Kenmuir Hill Colliery

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Buntine, Hugh, 29 Jan 1902, aged 36, Brusher, Explosion of gunpowder, gelignite, and a detonator, apparently whilst handling the explosives with his lamp on his cap

Clark, Matthew, 10 Mar 1903, aged 28, Waggon shifter, He stood in front of a full waggon holding a prop against it to let other waggons move it, but the prop was knocked out and he was crushed between the waggons

Craven, Thomas, 13 Nov 1911, (accident: 09 Nov 1911), aged 26, Miner, Deceased was assisting to pinch out the stone between the top and bottom portions of the seam, when it came away suddenly, and before he could clear himself, he was caught and crushed against the roadside building. He died on 13th November

Davies, Joseph, 21 May 1913, aged 33, Drawer, Deceased, while handling one of three unarmoured cables without authority, grasped a repaired part and received a shock which killed him

Frew, James, 12 Feb 1913, aged 49, Repairer, The deceased was struck on the head by a piece of stone whilst repairing on a haulage road. The stone fell from a lype and came away suddenly without giving any warning

Galloway, Robert, 14 Oct 1904, aged 24, Miner, He went back to a shot of compressed gunpowder when it went off. It was stated that he waited fifteen minutes after lighting the fuse, and until he had heard what he thought was the shot going off

Gray, Alexander, 03 Feb 1896, aged 19, Pump attendant, Fall of steam pump and pipes hung in the shaft, owing to the chains giving way [More information ...]

Mallon, John, 02 Apr 1898, aged 20, Bottomer, Thinking the cage was at the midworking he opened the gate, pushed a hutch into the open shaft and fell after it. The indicator in the engine-house was not in order

Martin, John, 03 Feb 1896, aged 45, Sinker, Fall of steam pump and pipes hung in the shaft, owing to the chains giving way [More information ...]

Martin, Philip, 23 Jun 1908, aged 52, Repairer, Fall of roof on road while repairing it

McCormick, Martin, 19 Jan 1860, aged 36, Collier, Fall of coal at the coal face

McDougal, Allan, 30 Nov 1876, aged 42, Contractor, Fell from a midworking, 20 fathoms

McGeachan, James, 01 Oct 1903, aged 30, Drawer, Struck by the flame, &c, from a shot of 2½ lbs. of compressed gunpowder which blew through another shot-hole

McKenzie, Peter, 28 Apr 1913, (accident: 22 Apr 1913), aged 32, Brusher, Deceased was in the act of making up a shot, and, before putting the fuse into the pellet of powder, he took his knife to scrape the hole through which the fuse was to pass, and, in doing so, he caused some of the particles of gunpowder to fall on to the flame of his lamp. He was burned so severely on his hands and arms that he died on the 28th inst.

McMillan, Alexander, 02 Dec 1908, aged 72, Stone picker, When turning a hutch on a plate placed on an insecurely fenced gangway he slipped and fell below the top rail to the ground, a distance of 20 feet

Muir, John, 06 Nov 1895, 10.15 p.m., aged 36, Engineman, Fell down the shaft from the surface, having apparently supposed that a scaffold which had been previously been across it was still there

Rae, Andrew, 17 Aug 1859, (accident: 18 Jun 1859), aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof (on the 18th of June)

Ramsay, John, 04 Dec 1924, 3.0 p.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 29, Miner, Killed by an explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Robertson, John, 06 Feb 1913, aged 33, Miner, Deceased and others were travelling up a dook road, some distance behind a loaded rake being hauled to the top, when the rake ran back for a distance of 160 yards and met him. The rake had unhooked from the rope at a flat part of the road, and the "jock" failing to act it came back. There was a good road for the men to travel parallel to the dook road, but it is a little longer and the men preferred to go by the dook road

Scoular, William, 27 Sep 1910, aged 45, Miner, He was taking down coal and liberated a piece of stone above it, which fell upon and fractured his back

Sneddon, John, 04 May 1904, aged 35, Miner, While illegally riding on hutches drawn by a pony the roof fell on him. Another man was injured

Spicer, John, 16 Dec 1911, (accident: 12 Dec 1911, 11.30 a.m.), aged 36, Miner, The Virtuewell Seam is in two portions, with 7 feet of strata between them ; the brushing fell up to the top seam, and the deceased climbed up into the top seam, a place he had no right to be in. Some gas had accumulated after the fireman's inspection, which his naked light ignited, and he was burned on face and arms, he died on 16th December, at 6 p.m.

Stewart, Alexander, 15 Dec 1913, aged 50, Oncostman, Whilst repairing a cuddie, from which he had detached the rope, a chain-runner bringing a hutch to the bench above, and not knowing the cuddie was detached, pushed the load into the brae ; it ran away and struck the deceased. Deceased committed a breach of Regulation 28 by not warning the chain-runner that he was about to work at the cuddie

Stirling, Thomas, 03 Sep 1900, aged 37, Fireman, While making his morning inspection, apparently with a naked light as well as with a safety lamp, he ignited fire damp, and was fatally injured by the explosion

Winning, David, 15 Apr 1855, Bottomer, Falling of a piece of coal in shaft where deceased was bottomer

Wotherspoon, James, 06 May 1910, aged 15, Office Boy, Was run over when Caledonian Railway Co.'s engine was shunting a waggon

Wyper, George, 11 Aug 1862, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof at face