Motherwell Colliery

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Aiton, William, 03 Jul 1873, Sinker, A brick fell down the shaft, and struck him on the head while working in the bottom

Bett, James, 30 Jun 1924, (accident: 25 Jun 1924, 9.0 a.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 35, Miner, He was under the right side lip of the brushing throwing out coal to the roadhead when a band of friable blaes, 6 ins. thick, came away. A piece about 2 ft. long struck his right hand and wedged him against a prop. He was sent to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where his thumb was amputated at the first joint. He died in the Institution 5 days later, death being certified as due to pneumonia and aedemia of brain

Cairney, William, 02 Feb 1899, aged 15, Wagon greaser, Crushed between wagons.

Campbell, Donald, 08 Sep 1899, aged 52, Contractor sinker, Deceased had a contract for deepening a pit, and kept a chest in an upper seam in which were explosives, both gunpowder and gelignite. While engaged at the chest, he appears to have had his lamp in his bonnet, and a spark from it ignited the gunpowder.

Caskie, David, 25 Apr 1879, aged 36, Collier, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Caskie, William, 25 Apr 1879, aged 16, Collier, Explosion of gas [More information ...]

Coats, Archibald, 03 Jan 1866, Collier, Explosion of firedamp in stables. The pit had been shut for a month to smother a fire. It was opened up and air on for 30 hours before the accident but the stables which they were cleaning out had not been examined [More information ...]

Dalby, Joseph, 25 Oct 1899, aged 26, Stone miner, While carrying gunpowder to the face with his lamp on his bonnet, a spark ignited the powder.

Fraser, David, 24 Mar 1909, (accident: 12 Mar 1909), aged 53, Repairer, Deceased was doing repairs, when a small stone fell upon his arm inflicting a slight accident. He died from blood poisoning 12 days later

Gold, Andrew, 03 Jan 1866, Collier, Explosion of firedamp in stables. The pit had been shut for a month to smother a fire. It was opened up and air on for 30 hours before the accident but the stables which they were cleaning out had not been examined [More information ...]

Higgins, Francis, 15 Apr 1896, (accident: 13 Apr 1896), aged 27, Brusher, Deceased was charging a brushing shot when his powder was ignited by a spark from an open light or from a tobacco pipe. He was severely burned and died two days afterwards

Jenkins, George, 09 Nov 1914, aged 51, Miner, Deceased appears to have been on his knees shovelling coals in his working place, when part of the roof, which was cut up by lypes, fell, and a piece 12 inches by 12 inches by 9 inches struck him on the head and killed him. His place was well timbered and two props were found under the fallen stones

Laird, Alexander, 14 Apr 1885, aged 18, Collier, Fall of roof. At face; stoops

Lang, James, 31 Mar 1909, aged 27, Machineman, Deceased was assisting another machineman to turn a bar machine which had got to the end of the cut. The bar was revolving in the open and he stepped alongside of it to get a prop which was required, when his trouser-leg was caught by the pick points and he was drawn down and fearfully lacerated from head to feet. He died about an hour later

McCauley, Samuel, 19 Jan 1892, 11.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 41, Miner, Fall of stone

McDougal, R., 02 Aug 1866, Labourer, Killed by crane running amain and the handle striking him

McGinnes, Joseph, 20 May 1912, aged 51, Miner, He was filling coal on a machine face when a heavy fall took place, killing him on the spot

Robb, James, 15 Jan 1897, aged 53, Miner, Fall of roof stone in a stooping place

Triston, John, 07 Jan 1910, aged 32, Electrician, He was at a landing mid-shaft and signalled for the cage which was sent to him, and a signal was received by the engineman to raise it to the surface, but when it arrived it was empty. Deceased was afterwards found at the bottom of the shaft

Walker, James, 07 Jun 1884, aged 35, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; stoop and room

Watson, John, 20 May 1871, aged 27, Collier, Fall of roof at stoops

Watters, Michael, 21 Aug 1911, aged 25, General Repairer, He and another man were setting props on a road under a bar on which stone was resting, and when driving one of them up to tighten it the bar swung out and displaced other three bars, and the stone and lagging above them fell out and caught him

Waugh, John, 12 Apr 1881, aged 26, Collier, Fall of roof ; while drawing props at the stooping in main coal

Wilson, William, 30 Jan 1903, aged 24, Bottomer, Deceased was bottomer at the upper of two mid landings. He had signalled away a cage containing a man who was descending to pit bottom, and as the same cage was re-ascending he erroneously assumed that it was being brought back to him, prematurely raised the gate which fenced the shaft and pushed forward a loaded tub, falling with it to pit bottom, a distance of 46 fathoms