	Mary Colliery	Index	Mary Colliery

Mary Colliery

Location:	Lochgelly 6½ miles [11 km] NE of Dunfermline
Map Ref:	(Sheet 58 Perth and Alloa) NT176932, 56° 7' 28" N, 3° 19' 32" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Fife Coal Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Industrial, Navigation. (196,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Navigation.
Employment:	1923 - No. 1 - 586 (485 below, 101 surface)
	1923 - No. 2 - 91 (50 below, 41 surface)
	1933 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 535 (396 below, 139 surface)
	1940 - Nos. 1 and 2 - 801 (623 below, 178 surface)
	1947 - 607 (421 below, 186 surface)
	1954 - 698 (563 below, 135 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1954 - Jersey, Jewel, Kelty Main
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Anderson, Matthew, 03 May 1916, Killed by a fall of coal [More information ...]
						Austin, Edward, 24 May 1917, aged 21, Killed by a fall of roof
						Baxter, William, Jun 1936, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Bell, Christopher, 30 Dec 1925, Fall of roof
						Birrane, Joseph, 19 May 1919, Killed by a fall of coal
						Brennan, James, Mar 1938, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Bruce, David, Apr 1961, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Burton, Thomas, May 1955, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Copeland, John, May 1931, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Cowie, William, 12 Dec 1927, Injured by machinery
						Craigie, William, Jun 1919, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Currie, Gavin, Sep 1931, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Drylie, Peter, Oct 1935, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Duffin, John, Mar 1927, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Duffin, John, 31 Mar 1927, aged 45, Fall of roof
						Ferguson, Robert, Jun 1937, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Ferrier, Thomas, Dec 1945, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Garritty, Joseph, Aug 1931, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Gilsenan, Patrick, Feb 1941, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Graham, George, Jul 1932, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Graham, George, 30 Jul 1932, aged 40, Collapsed
						Grant, James, 22 Feb 1934, aged 19, Struck by hutch
						Grant, James,Jnr, Feb 1934, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Harrower, George, Feb 1938, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Healy, Michael, Mar 1965, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Hood, Robert, 13 Jan 1910, (accident: 11 Jan 1910), aged 45, Backshift Overman, A bevel pulley round which the hauling rope ran gave way and the rope flew across and struck him on his knee. Died on the 13th from blood poisoning
						Hutchison, John, Nov 1953, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Johnstone, John, Feb 1923, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Jones, Alexander, Oct 1933, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Jones, Alexander, 03 Oct 1933, aged 59, Shot firing accident
						Kay, Robert, Jun 1937, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Kennedy, William, 06 Nov 1928, aged 48, Fell down shaft
						King, Peter, Feb 1926, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Lynch, Michael, Oct 1920, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Marr, John, Apr 1943, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						McDonald, Hector, Jun 1946, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						McGalloway, Duncan, Jan 1940, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						McGalloway, James, 08 Dec 1924, Fall of stone
						McGirr, William, Feb 1935, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						McGuinness, Richard, May 1963, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						McIntyre, James, 07 Jul 1917, aged 31, Roof fall
						McLachlan, James, 03 May 1916, Killed by a fall of coal [More information ...]
						Morley, William, Sep 1912, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Morton, Joseph, Aug 1932, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Morton, Robert, Feb 1940, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Neilson, Robert, Mar 1927, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						O'Donnell, Charles, Apr 1921, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Orr, James, May 1935, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Potts, John, Feb 1929, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Pratt, John, Jul 1936, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Reid, Robert, Jan 1925, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Sharp, Andrew, Apr 1947, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Sherry, Dominic, Aug 1917, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Smith, Edward, 16 Jan 1928, aged 57, Crushed by machinery
						Thornton, Robert, Mar 1920, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Torley, Peter, 13 Jan 1917, Runaway hutch
						Traynor, John, Aug 1923, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Turner, Hugh, Oct 1923, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Watson, Robert, May 1927, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Whyte, John, Oct 1923, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]

						60 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with . The CMHRC is available here.

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

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Credits

Sources:

1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Scotland District (No. 1) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website