Lumphinnians Colliery

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Aitchison, Henry, 23 Sep 1912, aged 14, Picker, Whilst engaged in picking stone from coal in a railway truck he became caught between a revolving spur wheel and a girder, and was instantly crushed to death

Allan, Joseph, 29 Aug 1910, aged 16, Drawer, A large stone fell from the roof about 130 yards from the bottom of brae or incline on to the rails. It slid down — the gradient being 1 in 2 — and struck Allan

Anderson, Charles, 26 Jun 1879, aged 50, Reddsman, While clearing debris from the bottom of an air shaft it slipped, and he was injured while escaping from the falling debris

Auld, George, 02 Apr 1907, aged 19, Miner, Deceased was taking down coal, which, when it fell relieved the roof, and it came away on him, causing instant death

Beattie, Robert Henderson, 04 Feb 1924, 12.0 noon, 6th hour of shift, aged 35, Engineer, Deceased was erecting the steel girder frame of a workman's hut. He was on top of the roof frame fixing the ridge timber, whilst three of his mates were pulling the frame into position by means of a rope. The frame collapsed and he fell with one of the girders across his chest, receiving such severe internal injuries that he died in a few minutes. The foundation bolts holding the corner uprights ripped up the new concrete, which had not set hard. A crane rope used to erect and hold the frame in position had been removed about 10 minutes before the accident

Beveridge, Andrew, 21 Jan 1892, 2.15 a.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 33, Bottomer, Fell down pit

Beveridge, James, 07 Dec 1908, aged 21, Miner, Deceased was apparently taking coal off the face when a large fall of roof took place killing him instantly. The roof was bad and was well timbered, and the part which fell threw out a parallel set of props about 2 ft. from the face

Beveridge, Thomas, 07 Jun 1869, Collier, Fall of roof

Black, Andrew, 27 Apr 1906, aged 42, Miner, Underground fire [More information ...]

Blair, John, 17 Jun 1913, aged 16, Pony Driver, He was found dead with his head under the buffer of the first of five full hutches standing on a gradient of about 1 in 25. Probably he was attempting to lift a hutch on the road which was the first of a rake of six hutches, and having spragged the five hutches above mentioned, he slipped and knocked out the sprag and allowed the five hutches to run forward on to him

Bowman, John, 02 Mar 1881, aged 16, Collier, Fall of roof ; at road head, six feet from face ; long wall

Bremner, Alexander, 19 May 1906, aged 34, Engineman, The shaft of No. 1 pit was being enlarged, and as the work progressed the pumps, pipes, &c., were removed. For the purpose of raising the parts a steam crab was used with hawser, and at the time of accident it was arranged to draw the foot rod of the lower ram of pump at 102 fathoms down during the breakfast hour when no one was in the shaft. Accordingly steam was applied to the crab, when the worm and the idle gear wheels broke, and the pieces flew in all directions, some of which struck deceased. The strain on the machine was too great, as beside the weight of the foot rod, the cross-rods, rods, &c., under, had, by an overlook, not been detached from the foot rod

Brown, W., 14 May 1868, aged 43, Collier, Fall of roof by a lipe. The seam was 30 inches. Roof a seam of coal 6 feet thick

Brown, Walter, 30 Apr 1901, aged 34, Miner, Deceased was taking off coal at the face, when the roof fell on him

Brown, William Moffat Brownlie, 30 Jun 1914, aged 36, Miner, He was filling a small quantity of redd, which had just fallen from the side, when without warning, a large fall of roof occurred, breaking the roof timbers and killing him instantly

Burt, Alexander, 11 Feb 1925, aged 35, Fell down shaft

Butler, William, 05 Apr 1889, aged 21, Shunter, Struck by waggons

Cairns, James, 12 Oct 1909, (accident: 02 Oct 1909), Bottomer, Deceased was uncoupling loaded tubs, when a horse rake collided with the tubs and the fingers of his left hand were crushed and badly bruised. He died from blood poisoning ten days later

Clark, Andrew, 16 Nov 1906, aged 36, Sinker, The shaft was being enlarged and deceased was on a suspended platform 10 fathoms up helping to fix a bunton when he overbalanced and fell to the bottom

Clark, Andrew sen., 14 Mar 1877, aged 59, Collier, Fall of Roof. At Face. Long wall [More information ...]

Clark, Andrew, jnr., 14 Mar 1877, aged 28, Collier, Fall of Roof. At Face. Long wall [More information ...]

Cole, James T., 19 Jun 1909, aged 19, Repairer, Deceased and his neighbour were engaged clearing a fall and securing the roof, when a stone fell upon him causing instant death

Connelly, James, 22 Apr 1885, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof. At face; long wall

Dignan, Patrick, 08 Jan 1906, aged 26, Brusher, Deceased and his neighbour were brushing a road to the rise off a level, and in withdrawing the timber he was partly under the roof, and when it fell he was crushed beneath it

Drylie, Adam, 07 Jul 1900, aged 44, Contractor Brusher, Deceased had fired a shot in the brushing which had not cleared away the stone at one side, and he was examining the stone preparatory to boring a hole to blast it down when it fell on him

Duff, George, 25 Jan 1907, aged 30, Miner, Deceased apparently was at work at the coal face, when a part of the roof fell upon him, and caused his death

Earlie, John, 22 Jan 1885, aged 53, Brusher, Fall of roof. While repairing drawing road; long wall

Ewan, Hector McPherson, 11 Dec 1912, aged 15, Drawer, A sudden weight came on causing a large fall of roof coal in the roadhead, which fell on deceased, killing him instantly

Foote, Alexander, 19 Sep 1887, aged 54, Brusher, Fall of roof. While brushing road; long wall

Forrest, Thomas, 14 Jul 1920, aged 45, Crushed by waggons

Fowler, John, 31 Jan 1909, aged 35, Pitwright, Deceased stepped on to one of the buntons at the mouth of the pit shaft, to steady a pump rod, which had been slung under the cage to be taken down. On coming out again his foot slipped and he fell 180 fathoms to the shaft bottom

Gilchrist, James B., 08 Dec 1905, aged 25, Miner, A heading had come upon an upthrow "hitch," and the coal was "won out" for some distance inside. The roof took a sudden break throwing out the the timber, and falling on deceased. At the time deceased was running tubs on the short brae, and had apparently heard the roof break, and attempted to escape, but was too late

Graham, Andrew, 26 Dec 1900, aged 30, Shaftman, By a mistake on the part of the bottomer signalling before the tubs were properly fixed, the cage was raised and firmly held at the door-heads 12 ft. up. Deceased and two other workmen were sent to release it ; a "slide" was cut and the guides of the cage were loosened, and he and one of the others went under the cage to ease it, when it slipped away suddenly on to cage seat and he was fatally crushed beneath it ; the other man escaped injury. The rope did not appear to be taut. Only one cage was in use. The engineman stated the brake was not sufficiently powerful to keep the loaded cage in position when near the pit bottom

Graham, William, 08 Jun 1908, aged 28, Miner, Deceased was taking down coal at a longwall face when it suddenly fell and crushed him against a prop

Hall, Archibald, 19 Sep 1928, aged 44, Fall of stone

Hall, Archibald, 19 Sep 1928, aged 44, Fall of stone

Hanley, Patrick, 31 Dec 1907, aged 62, Labourer, Deceased were filling burning ashes into carts from an ash bing at the colliery, when a slide took place and both were severely burned, and subsequently died [More information ...]

Hannah, James, 25 Jul 1878, aged 38, Brusher, Fall of roof. While clearing the road head of "brushing"

Hocking, Hay, 16 Mar 1867, aged 29, Sinker, Premature explosion of a shot while he was "stemming" with an iron needle. Advised safety fuse to be used

Hunter, James, 19 Jul 1861, Collier, Falling off cage whilst ascending shaft

Hunter, John, 18 Aug 1921, aged 57, Hit by runaway pony

Innes, Andrew, 29 Jul 1904, aged 31, Miner, Deceased was shovelling some coals down to his roadhead when a stone, 19 ft. long by 2 ft. in width, dropped from between two lypes converging upwards and close to coal face. Part of it fell upon him causing injuries which resulted fatally about an hour afterwards

Izatt, Robert, 20 Oct 1902, aged 18, Miner, Deceased had taken a loaded tub down a longwall heading for a distance of 30 yards, and was drawing the snibbles on the level, when a stone, 12 feet by 7 feet 6 inches at extremes and averaging 3½ inches in thickness, suddenly fell from the roof. Part of it struck him and fractured the base of his skull. He succumbed ten days afterwards

Izzat, James, 20 Sep 1872, aged 49, Drawer, Hutch ran away upon him

Jones, Robert, 30 May 1896, aged 24, Sinker, A steam crane was in use for raising stuff from a sinking pit 11 fathoms down. At end of wire rope was an iron cylinder acting as hose and balance weight, and the rope broke next this cylinder(probably weakened by fracture or cutting of wires caused by the balance weight coming in contact with pulley of crane), allowing a kettle full of stones to fall down shaft

Lees, Andrew, 22 Mar 1909, aged 56, Miner, Deceased was at work at the face when a piece of face coal fell and rolled down crushing him against a prop

Malcolm, Henry, 07 Apr 1918, Run over by hutch

Martin, Alexander, 28 Mar 1923, Heart failure

McCallum, James, 07 Apr 1907, (accident: 01 Apr 1907), aged 15, Drawer, Deceased was filling a tub, when a mass of coal fell off the face and crushed him, causing death six days later

McCan, John, 14 Sep 1929, Struck by hutches

McConnell, James, 24 Dec 1924, (accident: 23 Dec 1924, 4.30 p.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 20, Assistant Pitheadman, He had loaded the cage with empty tubs and the banksman signalled it away. Four feet back from the cage there was a foot operated retaining device for holding back the empty tubs. He had not closed this and as the cage was moving away a number of tubs ran forward and pushed him against it so that he was jammed between the pithead fencing gate and the banking scaffold as the cage moved away. He received such injuries to his head that he died the following day

McDonald, J., 22 Aug 1872, aged 25, Collier, Fall of roof

McEwan, Patrick, 22 Mar 1902, aged 24, Miner, Deceased and another workman were on their way home after finishing their shift, and just as they were walking down a steep incline, the wheeler at the top pushed a loaded tub over the top, which overtook him

McLeod, David, 27 Sep 1905, aged 65, Miner, Deceased was sitting at his breakfast when the roof suddenly fell upon him. A hitch had been met with and a part was "won out" inside, and the roof fell away from the "vees"

McMurray, Daniel, 04 Aug 1909, aged 27, Miner, Deceased was holing when coal fell upon him ; he died five weeks later from his injuries. There were no sprags up to the face

McNiven, John, 25 Aug 1915, Run over by waggons

Miller, James, 09 Jun 1919, aged 53, Killed by a fall of roof

Mooney, Peter, 01 Oct 1924, (accident: 30 Sep 1924, 2.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 21, Brusher, He stumbled and twisted his knee whilst carrying a bar along the face. The knee became so badly inflamed that he died from septic poisoning on 1st October

Morgan, James, 04 Sep 1914, aged 31, Miner, While filling his lamp with tallow at the roadside a fall of roof took place from a lype, and killed him on the spot

Pow, James, 29 Nov 1894, aged 14, Trapper, Fell on spur wheels. Not employed at the time

Pringle, Alexander, 09 May 1916, aged 33, Caught in machinery

Pringle, John, 04 Jul 1910, aged 39, Miner, When he was working at the coal face a portion of coal and roof burst off at an invisible slip and struck him on the head fracturing his skull

Ross, Alexander, 30 Nov 1881, aged 58, Collier, Crushed between cage and landing at the bottom while attempting to get out of the lower deck of cage. The shuts had not been properly placed to prevent the cage descending through them

Ross, David, 28 Aug 1880, aged 17, Locomotive brakesman, Run over by wagons while attempting to sprag them

Scott, Walter, 31 Dec 1907, aged 56, Carter, Deceased were filling burning ashes into carts from an ash bing at the colliery, when a slide took place and both were severely burned, and subsequently died [More information ...]

Seary, Thomas, 27 Apr 1906, aged 35, Miner, Underground fire [More information ...]

Serve, William McCormick, 04 May 1911, (accident: 02 May 1911), aged 50, Repairer, He is said to have been working near to a fall when more material came down and a stone from him struck him on the back, but did not stop him from continuing his work. He became ill on the following day, and died on 4th May

Shaw, William, 08 Feb 1906, aged 48, Miner, Deceased was taking down a "fallen" overhanging-the face when thereof fell upon him

Sneddon, Richard, 09 Jul 1906, (accident: 25 Jun 1906), aged 51, Miner, While holing his coal a piece fell away and crushed him ; he died from his injuries 14 days afterwards

Stein, Angus, 03 Apr 1885, aged 21, Brusher, Fall of roof. At face of brushing; long wall

Tipping, James, 19 Dec 1923, aged 15, Jammed by hutches

Torrance, Robert, 05 Jul 1905, (accident: 03 Jul 1905), aged 42, Miner, Deceased was engaged holing his coal, when a large stone fell from the roof upon him causing injuries from which he died two days afterwards

Walker, James, 23 Apr 1913, aged 32, Fireman, Deceased was talking to the miner when a piece of coal fell off at an exposed back across the working face and fatally crushed him against a prop. The seam was 4 ft. 7½ in. thick in all, and the dip 1 in 4. No rances or sprags had been set against the "hanging" coal

Wallace, David, 14 Jul 1908, 5.45 p.m., aged 27, Miner, Explosion of Fire-damp or Coal Dust

Whyte, G., 13 Nov 1936, Brusher, a stone fell upon him, suffering from serious head injuries, he was removed to the pithead where he died

Williamson, Henry, 20 Apr 1910, aged 45, Brusher, When stowing the stone from the brushing, a fall of stone occurred

Wilson, Henry, 22 Jun 1910, (accident: 21 Apr 1910), aged 21, Miner, He was filling a hutch at the face, when a piece of stone 18 inches thick, fell and struck him on his back, dislocating the spine. Died on June 22nd

Wyse, Alexander, 26 Jul 1905, aged 16, Pony Driver, Deceased put the tail chain on a rake of loaded tubs to side pull forward to the shaft, and when the tubs had moved a few yards the horse fell, and he was crushed beneath it