Lochore Colliery

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Bartie, Hamilton, 10 Jun 1913, (accident: 27 May 1913), aged 27, Shaftsman, They were riding on the top of the cage, which was loaded with timber, for the purpose of attending to some air hornes which were being sent down on top of the cage. The engineman failed to check the speed of the descending cage, which crashed into the pit bottom. There was no overwinding prevention contrivance fitted to the winding engine. Leadbeatter died on the way to the Aitken Colliery, to which he was being conveyed underground, a few hours later, and Bartie died on the 10th June [More information ...]

Bauld, John, 15 Jan 1908, aged 40, Shaftsman, The dip cage was being loaded and bottomer pushed forward a tub to complete the load on deck, when it ran too far to the dip side, and striking a "leg" threw it out and caused girder to fall, releasing some debris which fell on deceased. He attempted to keep the tub off the "leg" but failed

Bennett, Robert, 04 Mar 1908, aged 38, Miner, Deceased worked in a dook dipping 45°. The tubs rested on a prop while being filled ; the prop was insecurely fixed between roof and pavement, and it slipped out at foot, and tub ran back and crushed him against the coal face. He died nine hours later

Brown, James, 20 Oct 1903, aged 50, Sinker, Deceased descended on the edge of a kettle, inside of which was a plank of wood and a muzzle, and over the side was a sling chain. At a point 80 ft. from the bottom he stopped to discharge these articles, which were to be used to fix a tank to prevent it falling on the sinkers during sinking operations ; he put off the plank and sling chain, and as he was about to descend he jumped into the kettle to lay off the muzzle, when the kettle turned over and he was precipitated to the bottom. In lifting off the sling chain it is thought he had inadvertently pulled out the pin which fixes the bow to the body of the kettle

Connor, Frank, Jun 1909, (accident: 25 Nov 1908), aged 30, Miner, Deceased was taking down head coal when the roof fell upon him, injuring his spine. He died 7 months after the accident

Gaffney, Barclay, 04 Jan 1907, aged 37, Sinker, The shaft sinking had been completed, and deceased with three other sinkers were engaged putting in the permanent pumps ; a service engine was in use to lower the material required, and the cage on being raised to the surface was taken up to the pulley, striking a crossbeam, and causing the chain connecting the rope to cage to break, and cage went back down the shaft ; in its descent it wrecked the woodwork surrounding the shaft at the surface, and part of the wood fell down the shaft, and deceased who was standing on a "bunton" was struck and thrown off, falling to the bottom

Gibson, William, 02 Feb 1908, 11 p.m., aged 16, Drawer, Explosion of Fire-damp or Coal Dust [More information ...]

Grossett, Henry, Feb 1913, (accident: 03 Jan 1913), aged 41, Pitheadman, He was asleep on a seat in front of a vertical rod, which had arms for engaging the tappets for working the valves of a large Cornish pumping engine, and which moved up and down through a hole in the floor, making about two down strokes a minute. He apparently fell forward with his arm over the hole, into which it was pressed by the descending arm on the rod. He died about five weeks later, after having had the arm amputated

Kilgallon, William, 05 Dec 1921, Pneumonia

Laurison, William, 31 Oct 1913, aged 34, Roadsman, He was apparently trying to locate an electrical "fault," when he came into contact with a girder which was "live" through resting on another girder which had cut through the insulation of an unarmoured lighting cable carrying current at 500 volts. He had been warned not to go near the girders as they were "live." Death was almost instantaneous

Law, James, 02 Feb 1908, 11 p.m., aged 18, Miner, Explosion of Fire-damp or Coal Dust [More information ...]

Leadbetter, George, 27 May 1913, aged 33, Shaftsman, They were riding on the top of the cage, which was loaded with timber, for the purpose of attending to some air hornes which were being sent down on top of the cage. The engineman failed to check the speed of the descending cage, which crashed into the pit bottom. There was no overwinding prevention contrivance fitted to the winding engine. Leadbeatter died on the way to the Aitken Colliery, to which he was being conveyed underground, a few hours later, and Bartie died on the 10th June [More information ...]

Marley, William, 10 Sep 1912, aged 48, Miner, He was filling a hutch, when, without any warning, a piece of stone fell on his head, killing him instantly

McCabe, John, 11 Nov 1907, aged 42, Repairer, Deceased was laying rails on main dook road, when a piece of ironstone from the side fell, and striking his head, killed him instantly

McCall, James, 12 Mar 1906, aged 38, Leading Sinker, Deceased and another sinker were engaged in a sinking shaft repairing a pump, and were on a scaffold while doing so, when by some unknown cause he fell into the shaft to a scaffold 40 fathoms below and was killed

McLaren, John, 13 Nov 1908, (accident: 12 Nov 1908), aged 28, Fireman, Three shots were prepared and charged with Saxonite in a stone mine, and the fuse used was Bickford's Patent Igniter. The fuses were lighted in the usual way by means of the authorised implement. As the fireman left the face he remarked that one tube had not lit, and in the interval of waiting he prepared another tube; when two shots had exploded he and Wells returned to the face when the shot exploded, killing the latter instantly and causing injuries to the former, which resulted in his death next day [More information ...]

Miller, Roderick, 10 Aug 1914, (accident: 04 Aug 1914), aged 24, Engineer, He was taking measurements of a haulage wheel when it moved and crushed his hand. Died of tetanus on 10th inst

Mitchell, James, 27 Aug 1904, aged 34, Sinker, Deceased and ten others were at work in the bottom of a rectangular shaft, 29 ft. by 11 ft. 6 in. inside dimensions. The last 36 fathoms of the sinking had been in whinstone, which had been blasted with gelignite. The barring through the whinstone consisted of pitch pine 3 in. in thickness, and extended practically to pit bottom. The lowest bunton was 36 ft. above the bottom of the barring, it having been considered necessary to keep the shaft clear for this distance to protect the buntons from the shots, and to allow of the slinging in and turning of the planks used for side bars. A large mass of whinstone suddenly slipped away from an irregular back on one side of the pit bursting through the lower 12 ft. of the barring. Deceased was killed and six others were more or less seriously injured [More information ...]

Murphy, Patrick, 06 Jul 1922, 7.15 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 35, Miner, He was buried by a heavy fall of roof. His skull was fractured. It took three hours to recover the body.

Ogilvie, James, 17 Jul 1903, aged 34, Pump attendant, Deceased was employed to attend a pump situated 25 fathoms from the surface and 16 fathoms from the then bottom of a sinking shaft. Several sinkers descended the shaft in the kettle, and at the pump a halt was made to set down deceased's neighbour, and to pick him up, and the kettle then proceeded to the bottom, and on arriving there all left the kettle, except deceased, who remained on to be raised to the surface. At the "steadying" mark the kettle was pushed to one side to allow another pump attendant to board it, and he missed it and thus caused it to oscillate, and he having hold of the signal pulled it down as he fell, and the kettle was raised, and when about 5 fathoms up it caught on a "bunton" and deceased was thrown out

Orr, James, 01 May 1911, aged 25, Drawer, Deceased shouted to the man at the top of the cousie, self-acting incline, 14 feet away, to push the full tub over, without having first properly coupled on the empty tub, with the result that the full one, having nothing to counterbalance it, dashed down and killed him

Rennie, David, 02 Jul 1903, aged 30, Engineer, Deceased and three other workmen were engaged getting a steam pump forward, to lower it into a sinking pit, when it tilted over and crushed him against an iron beam

Smith, Thomas, 07 Sep 1904, aged 38, Miner, Deceased was ill, and was being attended by a doctor. He had been visited as usual and as soon as the doctor left he went from his house direct to the sinking pit and threw himself down. The men at work in the pit bottom had a narrow escape.

Sneddon, Walter, 20 Jan 1875, aged 22, Collier, [Fall of roof] At face. Soft "blaes" roof (Longwall)

Stein, John, 02 Feb 1908, 11 p.m., aged 18, Miner, Explosion of Fire-damp or Coal Dust [More information ...]

Wells, Daniel, 12 Nov 1908, aged 32, Brusher, Three shots were prepared and charged with Saxonite in a stone mine, and the fuse used was Bickford's Patent Igniter. The fuses were lighted in the usual way by means of the authorised implement. As the fireman left the face he remarked that one tube had not lit, and in the interval of waiting he prepared another tube; when two shots had exploded he and Wells returned to the face when the shot exploded, killing the latter instantly and causing injuries to the former, which resulted in his death next day [More information ...]

Wilson, James, 13 Feb 1913, (accident: 06 Feb 1913), aged 39, Miner, Deceased was loading coal on to a conveyor, which had been put to work in the place during the previous week, when a piece of stone, 5 feet by 2 feet by 4 inches, came away from the roof and fell on his back. There had been a crush on the place, but the stone fell without any warning. The place was only 3 feet 3 inches high. He died five days later