Herdshill Colliery

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Black, William, 12 Feb 1909, aged 61, Labourer, Deceased came from the prop wood stack with a tub loaded with props to send it down the shaft, and evidently he stumbled as he opened the door fencing the shaft, and fell down meeting the ascending cage on his way down

Chalmers, John, 11 Apr 1912, aged 53, Miner, He was lying on his side holing when the coal broke off at a lype, pushed the sprag out and fell on him. He died the same evening.

Hamilton, William, 25 May 1911, (accident: 15 May 1911), Miner, He received a knock on the back of the head with a small piece of stone from brushing ; little was thought of the injury at the time, but he died on the 25th

Hendry, James, 15 Jun 1906, aged 33, Miner, Deceased was taking off coal at the "nose" corner of the face when the roof suddenly fell away from a "waste" break

Quigley, John, 02 May 1906, aged 65, Miner, Quigley complained to his neighbour on starting work that he felt ill, and latterly left the face and went to the roadhead, and in a short time expired [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Reid, George, 22 Aug 1907, aged 61, Enginekeeper, Deceased was employed as engineman at a shaft only used for lowering timber. The shaft is boxed in at the surface up to a higher level. The cage had been lowered to the bottom, and deceased came to the lower level in order to "dug" a tub of debris on to the cage to raise it to the higher level, and opening the door which fenced the shaft he pushed the tub forward forgetting the cage was not there, and he and it were precipitated to the bottom a distance of 46 fathoms

Walker, James, 19 Sep 1899, (accident: 14 Sep 1899), aged 49, Miner, Deceased and a fellow workman were kneeling side by side sumping a holing. The latter's pick swung through, meeting with less resistance than he had anticipated, and struck deceased on the outer side of the left knee. The injury was considered trifling, and he continued to work for some hours. Blood poisoning supervened, resulting in his death five days afterwards