Newburgh Colliery

Ainsley, Samuel, 16 Aug 1914, 10.35 p.m., aged 52, Chargeman, A pair of headings rising 3 inches to the yard, with stentons every 10 yards, driven 40 yards from a right hand cross-heading, had been standing some weeks. A recent change had been made in the ventilation which took the main pressure of air off the headings. Ainsley, carrying a safety lamp (naked light mine), took Hume, carrying an open "midgy" lamp, through the fence into the fore-heading, when a fairly large accumulation of gas exploded, being lit at the open light. Ainsley died soon after, and Hume died the following day. [More information ...]

Baxter, James, 23 Jan 1899, (accident: 11 Nov 1898), aged 33, Hewer, Deceased had fired a shot in the bottom coal, and whilst engaged in filling it up, the intervening stone band, eight inches thick, fell on him. Died January 23rd, 1899 [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Beverley, Charles, 15 Feb 1900, Hewer, run over and killed by a locomotive and seven waggons on the colliery railway; the accident took place during a storm, while deceased was walking from his home to the pay office

Clarke, William, 01 Mar 1898, aged 43, Shifter, He was driving one empty and three full tubs to the shaft, when he lost control over them, and the pony fell into the sump, while he was crushed between the tubs and the side [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Cuthbertson, David Walters, 04 Mar 1904, aged 54, Hewer [More information ...]

Dawson, George, 24 Nov 1907, (accident: 17 Aug 1907), aged 49, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Douglas, Samuel, 06 Nov 1906, (accident: 05 Nov 1906), aged 13, Driver, Deceased, who had only worked a fortnight in the pit, brought out five loaded tubs with a quiet pony to the shaft on a roomy road having an inclination of 1 inch per yard in favour of the load. When he arrived at the usual point he attempted to detach the limbers, the bolt of which was of the loose cock type, from the tubs but was unable to do so he then attempted to drive the pony forward a little, but it crossed over and crushed him between the bow of the limbers and the tub. He was at once attended to. If he had had a drag in one of the tub wheels he would have had less difficulty in lifting the limbers free.

Erskine, Robert Thompson Ben, 04 Mar 1901, aged 26, Hewer, While ascending with other men he by some means fell out of the cage. There was a proper bar in the cage by which to hold on [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Ferguson, James, 09 May 1907, (accident: 08 May 1907), aged 53, Hewer [More information ...]

Gustard, William Matthew, 14 Nov 1908, (accident: 02 Oct 1908), aged 36, Hewer, fall of roof stone at working face, Buried: Amble West Cemetery

Hardy, John, 25 Oct 1895, 10:00 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 44, Hewer, deceased was sitting kirving the coal, when a wedge shaped piece of stone fell on him at the same time canting out some props

Hooke, Browell Robinson, 01 Feb 1914, aged 41, Joiner & Shaftman, Deceased was the charge shaftman and had signalled the cage to the surface, from an inset 9 fathoms below the meetings. He then attempted to cross the shaft on a bunton to get to the gland which he was packing, but was struck by the descending cage and instantly killed.

Hume, Stephen, 17 Aug 1914, (accident: 16 Aug 1914, 10.35 p.m.), aged 52, Stoneman, A pair of headings rising 3 inches to the yard, with stentons every 10 yards, driven 40 yards from a right hand cross-heading, had been standing some weeks. A recent change had been made in the ventilation which took the main pressure of air off the headings. Ainsley, carrying a safety lamp (naked light mine), took Hume, carrying an open "midgy" lamp, through the fence into the fore-heading, when a fairly large accumulation of gas exploded, being lit at the open light. Ainsley died soon after, and Hume died the following day. [More information ...]

Mitchell, James, 01 Dec 1893, 9:00 p.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 39, Deputy, The deceased and another man were engaged in building two scaffolds on either side of the pit for the purpose of opening out the "Queen" seam. The other man had laid and nailed down six planks whilst the deceased had laid down five planks, two only of which were nailed. He then sent the cage away to bank for two other men, and immediately after slipped and fell down the pit [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Montgomery, Robert, 03 Nov 1908, (accident: 01 Aug 1901), aged 33, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

O'Keef, Nicol, 21 Dec 1896, (accident: 15 Dec 1896), aged 22, Hewer, He was injured by a fall of stone from between two "slips," and died on the 21st of December [Inquiries made]

Payne, Peter James, 18 Jul 1924, 1 p.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 50, Hewer, deceased was hewing coal from a longwall face when he bared a slip in the roof. Freedom was given to a long narrow stone, which fell away from between the last row of roof supports and the coal face. Deceased was killed outright

Thompson, George, 17 Jan 1899, aged 20, Locomotive Fireman, Deceased was riding on the fore-end buffer of the first of four empty trucks which were being shunted, and in jumping off he fell over the rails and five wheels passed over him [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Turnbull, Thomas D., 23 May 1914, (accident: 01 May 1913), aged 39, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Turner, William D., 09 Dec 1913, (accident: 07 Sep 1906), aged 51, Hewer

White, David John, 29 Dec 1918, (accident: 05 Jul 1918), aged 51, Fireman, Sprained Himself

Williams, Frederick, 24 Apr 1914, aged 24, Labourer, struck by prop