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Anderson, Robert, 31 May 1883, aged 23, Waggon shunter, Run over by waggons while uncoupling them when in motion

Ballingall, William, 03 Jul 1901, aged 50, Wagon Weigher, Run over by a wagon near a coal washer. He had left his cabin to call attention to something wrong with the washer. He had a wooden leg

Baxter, Frank, 06 Dec 1911, aged 59, Miner, He had holed about 8 feet of his coal face, when the coal fell forward over the sprags, and liberated some roof, consisting of coal and blaes about 15 feet long by 7 feet 6 inches wide by 3 feet thick, which fell on him and inflicted fatal injuries. The holing had reached a "lype," which could not be seen until the coal had been removed

Birrell, Duncan, 01 Jul 1896, aged 52, Repairer, Fall of roof stone while repairing wheel brae

Black, George, Sep 1921, aged 62, Killed by a fall of stone

Clark, Thomas, 25 Apr 1922, 6.45 p.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 32, Machineman, He was driving a coal cutter in a section where the roof was bad and where the coal would not stand up to support straps next the line of face. The roof had been weighting and caused the coal to sit down on the disc of the machine. After twice clearing the disc he was about to switch on the power when a fall of roof took place on top of the machine, one of the stones crushing his head against the switch and fracturing his skull. Death was instantaneous.

Cumming, Joseph, 01 Mar 1893, 1.30 p.m., aged 36, Miner, Fall of coal

Devine, John, 19 Feb 1895, 7 a.m., aged 14, Miner's assistant, Fall of roof coal

Dobbie, Thomas, 28 May 1891, aged 50, Miner, Fall of roof

Dobbie, Thomas, 28 May 1892, 1 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 50, Miner, Fall of roof

Donaldson, Robert, 11 Feb 1910, aged 24, Drawer, Fall of coal, caused by a runaway hutch on a self-acting incline

Dow, Robert, 25 Oct 1895, 3.30 a.m., aged 16, Miner's assistant, Fall of stone

Dryburgh, David, 10 Nov 1913, aged 14, Engine Attendant, A railway wagon was to be tipped, and deceased was knocking up the catch of the end door to enable this to be done. In consequence he did not hear the approach of seven other wagons which had run over a "scotch." He was crushed between the buffers and died about 20 minutes later. He had been repeatedly warned not to interfere with the wagons, the last time only an hour before the accident, as it was not part of his duties

Gillies, Robert, 29 Mar 1881, Wagon shifter, While shifting a loaded waggon his head came into contact with a steam pipe. He was riding on the wrong side of the waggon

Gordon, Andrew, 19 Aug 1902, aged 47, Miner, Deceased was charging a shot hole in the coal in a longwall working when a large mass of coal came away suddenly and crushed him against a prop, causing injuries which terminated fatally five hours afterwards

Gorman, James, 07 Dec 1887, aged 19, Collier, Jammed with tub while lifting it on rails on incline

Hair, Robert, 09 May 1894, 5.25 a.m., aged 25, Brusher, Fall of roof

Halley, James, 09 Jul 1903, aged 14, Pithead runner, After the signal was given to the engine-keeper that all was ready, deceased thinking the guard to keep the tubs in position on the cage was not properly up put his right foot to the guard, and just then the cage left the surface and his leg was caught between the cage cover and side of shaft and completely severed at the thigh. He died four hours afterwards

Hamblin, George, 24 Jun 1913, aged 19, Cut-chain Runner, He was engaged in attaching the chain to a full hutch on a cut-chain brae when another full hutch from the bench above ran down and struck him. The hutch was being lowered from the "face" of the brae on to the bench below, where the runner expected a stop block to be in position. This block was not in position, and the hutch went down the brae and struck deceased, killing him instantly

Hay, Peter, 18 Nov 1907, (accident: 09 Aug 1907), aged 17, Drawer, Deceased was passing the foot of a self-acting incline, when he was struck by a runaway tub and injured, which resulted in his death on 18th Nov., 1907. The cause of the runaway was due to the wheel round which the rope passed slipping off the wheel tree, and allowing the whole apparatus to run free. The wheel was secured by a chain wrapped round the wheel tree, and the ends of the chain were nailed to the tree ; the nails came out and chain became loose

Henderson, James, 10 Nov 1910, aged 17, Pony Driver, He and other four men were riding down a dook after being told not to do so as there was a fall on the road. As the rake ran into the siding he was found unconscious in a hutch with a fractured skull. It was not quite clear how he bad received his injuries

Herd, Archibald, 16 Nov 1909, aged 47, Contractor, Deceased was examining a part of his roadway where a bar had fallen away, when the roof collapsed and fell upon him

Hodge, James, 17 Apr 1911, aged 51, Miner, He was about to fire some shots in the coal when, without warning, a stone 10 feet long by 3 feet wide by 1 foot thick fell on him from the roof of his working place

Hunter, George, 21 Feb 1913, (accident: 31 Jan 1913), aged 22, Bencher, He was assisting to move a girder when it fell on his toe and cut it. Tetanus set in and he died on 21st February

Hutton, Henry, 18 Jul 1891, aged 7, Not employed, Run over by waggons

Ireland, Henry, 29 Aug 1891, aged 27, Locomotive driver, Fell before waggon

Johnstone, John, 03 Jun 1878, Sinker, Knocked off scaffold by bucket door falling while fixing it. Sinking pit

McDonald, James, 18 Dec 1888, Collier, While fixing cut chain, loaded tub came away from bench above

McKinlay, Robert, 17 Nov 1899, aged 32, Miner, Deceased was in the act of putting a prop up to the roof, which he knew to he bad, when it suddenly fell and completely buried him

McKnight, Robert, 24 Feb 1922, (accident: 24 Nov 1921, 1.45 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 37, Miner, While deceased was shovelling coal to the roadhead a stone from the roof fell upon him, causing fatal injuries. The stone had fallen from between the front row of props and the face, breaking off at a lype next the coal. He died on 24th February

Munro, Joseph, 01 Jul 1907, aged 44, Roadsman, While a rake was running on a self-acting incline, a bolt which fixed the brake broke, and the tubs were uncontrolled ; deceased was standing at the top of the incline when he was struck by the empty tubs and killed instantly

Orchison, Thomas, 28 Jun 1904, aged 17, Labourer, Deceased was partly on the cage apparently cleaning the coal from it, when it was suddenly dropped, and he was caught between it and the ventilating shutter. The engineman had seemingly started to lower the cage without having received a signal

Ostler, Peter, 19 Feb 1892, 12 noon, 5th hour of shift, aged 14, Pony Driver, Fall of roof

Petrie, Alexander, 19 Dec 1903, aged 65, Gate keeper, Deceased had opened a level crossing gate to permit a locomotive to push a train of 21 empty trucks through. As the train approached the gate three trucks near the centre became derailed, were jerked outwards, and struck deceased, killing him instantly

Ross, Hugh, 21 Feb 1884, aged 32, Brusher, Fall of roof. While taking down "brushing;" long wall

Sharp, Robert, 27 Feb 1909, aged 42, Labourer, Deceased was inside a condenser cleaning it out, when he was scalded by steam and water

Simpson, Archibald, 04 Feb 1895, 10 a.m., aged 55, Labourer, Scalded in brine tank

Smith, James, 16 Aug 1905, (accident: 01 Oct 1904), aged 26, Miner, Deceased was engaged taking down a piece of stone immediately above the bottom portion of the seam when another piece fell and fractured his left leg. He died from the injury on 16th August, 1905

Smith, Peter, 06 May 1924, 11.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 59, Repairer, He and his brother were replacing a broken bar. They had taken it out and he was cutting a slot in the rise side of the level to receive the new bar when the side he was cutting rolled over on to him and killed him. Nine feet of the side, in one piece, fell and broke the next bar, which was acting as a strut to it

Staig, John, 08 Dec 1898, aged 18, Pithead worker, Deceased was pushing a loaded tub off a hoist cage, when the cage was raised and he was crushed against a beam above. Some one had tampered with the brake

Stewart, Richard, 13 Feb 1892, 12.15 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 31, Miner, Fall of roof

Taylor, Thomas, 28 Mar 1906, aged 45, Labourer, While filling coal into tubs at the bing he dropped down dead [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Wallace, Robert, 24 Jul 1895, 2.30 p.m., aged 50, Labourer, Crushed by capstan

Watson, John, 30 Mar 1911, (accident: 17 Jan 1911), aged 43, Miner, He strained himself lifting a full hutch on to rails. He died on March 30th

Watters, Samuel, 16 Apr 1885, aged 19, Collier, Fall of side. While holing. Long wall

Wilson, John, 22 Jan 1904, (accident: 20 Jan 1904), aged 31, Repairer, Deceased and his father were sent to brush and re-timber a portion of a horse road. They were instructed to begin at the outbye end, but thought it would be better and safer to commence inbye and work outwards. They had taken down 9 ft. of brushing, and were preparing to set timber, when a large stone fell upon deceased causing injuries which resulted fatally two days afterwards

Winstanley, William, 08 Jun 1922, 5.50 a.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 50, Repairer, He was pushing at the back of a rake of empty tubs which had just arrived, to get them over the brow at the top of a self-acting incline, when the rake ran back on him owing to the loaded rake being detached at the bottom of the brae. He was crushed so severely between the tubs and the roof girders, which were only a few inches higher than the tubs, that he died within an hour of the occurrence.

Wyper, Peter, 05 Nov 1914, aged 28, Miner, Deceased was assisting another man to push a tub uphill to the working face in a longwall road, when a stone suddenly fell from between two crown trees, which were set further apart than the timbering notice directed, and killed him