Minto Colliery

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Baxter, David, 15 Jun 1917, aged 42, Roof fall

Bowman, Archibald, 17 Oct 1906, aged 26, Railway Fireman, Deceased was engaged on shunting operations in the colliery sidings, and while putting down the brakes of the waggons he fell among the wheels, and the moving train passed over him

Bremner, George, 07 Jun 1906, aged 32, Overman, The descending tub stuck on a self-acting incline while it was moving down, and deceased went behind and "stamped" the chain, the result being that the chain broke and the tub above ran him down

Buist, David, 01 Jun 1910, aged 46, Hauling Engineman, When cleaning the haulage gear when in motion he was caught in the wheels and killed. He had gone through a fence and was doing what he did against orders

Christie, George, 16 Aug 1905, aged 39, Coal-cutting Machine Driver, Deceased stepped across the bar of a coal-cutting machine while it revolved, and his legs were caught by the picks. The bar had only cut a few inches into the coal, and was working quite satisfactorily, and no reason can be assigned why deceased stepped across

Hunter, Andrew, 19 Oct 1921, aged 36, Fall of rock

Hynd, James, 20 Jan 1933, aged 32, Killed by a fall of roof

Johnston, David, 14 Jan 1916, Blood poisoning

Ker, Alexander, jnr., 05 Mar 1914, (accident: 09 Feb 1914), aged 23, Miner, He was bringing out a loaded hutch past the foot of a brae when the whole of the timbering collapsed, and a good deal of roof followed. He was buried, and when extricated about an hour later his back was found to be broken. He died 24 days later

McAllister, Robert, 08 Apr 1911, aged 36, Pithead Worker, He was regulating hutches on a bridge between the creeper and the pits when he lost his footing and fell under the fence, which was broken, on to the rails 27 feet below. He died in hospital two hours later

McEwan, John, 18 Sep 1906, aged 16, Drawer, Deceased was filling coal into a tub, which had been holed the previous shift, by a coal-cutting machine, when a fall of roof took place and he was killed

McKinlay, John, 25 Oct 1916, aged 23, Fall of roof

McLaughlan, William, 13 Aug 1922, (accident: 31 Jul 1922, 10.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 42, Miner, He was stripping coal from the face when a piece of fakey blaes, weighing about one cwt., fell from the roof and fractured his skull. He died 13 days later.

McLean, Thomas, 16 Aug 1907, aged 31, Driver of Coal Cutter, A coal cutting machine had holed up to a "hitch," and the roof was at once liberated, and a large mass fell upon deceased, and he was killed instantly

McVey, James, 30 Jul 1914, aged 19, Miners' Drawer, He was standing behind an empty tub at the foot of an incline, when a full tub at the top broke loose from the chain to which it had been attached, and running down the incline collided with the empty tub at the foot. Deceased was crushed between the empty tub and the wall side

Mullen, Daniel, 31 Jul 1913, aged 28, Brusher, He was at work at the face of the brushing, when the full thickness of brushing on the high side of the roadway for a length back along the roadway of 34 feet and a breadth up to a cutting of 22 feet rolled forward. He was squeezed between two stones and died before he could be released

Murray, James Ritchie, 23 Aug 1934, (accident: 22 Aug 1934), Electrician, Crushed by hutches

O'Kane, Patrick, 04 Apr 1917, aged 40, Killed by a fall of roof

Paton, William, 11 Dec 1914, aged 41, Bricklayer, Deceased had been engaged building the side walls in a new cross-measure drift, and while waiting for building material went to the face and sat down near the workmen there. A stone weighing about 1 cwt. fell from the roof and injured him so badly that he died the same day. The man in charge of the place had tried to take the stone down with a pinch bar, and, carelessly left it without support, because he was unsuccessful. Deceased himself was not free from blame as he had no business to be at the face, it not being his working place

Penman, James, 14 Nov 1904, aged 23, Sinker, The sinking had been completed, and a temporary set of pumps in use in one of the winding spaces was being withdrawn, and at the time of the accident about 12 fathoms of pipes and rods had been raised to the surface. Owing to the length of the rods, 40 ft., they had to be hoisted up through the top scaffold of pithead to enable them to be taken off at the bottom scaffold, and for that purpose a hole 3 ft. 5 ins. by 3 ft. 2 ins, was made. Deceased was about to begin his work with the others, and had occasion to go to the top scaffold, when he inadvertently stepped into the hole and fell to the bottom scaffold, 30 ft., arid from thence he passed through a space of about 2 ft. into the shaft. He was found 12 fathoms down across the collarings and pipes

Smith, James, 27 Oct 1914, (accident: 26 Oct 1914), aged 15, Bogieman, While riding on a bogie his head caught a bar, and he was knocked off the bogie and had his leg and some ribs broken. He died the following morning from shock

Smith, Robert, 22 Aug 1928, Crushed by hutches

Smith, William, 26 Aug 1913, aged 26, Wagon Shunter, The deceased was lowering down six full wagons to attach to four others standing at the bottom end of the siding, and at the last moment tried to run between them, with the result that he was caught and fatally crushed

Steuart, John, 30 Jan 1905, aged 21, Labourer, Several waggons were moving too fast on an inclined road, and deceased in attempting to stop them was run over