawing in front of his hutch he fell and was run over. (Died 11th April, 1909)

Foy, John, 18 Nov 1904, aged 28, Pit bottomer, Shock of electricity from leakage in a power cable [More information ...]

Logie, Alexander, 14 Nov 1922, 1.15 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 21, Drawer, He had rolled over some of the mid-stone, which, by projecting into the road, prevented the loading. Deceased was beginning to break it up when his head was crushed on it by a fall of a thin slab of roof which had just been exposed by the removal of the mid-stone

Logie, Henry, 05 Mar 1898, (accident: 01 Oct 1897), aged 27, Drawer, Fall of roof on drawing road. Injured 1st Oct 1897 died 5th Mar 1898

McColl, John, 18 Sep 1911, (accident: 15 Sep 1911), aged 65, Roadsman, He was following a rake down an engine brae. The rake was lowered too far and in consequence was pulled up about a hutch length. Deceased was found on the top of the second hutch seriously injured. Died on the 18th

McDermott, Peter, 07 Jul 1900, aged 18, Drawer, Fall of roof at working place

McIntosh, James, 03 Nov 1922, (accident: 28 Oct 1922, 12.45 p.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 25, Pithead worker, Two empty tubs laden with 75 boards 12 ft. long on the top of them were being pulled up a steep incline. Mcintosh was walking alongside when they fell over on him and crushed him internally. He died five days later. He ought not to have been walking beside this top heavy load

McKay, Robert, 23 Dec 1898, aged 40, Waggon trimmer, Found dead under a loaded waggon which he seems to have been moving forward from the screen

McMurdo, Alexander, 03 Sep 1907, aged 48, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Melvin, Joseph, 02 Jul 1904, aged 19, Drawer, As he was walking up a dook behind a full "race" of hutches a drawbar broke and the hutches ran down on him

O'Boyle, Michael, 16 Jan 1924, (accident: 15 Jan 1924, 10.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 24, Drawer, He was lifting the front end of a partly derailed full tub on a drawing road having a dip of 1 in 9. The sprags came out of the wheels and the tub pushed him to the foot of the incline and crushed him against the side. He received internal injuries and died next day. Had he taken the simple precaution of seeing that his sprags were secure the accident would have been avoided

Robertson, Joseph, 30 Jun 1893, aged 27, Miner, Explosion of firedamp caused by safety lamp [More information ...]

Thursbay, Lovel, 30 Jun 1893, aged 14, Miner, Explosion of firedamp caused by safety lamp [More information ...]

Wilson, Thomas, 16 Feb 1910, aged 31, Miner, Fall of roof while at work at face