Lingerwood Colliery

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Aitken, Sinclair, 30 May 1907, aged 45, Miner, Deceased was "backening" coal from the rise side of his place, when the roof suddenly fell out from between lypes, and he was crushed beneath it

Aitkin, Joseph, 04 Apr 1909, (accident: 31 Mar 1909), aged 28, Miner, Deceased was working in a thin seam and after being out to his road for a prop, was on his hands and knees under his brushing again, when a piece of blaes, 4½ inches thick, gave way between props and struck him behind the head and bore him to the ground. His forehead struck a piece of coal, which caused fracture of his skull. Serious symptoms set in, and he died four days later

Allan, Alexander, 05 Jun 1882, aged 58, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, long wall

Allen, Peter, 26 Jan 1881, aged 53, Collier, Fall of side ; while "shearing," a part of the "mid" coal fell. Stoop and room

Archibald, Alexander, 24 Jul 1912, aged 69, Roadsman, He was engaged with another man brushing a drawing road when a piece of the roof, which he thought he had wedged so as to make it secure, fell behind and struck him

Ayre, Ben, 27 Apr 1892, 5 p.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 29, Sinker, Drowned in shaft

Baxter, Lawrence, 03 Aug 1887, aged 37, Miner, Went back too soon after shot

Baxter, William, 06 Aug 1882, aged 42, Roadsman, Fall of roof. At face of brushing, long wall

Beveridge, Robert, 25 Apr 1901, aged 69, Miner, Deceased was travelling down a self-acting incline 160 fms. in length, and having an average dip of 1 in 5. He was informed that a "wreck" had taken place shortly before, owing to the ascending and descending sets colliding, but appeared to think he could get down the brae before the traffic was resumed. He had gone down about 70 fms. when the repairers, having set the tubs on the rails, signalled to the wheeler, and the tubs were set in motion. Deceased appears to have been tripped by the ropes, or struck by the empty tubs. He fell amongst them, and was crushed against the roof, sustaining injuries to which he succumbed while on the way to pit bottom. The repairers had not observed his light in the road, and believed he had been in the dark

Borthwick, William, 01 Nov 1894, 5 p.m., aged 55, Miner, Fall of coal

Boyle, Frank, 16 Aug 1910, (accident: 14 Aug 1910, 4.30 p.m.), aged 31, Fireman, He was making an inspection on a Sunday afternoon and was carrying both a safety lamp and naked light, and when passing along a road, not far from the face, near the crown of a slight hill, ignited some gas with the naked light, and was burned on his neck, back, hands and face. Died on the 16th.

Briggs, Charles, 05 Sep 1904, (accident: 18 Aug 1904), aged 62, Miner, Deceased took down a piece of head coal at face and released a lype which was unseen, causing a stone to fall from the roof upon him. He died 18 days afterwards

Brown, Joseph, 30 Nov 1896, aged 42, Dook bottomer, Deceased was riding up an engine dook in front of a set of loaded tubs, in direct violation of his instructions. He fell or was knocked off, receiving injuries which resulted in his death three hours afterwards

Buchan, George, 17 Apr 1890, 1.40 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 32, Labourer, Crushed by waggon

Buchan, J., 09 Oct 1869, aged 50, Labourer, Whille putting crane in single gear with weight on, it overpowered six men, of which these were two [More information ...]

Buchan, Robert, 18 Jan 1887, aged 74, Carter, Run over by waggons

Campbell, William, 13 Dec 1897, aged 22, Repairer, Deceased and others were repairing a dook road when a stone fell from the roof on him

Christynick (Pole), Stanley, 12 Feb 1902, aged 18, Sinker, Deceased and three other workmen were engaged enlarging a shaft, and for that purpose were standing on a scaffold with a kettle beside them, when a stone fell from the side and jammed him against the kettle

Clark, Robert, 16 Nov 1888, aged 53, Shaftsman, In shafts - falling from part way down. Slipped off bunton and fell down shaft

Clarkson, William, 15 Feb 1914, aged 38, Boilermaker, The deceased, who was sent to do some work at a dross conveyor on a Saturday, told his foreman at the end of the shift on that day he had finished it. He, however, had not done so, for after finishing his shift underground on the following day, he returned to where he was working on the Saturday without informing anyone. Some men were working at the same conveyor, and, when they finished their work, not knowing the deceased was where he was, they started the conveyor to see if it was running properly, and he was crushed by the plates and fatally injured

Currie, Peter, 19 Dec 1899, aged 39, Miner, Deceased was taking some coal off a long-wall face when the roof suddenly fell away from an unseen lype and a keen top parting, swinging out some props as it fell. A large stone fell upon his shoulders and back, pressing his face into the dross at his feet and causing suffocation.

Darling, Robert, 22 Dec 1898, aged 21, Drawer, Deceased was taking a loaded tub down a side road dipping 1 in 5. He appeared to have been in front of the tub in contravention of Additional Special Rule 5. The tub overpowered him and drove him against the dip side of the level, causing injuries to which he succumbed three weeks afterwards

Davidson, James, 19 Nov 1905, (accident: 17 Nov 1905), aged 14, Pithead runner, Deceased stepped across a creeper chain for hauling empty tubs, to light gas at a bracket on the wall, and his right leg slipped into the wheel opening and was severely lacerated. He died from blood poisoning two days afterwards

Davidson, John, 03 Mar 1904, aged 16, Coupler, The loaded tubs are run from the bottom deck of cage by gravity, and by means of a "creeper" are raised to the weighbridge. In moving round to the "creeper" they pass close to a steel stay used to support the pithead frame. The deceased was attempting to control the speed of a loaded tub, and when passing the stay his head was crushed between them

Davidson, Robert, 07 Sep 1871, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof at face

Davie, Robert, 07 May 1879, aged 41, Collier, Fall of coal. At face while holing. Long wall

Dennison, John, 26 Sep 1890, aged 16, Pony driver, Crushed by runaway tub

Gardner, William, 14 Dec 1906, aged 55, Locomotive Driver, Deceased was on the colliery engine moving a train of loaded waggons across the weighbridge, when an engine and van belonging to the North British Railway Company came in to lift a train load of waggons for shipment, which stood on another line ; by a mistake the wrong points were opened and this engine crashed into the colliery engine and crushed deceased so seriously that he died 30 minutes later. The points were opened by a railway inspector, who was not empowered to do so

Garrett, John, 23 Oct 1908, aged 19, Haulage Engineman, Deceased was oiling the machinery of a steam haulage engine ; either he or his neighbour, who had just finished his shift, forgot to put on the drum brake, and just then a rake of tubs was pushed over the steep of a dook, which caused the drum to revolve and he was fatally crushed between the drum and wall

Goldie, William, 21 Oct 1892, 5.54 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 23, Sinker, Fell off scaffold in shaft

Gordon, Alexander, 28 May 1893, 5 a.m., aged 36, Sinker, Rider fell upon him

Gordon, David, 13 Jun 1913, aged 24, Miner, Deceased was engaged in extracting a pillar, and was busy clearing away the loose coal off the level preparatory to beginning a new "lift," when a large stone fell from the roof and instantly killed him

Greenhorn, Alexander, 20 Jun 1933, aged 55, Brusher, Died from injuries received from a pit prop bursting out upon him

Hadden, Archibald, 18 Mar 1889, aged 23, Miner, Explosion of a shot

Hamilton, James, 23 Feb 1904, aged 34, Brusher, While engaged taking off brushing some distance back from the face a stone fell off the side and crushed him

Hare, David, 14 Sep 1914, aged 63, Roadsman, He had been repairing roof on a horse road and stepped to the side to allow the rake drawn by a pony to pass. He had good room, but apparently he slipped, as his legs were caught by the wheels and he was dragged a few yards and injured. He died three hours later from shock following on his injury

Harknes, David, 30 Aug 1858, Collier, By fall of coal at face or workings

Henderson, Peter, 17 Apr 1888, aged 44, Collier, Fall of roof. At face; long wall

Heriot, John, 23 Nov 1932, aged 48, Miner, Killed by a fall of roof

Inglis, John, 09 Jun 1893, 2 p.m., aged 17, Dook footer, Bar fell down dook

Jack, Alexander, 01 May 1905, aged 19, Coal Cutter Attendant, Deceased attended to a coal cutting machine, putting up props, &c., and while engaged at the face, a fall of roof took place, completely burying him

Keross (Pole), Adam, 11 May 1904, (accident: 26 Apr 1904), aged 25, Drawer, While pushing a loaded tub toward the lye it left the rails and up-ended, and his fingers were crushed against the roof. Lockjaw set in and he died 15 days afterwards

Kerr, Gordon, 16 Apr 1894, 12.30 a.m., aged 43, Stone miner, Explosion of shot

Kerr, Thomas, 05 Jun 1906, aged 46, Haulage Engineman, A haulage engine on the surface works a band rope led down the shaft and connected to machinery in a clutch house in bottom where there are three sets of clutches for three sets of haulage systems. The engine was signalled to stop, and deceased did so while the strain was at its greatest owing to the gearing of the three systems being in ; while the engine was at a standstill he began to clean out one of the crank pits, and, unknown to him the strain was relieved by the clutchman throwing one of the systems out of gear, causing the engine to move slowly, and crank came round and crushed deceased

Kerr, Thomas, 26 Apr 1922, 12 noon, 6th hour of shift, aged 65, Wagonman, He was passing between wagons during the course of his work, when they were bumped together by some additional wagons being added to the set.  He was caught between buffers and died in a few minutes.

Lamb, Thomas, 12 Mar 1913, (accident: 25 Feb 1913), aged 21, Drawer, He was engaged filling a hutch in a 7-foot seam when the head coal, which had been holed 5 feet deep, fell off the two sprags which had been set under it, and crushed him. He died on the 12th March. Had a second row of sprags been set the coal would have remained in position

Lawson, Alexander, 23 May 1881, aged 39, Shaftsman, Jammed between cage and landing at mid-working. His foot slipped when in the act of signalling

Liddle, James, 02 Dec 1903, aged 15, Pithead runner, Deceased attempted to take an empty tub off the cage at the "laigh" scaffold before it had rested on the shuts, the result was that one end of the tub was on the cage and the other end on the ground. The engine-keeper got the order to lower, but instead he raised the cage, and the tub fell into the shaft and he with it, falling a distance of 60 fathoms

Livingstone, Alexander, 26 Jan 1895, 8.55 a.m., aged 50, Labourer, Fell off plank

Lowe, John, 03 Nov 1893, aged 30, Sinker, Stone fell from side of shaft. Died 24 days afterwards from pneumonia. Not comprised

Lynch, James, 07 Apr 1893, 8 a.m., aged 44, Boiler cleaner, Suffocated by steam

Martin, Henry, 09 May 1862, Collier, Fell into sump at pit bottom

McGuire, John, 06 Nov 1905, aged 36, Miner, Deceased was about to take down coal when it fell and crushed him against a prop

McIntosh, Robert, 25 Jun 1912, aged 78, Gatekeeper, Run over on railway by a locomotive as he was closing the gates. The engine driver had told him on going past not to shut them

McLaren, William S., 03 Feb 1932, aged 55, Miner, Killed by a fall of coal dross

McLuskie (Pole), William, 02 Dec 1907, aged 23, Brusher, Deceased and his neighbour were charging a hole with compressed gunpowder in pellets, and while doing so, a spark from his neighbour's lamp, which was in his cap, fell on a pellet as it was being handed to deceased to put into the hole

McManus, Dan, 04 Feb 1912, 9 p.m., aged 56, Fireman, His safety lamp appears to have gone suddenly out, upon his entering the top level in which firedamp had accumulated. As gas had not previously been found there he apparently thought he had knocked it out, and struck a match to relight it, so causing an explosion, which killed him

McNeill, George, 14 May 1883, aged 14, Driver, Found injured in front of horse and train of tubs ; supposed to have been jammed by first tub getting off the rails

Meek, Ferguson, 19 May 1913, aged 38, Coal Cutter Machineman, He fell on the revolving bar of a coal cutting machine, and received such injuries, that he died about eight hours later

Mitchel, W., 25 Aug 1869, aged 15, Collier, Ran on to cage while it was in motion and crushed by it

Moffat, Thomas, 15 Oct 1890, 1 p.m., aged 45, Crane footer, Leg lacerated by chain on brae

Moffat, William, 17 Jul 1908, aged 28, Coal Cutter Attendant

Morrison, William, 11 Oct 1892, 4 p.m., 10th hour of shift, aged 67, Hammerman, Fell down pit

Mulvay, Philip, 14 Jan 1876, aged 17, Incline man, [By Tubs and Trams] Crushed by tubs at bottom of engine plane

Neesam, John, 20 Jan 1893, 5.15 p.m., aged 41, Sinker chargeman, Knocked off kettle

Nelson, William, 20 Oct 1896, aged 19, Chain runner, While coming up a dook road sitting on the first tub of the rake, his head came in contact with a crown, stunning him and causing him to fall off, whereby he was crushed between the tubs and the wall side

Noble, William, 03 May 1886, aged 30, Collier, Fall of side. At face; long wall

O'Brien, William, 24 Jun 1904, aged 14, Coupler, The system of haulage for Carrington dook is endless rope, and the wheel 8 feet diameter, for empty side was placed overhead, and above lines of rails for sidings. Deceased and his brother Thomas were standing close by the outside line of rails when the wheel fell and the rope drew it toward the boys, and it struck William on the head killing him instantaneously. The cause of the wheel falling was the shaft breaking close in to the neck of the journal

Paterson, James, 03 Feb 1869, aged 29, Collier, By upper leaf of great seam falling on him while working under it

Paxton, Thomas, 25 Sep 1900, aged 24, Dookfooter, A rake of empty tubs descending the dook left the rails, and those in front up-ended against the roof. When the rake was drawn up the front tub uncoupled and, falling into position on the rails, descended the dook at a high speed, and at a bench 80 yards down it crashed into some tubs there, on one of which deceased sat, and fatally injured him

Pearce, Walter, 09 Dec 1904, aged 32, Pit bottomer, Deceased stepped forward to cage to adjust some of the tubs when a piece of parrot coal weighing 12 lbs. struck the cage cover and rebounding off it came with terrific force on his head. The coal came off a tub which had just reached the surface and fell a distance of 1,650 feet

Plummer, James, 22 May 1908, aged 19, Drawer, A section of longwall places had been standing, and a new slope road was being driven through the waste cross-cutting the old roads near to the coal face. Two squads of men were employed, one squad brushing in the cross cut, and one in which deceased was redding up the coal faces. The brushing squad were firing a final shot through on one of the old roads, when deceased, who had been sent outbye to ascertain the time, got under the place of shots at the moment of firing, and was instantly killed. Warning was given all round and men posted at different roads, but no one was expected from the road by which deceased came

Potter, Daniel, 21 Dec 1859, Sinker, By fall of stones and ice from side of pit while ascending

Pryde, Charles, 07 Feb 1893, 7 p.m., aged 17, Dook footer, Crushed by tub

Pryde, James, 28 Jun 1898, aged 62, Miner, Deceased attempted to climb into one of a train of railway vans, while in motion, for the purpose of being conveyed to his work. He fell, and two of the vans passed over his legs, causing injuries which resulted fatally

Pryde, Mungo, 10 Jul 1894, 8 a.m., aged 23, Dookheadman, Crushed by tub

Pryde, Robert, 02 Aug 1892, 9.15 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 36, Miner, Explosion of shot

Quinn, James, 15 Nov 1894, 8.30 a.m., aged 27, Labourer, Crushed by bogie

Reid, James, 13 Oct 1882, aged 63, Labourer, Cage of hydraulic hoist came down on him

Reid, James, 18 Mar 1905, aged 37, Miner, Deceased wan engaged laying rails on a dook road at an upthrow fault, when a fall took place, and he was fatally injured

Reid, William N., 27 Sep 1905, aged 23, Dook-footer

Ritchie, George, 06 Dec 1905, aged 14, Miner, Explosion

Robertson, Frank, 15 May 1913, aged 50, Brusher, Deceased and another brusher were timbering a level, but because it appeared to be secure, had left a stretch of rock roof untimbered. A piece of this roof fell on to Robertson, and killed him. A seam, 12 feet above had been worked out, and this no doubt had affected the rock in question

Robertson, James, 25 Jul 1861, Collier, Fall of coal from face of working

Robertson, William, 27 May 1880, (accident: 25 May 1880), aged 63, Assistant bottomer, A loaded tub slipped out of top deck and some coals struck him. Died 27th May

Ross, David, 16 Feb 1887, Collier, Fall of side. At face; long wall

Scott, Stenhouse, 28 Jan 1914, aged 16, Trapper, His duty was to open a wooden ventilation door at the foot of an incline in order to allow rakes of full hutches to pass through. He sat in a manhole beside the door, and to open it had to step in front of it and pull it towards him. On this occasion he had not attempted to open the door soon enough, and was crushed against it by the rake of hutches coming down. It is probable that he had lost his light and owing to the darkness, was not aware the rake was so near to the door when he attempted to pull it open. A chain should have been attached by which he would have been able to open the door without stepping out of the place of refuge ; the accident would thus have been avoided

Scott, Thomas, 13 Jul 1892, 3.30 p.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 19, Dook header, Burned by oil

Scott, Walter, 02 Jan 1897, aged 69, Engineman, Crushed by condenser beam

Shimm, J., 09 Oct 1869, aged 50, Labourer, Whille putting crane in single gear with weight on, it overpowered six men, of which these were two [More information ...]

Smith, John, 19 Nov 1906, aged 69, Pumper, Owing to repairs in the shaft deceased was unable to descend and went to go to work a pump, of which he had charge, by an in-going-eye from the surface ; he did not get to the pump, and was missed for a day and search was made, when he was found at the entrance to the in-going-eye quite dead ; his death was due to natural causes [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Sneddon, J., 12 Jul 1867, aged 52, Collier, Fall of stone in roads

Steele, Alexander, 05 Feb 1899, (accident: 03 Feb 1899), aged 40, Miner, Deceased was lying holing, when the roof fell and crushed him ; he managed to get clear, and proceeded to the roadhead, where he was found ; his injuries proved fatal two days afterwards

Swan, Robert, 13 Nov 1908, aged 34, Pitheadman, Deceased was engaged sending bricks from the lower scaffold at surface to the pit bottom, and loaded the bricks into the tubs on the cage ; he signalled the cage with empty tubs to lower scaffold, and went forward to the shaft to open the gate where cage was, but inadvertently opened the wrong gate and fell into the shaft

Syme, John, 04 Apr 1911, aged 62, Miner, He was injured by a fall of roof in his own working place, and died the same day. The maximum distance, stipulated on the notice posted, under Additional Special Rule 6, at which roof supports were to be set had been exceeded by deceased to allow of his throwing down his coal between the row of props more easily. A long stone fell from between the props so set

Thompson, Thomas, 12 Aug 1912, aged 14, Filler, He was allowed to fill coal from a head coal shot into a conveyor while his brother pulled down the coal remaining up. He got under the head coal and was struck by a large piece as it fell

Thomson, John, 22 Jun 1933, aged 36, Brusher, Died from injuries received from a stone falling from the side

Thomson, Joseph, 23 Nov 1905, aged 65, Miner, Deceased suddenly expired at his working face. Hie death was due to natural causes [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Tinman, David, 04 Apr 1910, Shaftsman, When repairing one of the cages a fall of stone occurred from side of shaft

Tully, James, 31 Jul 1906, aged 56, Trimmer, Deceased left his work and crossed some lines of rails for some purpose, and while passing under the waggons on the through line a locomotive engine belonging to the North British Railway Company pushed a train against those standing, and they moved forward and ran over him

Walker, William, 18 Jun 1903, (accident: 22 Sep 1902), aged 40, Miner, Deceased was removing the material, made from holing, from front of coal which he was about to take down, when the roof fell, bringing some coal with it, and he was crushed. He died from his injuries on 18th June, 1903