Little Raith Colliery

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Adams, James, 15 Aug 1883, aged 16, Collier, Overwinding [More information ...]

Adams, Thomas, 15 Aug 1883, aged 51, Collier, Overwinding [More information ...]

Adamson, Thomas, 28 Feb 1888, aged 72, Prop cutter, Run over by waggons

Baxter, Christina, 23 Aug 1886, Pit head worker, Struck on head by waggon coupling

Beveridge, Robert, 15 Nov 1888, aged 60, Oncostman, Caught hold of haulage rope, and was drawn into pulley

Beveridge, Robert, 21 Apr 1905, aged 16, Drawer, Deceased was preparing to run a full tub down a short brae dipping 1 in 3½, and got in front to adjust it to the rails when it moved forward and pushed him in front to the level below where he was fatally crushed

Biset, John, 28 Jun 1910, aged 35, Miner, He was engaged removing a large stone which, owing to some timber having been displaced by a hutch, had fallen on the drawing road and while doing so another piece of stone fell and fatally injured him

Bisset, George, 04 Jan 1862, Collier, Fall of coal from roof

Bowman, William, 21 Apr 1903, aged 22, Miner, Deceased was engaged withdrawing props from a lift, where the coal had been extracted, when a large stone suddenly fell from the roof and completely buried him

Brown, John, 05 Mar 1896, aged 22, Miner, Fall of coal at longwall face

Burden, William, 10 May 1898, aged 14, Pony driver, Deceased was found lying under the first tub of a loaded rake which he was taking outbye. His cap and lamp were found some distance back near to a broken crown on the roof, and it is supposed his head had struck said crown, stunning him, and causing him to fall off the first tub on which he sat

Campbell, John, 09 Jun 1862, Collier, Fall of head coal

Churchill, Mark, 07 Feb 1907, aged 55, Labourer, Deceased, with some other workmen, was engaged moving forward some empty waggons, and was pushing at the buffer of the rear waggon when some loaded waggons moving behind came slowly down and the front one crushed him between its buffer and the buffer of the empty waggon

Connelly, William, 02 Jul 1902, aged 60, Waggon greaser, Deceased was underneath some trucks standing in a siding, either examining them, or passing from one side to the other. A train of fourteen loaded trucks was pushed into the siding, and buffered against the standing trucks as he was in the act of crawling out. The impact caused the standing trucks to move a short distance, and one of the wheels passed over his legs, causing injuries to which he succumbed two hours afterwards

Drummond, Thomas, 14 Nov 1857, Collier, Fall of coal at face of working

Elder, James, 09 May 1892, 9.30 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 20, Miner, Fall of roof

Frail, James, 02 Jul 1904, aged 55, Roadsman, Deceased had set a new wheel tree at the face of a short heading, and was lengthening the chain to suit the altered conditions when the roof, which consisted of a thick sandstone, suddenly burst out above him killing him instantly. Several bars and a prop were broken or swung out by the falling rock

Fyfe, John, 09 Nov 1887, aged 33, Collier, Was found dead on cage

Graham, James, 22 Jan 1897, aged 34, Fireman, The winding rope broke while deceased were descending the shaft. The rope was made of steel wires and was 1 1/8inch diameter, and had been in use since August 1894. The shaft is 100 fathoms deep, and the rope broke 20 fathoms from cage. The shaft was warm from the presence of steam pipes. Tests made after the accident gave a breaking strain of 21 tons, but torsional test showed that the quality of the wire had much deteriorated [More information ...]

Haxton, Joseph, 09 Apr 1913, aged 52, Repairer, He was taking down some roof and liberated a large stone adjacent to it, which fell on him inflicting injuries to which he succumbed about four hours later

Hedley, Thomas, 19 Mar 1909, aged 19, Assistant Bottomer, Deceased was an Assistant Bottomer at a mid working, and when the cage was about to reach the landing he opened the gate fencing the shaft, and fell into it

Howieson, William, 28 Dec 1853, Fell down sinking pit when stepping into the kettle

Hunter, David, 30 Sep 1887, aged 12, Hanger on, Struck by a prop which was knocked out by a tub

Hunter, William, 15 Aug 1883, aged 17, Collier, Overwinding [More information ...]

Innes, John, 25 Oct 1890, aged 8, Not employed, Run over by waggons

Johnston, Robina, 20 Nov 1858, Pithead woman, By being crushed betwixt cage and beams of pithead scaffold

Love, Thomas, 17 May 1911, aged 43, Brusher, Deceased had fired a shot in the brushing and went back to see the result. He appears to have been using a pick to pull down some hanging stone when a large stone, which had been exposed and freed at one end by the shot, having brought down some of the stone supporting it, fell upon and killed him

Marrs, Thomas, 23 Apr 1889, aged 32, Contractor brusher, Fall of stone

McCulloch, Peter, 03 Sep 1890, 11.50 a.m., aged 50, Reddsman, Fall of stone

McGaughy, Robert, 06 May 1897, aged 23, Wood sawyer, While deceased was engaged sawing prop wood at a steam circular saw, a door swung to and threw him against the saw while it was in motion, and his jugular vein was cut

McGuire, Daniel, 13 Mar 1862, Collier, Fall of coal from roof

McTernan, Peter, 13 Apr 1908, aged 28, Washery Attendant, Deceased was in the "pearl" hopper spreading the material when the waggon attendant below, unaware of deceased's position, opened the sluice of hopper bottom to fill a waggon, and he was carried down with material. Before he was extricated he was suffocated

Millar, Andrew, 20 Apr 1899, aged 35, Pitheadman, Deceased was a pitheadman, and part of his duties was to trim the wagons and run them to and from the screens. While taking two loaded wagons to the lye they collided with another standing on the same road, about 60 yds. away, which caused deceased to fall across the rail, and before he was able to get clear, the wheel of one of the wagons caught his left leg and inflicted a severe flesh wound at the thigh, to which injury he succumbed 14 days afterwards

Moran, Hugh, 16 Nov 1908, aged 39, Boiler Ashman, Deceased was on the night shift on Saturday night and had some liquor. About 11 o'clock he went on top of dross hole at the boilers presumably to go down a fixed ladder inside to spread forward material for boiler furnaceman, and while on top he apparently overbalanced and fell among the material and was suffocated

Mullen, John, 22 May 1902, aged 40, Miner, Deceased and some other workmen were proceeding outbye along an endless haulage road after their shift was finished, when some loaded tubs left the rope on a steep part of the roadway and overtook deceased. He was caught and dragged a distance of 40 ft.

Paterson, David, 15 Aug 1883, aged 31, Collier, Overwinding [More information ...]

Porteous, Thomas, 10 May 1906, aged 30, Hanger-on, Deceased hung three tubs on to the rope at the foot of an incline and gave the signal ; when the rake had proceeded about 28 feet the rope broke and tubs ran back, fatally crushing him

Russell, James, 15 Oct 1904, aged 25, Miner, Deceased and two other workmen were preparing to put up a crown to a bad part of the roof when a large stone suddenly fell upon him.

Shad, Christopher, 12 May 1906, aged 3, Child, The child had wandered to the colliery sidings where shunting was going on, and was run over by the waggons [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Thomson, Hugh, 22 Jan 1897, aged 28, Engineman, The winding rope broke while deceased were descending the shaft. The rope was made of steel wires and was 1 1/8inch diameter, and had been in use since August 1894. The shaft is 100 fathoms deep, and the rope broke 20 fathoms from cage. The shaft was warm from the presence of steam pipes. Tests made after the accident gave a breaking strain of 21 tons, but torsional test showed that the quality of the wire had much deteriorated [More information ...]

Thomson, Peter, 02 Jul 1891, 2.20 p.m., aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof

Venters, James, 26 May 1891, 9.30 a.m., aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof

White, George, 20 Sep 1858, Drawer, By crushed by a loaded hutch on self-acting incline

Wood, Thomas, 05 Nov 1891, 7 a.m., aged 32, Fireman, Fall of stone

Young, James, 31 Mar 1902, aged 49, Miner, Deceased was engaged at the face of his working place, when part of the roof gave way and buried him. There were lypes on three sides of the fall