Longriggend Colliery

Baxter, Matthew, 18 Jan 1899, aged 52, Miner, Deceased was engaged taking down coal, and when the coal fell the roof fell with it, and fatally crushed him

Ferguson, Robert, 25 Dec 1899, aged 22, Fireman, Deceased was making the statutory examination of the working places, &c. before the miners commenced work, when he ignited some fire-damp, and was suffocated by the after-damp. A Davy lamp was found near to his body ; its bottom was screwed on but not locked, and a hole 3/16 in. in diameter was discovered in the crown of the inner gauze. An ordinary miner's open lamp was found hooked to his cap a few yards off. Ventilation was induced by a furnace which was said to have been under deceased's charge during the whole of the previous day. Two days after the accident the current was unable to turn the vanes of an anemometer in an airway 3 ft. by 2 ft. 2 in.

Hailley, John, 26 Jul 1886, aged 24, Collier, Engineman raised cage 10ft too high at surface, deceased alarmed, jumped off cage, and fell a distance of 30ft

Henderson, Alexander, 18 May 1896, aged 34, Miner, Fall of roof stone at longwall face

Kane, John, 05 Oct 1895, 8.20 a.m., aged 55, Bottomer, Crushed by cage

Laing, James, 13 Apr 1892, aged 50, Engineman, Sudden death

McDonough, John, 20 Aug 1890, 11.00 a.m., aged 70, Not employed, Crushed by machinery

Milligan, James, 19 Jun 1894, 2.30 p.m., aged 53, Miner, Fall of stone

Montgomery, William, 06 Aug 1902, aged 21, Roadsman, Deceased was engaged at the shaft bottom repairing some connections of a pump ; one foot rested on the cage and the other on a beam, when the cage was raised suddenly and he was crushed. It was not clear that the engineman received a signal to raise the cage

Morgan, Peter, 28 Jun 1883, aged 13, Drawer, Knocked down shaft by self-acting gate at mid-working, while reaching on to cage for his tea flask, left on hutch by mistake

Muir, Alexander, 02 Sep 1896, aged 22, Miner, Fall of roof stone at longwall face

O'Hare, William, 13 Sep 1895, 11.45 a.m., aged 27, Miner, Fall of stone

Penman, James, 20 Jul 1906, aged 56, Miner, While deceased was engaged taking off "cut" coal the roof suddenly fell upon him

Robertson, Margaret, 25 Jan 1894, aged 9, [Not employed], Hand crushed by waggons

Robertson, Robert, 26 Dec 1885, aged 38, Engine driver, Crushed between engine and waggon. The engine and waggons left the rails at facing-points