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Nellie Colliery

Location:	7½ miles [12 km] NE of Dunfermline
Map Ref:	(Sheet 58 Perth and Alloa) NT185947, 56° 8' 17" N, 3° 18' 42" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Household, Industrial, Steam. (112,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1905 - 75 (20 below, 55 surface) [Sinking]
	1947 - 314 (231 below, 83 surface)
	1954 - 407 (327 below, 80 surface)
Seams Worked:	1954 - Glassee, Jersey, 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!

						Bain, John, 16 Dec 1920, Killed by a fall of roof
						Davie, Alex, 09 Dec 1926, Killed by hutch
						Donaldson, David, 28 Sep 1907, aged 44, Assistant Bottomer, While loading the cage, the tub guard fell, preventing the loaded tubs getting into proper position, and deceased went on to the cage to put matters right, and just then the cage was raised, and he was crushed at the door-heads. The engineman appeared to be at fault in raising the cage before the signal was given
						Henderson, James, 21 Sep 1906, aged 32, Miner, A roadway was being driven to work the coal to the rise of two large faults, and while deceased was taking off coal to widen the road a huge stone fell, killing him instantaneously
						Hendry, James, 28 Feb 1934, Killed by a fall of roof
						Hogarth, Henry, 05 Apr 1917, aged 36, Killed by a fall of roof
						Kinnell, James, 02 May 1927, aged 46, Fall of coal
						McDermot, William, 22 Oct 1909, aged 30, Brusher, Deceased was filling a tub with debris which had been taken from the side of haulage road, when the roof suddenly collapsed, carrying four sets of timber with it, and burying him beneath
						Sinclair, James, 29 Dec 1931, aged 48, Fall of roof

						9 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.

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Credits

Sources:

1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), East Scotland District (No. 1) by Robert McLaren, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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