Montgomeryfield Colliery

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Brown, William, 24 Feb 1910, aged 42, Brusher, Fall of roof when engaged building a roadside pack

Hill, Henry, 07 Dec 1908, aged 20, Bottomer, When taking a wooden cover for a blind pit down the shaft in the cage along with him, the cover was caught by the shaft barring and crushed him. The cover could no more than get into the cage, and was not secured in any way as ought to have been. He was descending without a light, and held the cover upright with his hands

Howe, James, 03 Feb 1911, aged 28, Coal Cutter Attendant, Caught and fatally injured by the revolving bar of a coal cutting machine when it was running free as the machine was being moved along the face

Hynd, Peter, 14 Nov 1924, (accident: 06 Nov 1924, 7.20 a.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 35, Bottomer, Deceased was pulling an empty hutch off the cage which had just landed in the bottom when he was struck on the left hand and right leg, probably by a piece of coal falling down the shaft. His wounds were dressed immediately and he was attended to by a doctor within three-quarters of an hour of the accident, but he died 8 days later from cellulitis, septicaemia and hemorrhage of the stomach in the infirmary. The shaft had been examined some 15 or 16 hours before and found in order ; it is lined throughout and the pit bottom is adequately covered

Millar, George, 24 Feb 1898, aged 17, Drawer, While descending the shaft in the cage, the rope slipped over the flange of the drum. The cage dropped, and when the rope "stented," the connection with the cage broke and the cage fell to the bottom of the shaft [More information ...]

Montgommerie, Robert, 18 Apr 1892, aged 50, Brusher, Ignition of a shot to which he returned too soon, thinking the fuse had gone out

Robertson, James, 24 Feb 1898, aged 17, Drawer, While descending the shaft in the cage, the rope slipped over the flange of the drum. The cage dropped, and when the rope "stented," the connection with the cage broke and the cage fell to the bottom of the shaft [More information ...]

Rollo, William, 19 Jan 1906, aged 19, Pithead labourer, He went among the moving parts of the screening machinery to put on a belt that had come off the pulleys, and got caught by the driving pulley

Shearer, William, 20 Sep 1902, aged 36, Pony driver, When starting a race of full hutches at the top of an inclined part of the horse road a coupling between the first and second hutches broke. The hutch, which was unsnibbled, ran down the incline and ran over him

Wallace, Alexander, 24 Feb 1898, aged 14, Drawer, While descending the shaft in the cage, the rope slipped over the flange of the drum. The cage dropped, and when the rope "stented," the connection with the cage broke and the cage fell to the bottom of the shaft [More information ...]

Wallace, William, 24 Feb 1898, aged 12, Drawer, While descending the shaft in the cage, the rope slipped over the flange of the drum. The cage dropped, and when the rope "stented," the connection with the cage broke and the cage fell to the bottom of the shaft [More information ...]