Haugh Colliery

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Anderson, Robert, 26 Sep 1892, aged 24, Drawer, While drawing in front of a hutch his head struck the lintel of a screen

Andreson, Johannes, 06 Jun 1914, aged 26, Painter, He was cleaning a bearer in the pithead frame for painting, and, to do so, reached over a haulage pulley ; the pulley started and crushed him against the bearer he stood upon

Baxter, John, 04 Apr 1886, (accident: 15 Mar 1886), aged 45, Collier, Fall of coal. Died 4th Apr

Bullock, Gabriel, 19 Dec 1899, aged 60, Miner, Fall of roof at working place. Caused by failure to put up props as directed by the fireman

Fraser, Daniel, 29 Nov 1885, (accident: 11 May 1885), aged 16, Drawer, Explosion of fire damp; injured on 11th May

Haggerty, Patrick, 20 Feb 1901, aged 19, Drawer, Run over by hutches on a self acting incline. He was taking an empty hutch along a line of rails parallel to the incline, and apparently thinking that the hutches were running into him, he stepped aside in front of the descending full hutches

Hunter, John, 28 Feb 1888, aged 17, Miner, Explosion of firedamp (other 3 person injured) [More information ...]

Kyle, Charles, 31 Aug 1875, aged 30, Sinker, Overwinding. McClay fell down the shaft, and Kyle was crushed against the pithead framing, between the kettle and the "crosstrees" [More information ...]

Linn, James, 16 Dec 1907, aged 14, Miner, Fall of roof in working place

Marshall, David, 02 Oct 1905, aged 14, Drawer, When stepping off the cage at the pithead after ascending he was caught by the cage being lowered before he got clear, in response to a hand signal given by the bottomer who also ascended in the same cage

Martin, James, 07 Jun 1924, 11.50 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 53, Repairer, Killed by an explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Maxwell, William, 24 Apr 1911, aged 19, Collier, A large triangular stone fell from the roof from between two "lypes," running towards one another, and joining at the face. As it was thick the stone would probably sound good ; the place was well timbered

McBride, Daniel, 20 Feb 1924, 7.30 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 22, Repairer, He was pushing at the rear tub of an empty rake of 10 tubs on a flat portion of a main rope haulage road, served by a rope from a surface engine. Slack rope, in the shaft, burst through the enclosing wooden rhones and fouled an ascending cage. The violent backward jerk given to the tubs caused a drawbar to fracture at the neck of the forged hook and allowed the tub being pushed by deceased to be drawn violently against him. He was crushed against the corner of a refuge hole and death ensued in 15 minutes

McClay, John, 31 Aug 1875, aged 35, Sinker, Overwinding. McClay fell down the shaft, and Kyle was crushed against the pithead framing, between the kettle and the "crosstrees" [More information ...]

Patrick, Matthew, 04 Jul 1888, aged 13, Miner, Fall of roof at face

Shaw, George, 22 Mar 1882, (accident: 13 Mar 1882), aged 47, Roadsman, Fall of roof. Injured on the 13th

Stirling, Henry, 18 Oct 1907, aged 65, Fireman, Whilst going up a haulage road he was caught by empty hutches released by the rope getting detached from the jiggers

Wilson, James, 14 Mar 1911, aged 18, Drawer, Deceased was at the road head filling a tub, and he was close to a prop which supported the roof at a point 3 feet from the face. A stone suddenly fell from between the prop and the coal, and caught him above the left ankle, fractured the bone and caused a flesh wound further up his leg. Blood poisoning from the wound set in, and he died from it a week later