Lochhead Colliery

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Anderson, James, 02 Feb 1903, aged 18, Miner, Deceased was taking down some coal at a "nose" in a longwall working. A rance had just been drawn from it, but as the coal did not come away readily, he sat down and began to relieve it by deepening the holing. While so engaged the coal came away suddenly, causing injuries which terminated fatally

Band, Stuart, 25 Mar 1907, aged 18, Miner, Deceased was filling coal, which he had taken down from the roof into a tub, when some more coal fell, which struck him on the head and killed him instantly

Brown, James, 10 Oct 1907, aged 61, Fireman, A fall had taken place in a roadway to the upper portion of the Dysart Main Coal Seam, and deceased was on the top punching off some loose parts, when more coal fell and striking the crowbar drove it through his body inflicting injuries to which he succumbed in a few hours

Chalmers, Johnstone, 24 Oct 1906, aged 52, Miner, Deceased was engaged taking out some old stoops, and he passed round the stoop side to take off some loose coal, when a mass of coal fell upon him

Christie, James, 15 Aug 1907, aged 20, Miner, A tub of a rake running on an inclined plane left the rails and striking some timber, caused the roof to fall opposite a place of refuge where deceased was, and he was crushed beneath the debris

Duff, Robert, 21 Dec 1907, (accident: 16 Dec 1907), aged 62, Miner, While deceased was holing, a piece of coal fell away between two sprags and, striking him on the chest, caused internal injuries from which he died five days afterwards

Fairfull, Alexander, 20 Dec 1922, aged 58, Miner, He had run a loaded hutch from the face to the edge of a small fall which had taken place on the east side level and was filling the fallen coal into an empty hutch he had brought from the top of the haulage brae when a second fall occurred, a piece of coal weighing three tons knocking him against the hutch he was filling. His ribs were fractured and pressed on to the heart causing death.

Kilpatrick, John, 29 Dec 1907, aged 44, Fireman, Underground fire [More information ...]

Marshall, William, 07 Feb 1924, 11.45 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 28, Miner, A seam about 22 ft. thick had been partly extracted by headings 25 years ago, and they were being stowed by hydraulic means. The headings were 20 to 25 ft. wide and deceased and another were building a pack wall across one of them, when a fall of coal 25 ft. long across the heading by 9 ft. wide by 1½ ft. thick, weighing about 11 tons, came from the roof. Deceased, being on the inbye side of the wall, was instantly killed, his neck being broken; his mate escaped unhurt. No timber was displaced and it was the first fall that had been known

McCrae, Robert, 04 May 1911, aged 55, Miner, The seam of coal is 28 feet thick and is worked in four lifts. The accident happened in the second working ; the bottom lift had been worked some time before and the range of faces was over the waste. Deceased was turning back coal when the stone and coal forming the roof fell out between two slips and killed him

Morris, Andrew, 29 Dec 1907, aged 49, Fireman, Underground fire [More information ...]

Morris, James Kilpatrick, 20 Feb 1914, aged 17, Miners' Filler, He wished to pass some coal, which was known to be bad. His father, was in charge of the place, put his hand against the coal, but it fell on him whilst he was passing, and crushed him so severely that he died about 2½ hours later

Morrison, David, 03 Mar 1914, aged 17, Filler and Hanger-on, He was acting as hanger-on at the foot of a single tub brae having an inclination of about 1 in 3½. The empty hutch left the rails at 8 yards from the foot of the brae, and the sudden jerk almost drew out the 9-inch wheel from the stirrup which held it, owing to a nail, which acted as cotter, shearing. The men at the top of the brae did not notice this, and called on deceased to come up the brae and lift the hutch on the road. As soon as he relieved it and the weight came on the pulley the wheel drew out of the stirrup and released the chain, and the full hutch ran down the brae and crashed into the empty hutch, there not being sufficient room for the hutches to pass, and deceased's head was crushed between the empty hutch and the roof. He was killed instantly. In the first place, the arrangement of pulley used was bad and unfitted for such work, and in the second, if the road had been kept in proper order the tubs would not have left the rails

Nicol, Thomas, 23 Apr 1903, aged 52, Miner, Deceased was about to commence holing, when a large piece of coal fell away from an unseen lype

Russell, William, 15 May 1913, aged 24, Miner, He was working alone at the coal face at the time of the accident, but the miners in the adjoining places heard him wedging down coal. From the position of the body it is probable that the coal in falling struck and knocked out a prop, and that this struck deceased on the temple. He was rendered unconscious and died about eight hours later without ever having regained consciousness

Scott, William, 29 Dec 1907, aged 52, Pitwright, Underground fire [More information ...]

Shepherd, William, 11 May 1912, aged 19, Miner's Filler, Deceased tried to enter the cage after it was signalled away, and fell into the shaft. He was caught by the legs between the door and the plates on the surface ; being new to mining he does not appear to have noticed the Pitheadman signal the men back when the cage was fully loaded

Stevenson, David, 30 Jun 1904, aged 45, Trimmer, Deceased and three other workmen moved a loaded waggon from a screen the latter pushed and the former walked alongside pulling. When the moving waggon reached another on the same line of rails it collided and the latter began to move forward and in turn collided with the last waggon of a train which had spring buffers, the result being that it rebounded and moved back to meet the approaching waggon, and when near each other deceased stepped in between to couple them and was crushed between the buffers

Storrar, James, 11 Nov 1904, aged 60, Jigger engineman, Deceased was found dead in the jigger engine-house, and the floor beside the fly-wheel was torn up. He had duties to perform in the engine-house and it is thought he had been caught by the fly-wheel of the engine and thrown over and brought round under the floor. The fly-wheel was unfenced

Watson, David, 06 Jan 1913, aged 19, Miner's Filler, He was filling coal when it began to weighten. Although warned to retire, he went forward and the coal fell on to him. He died about three hours later

Williamson, Andrew, 30 May 1911, aged 16, Miner's Filler, When he and another man were pushing a full hutch out from the face a large piece of coal fell from the roof without warning and killed him