Newton Colliery

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Bell, Alexander, 21 Mar 1895, 10 p.m., aged 22, Brusher, Explosion of compressed gunpowder while putting it into a shot hole

Cameron, Adam, 11 Oct 1892, aged 25, Brusher, Explosion of compressed powder while stemming a shot

Clark, Robert, 30 Jan 1865, aged 25, Assistant, By the crane rope slipping round the barrel while being lowered in the shaft

Colquhoun, John, 28 Jul 1898, aged 32, Miner, Fall of "falling" at working face

Duffy, John, 11 May 1912, 1.30 a.m., aged 42, Brusher, The deceased, Robb, and the fireman proceeded to the bottom lye of the Splint Coal Dook, which is a safety lamp area, with naked lights on their caps, and ignited gas which had accumulated, causing an explosion. The deceased, Duffy, and his mates, who were at work in the section, heard the explosion and all of them rushed towards the pit bottom, and in doing so had to pass through the afterdamp, and all were overcome. The explosion was not violent, and coal dust took no part in it, as the roadway was very wet

Dunn, Andrew, 25 Jan 1887, aged 22, Underground engineman, Fall of roof while redding a fall

Fleming, Hamilton, 28 Jun 1892, aged 35, Miner, Run over by empty "race" on a dook while stepping out of the way of a full "race"

Gibb, Thomas, 19 Jan 1905, aged 35, Brusher, Fall of roof on road which he was brushing

Hollands, James, 21 Aug 1877, aged 52, Collier, Fall of roof

Hughes, James, 23 Sep 1889, aged 43, Wagon shifter, Crushed between waggons

Kelley, Robert, 26 Mar 1888, aged 27, Brusher, Fall of roof

Kittens, William, 26 Feb 1876, (accident: 19 Feb 1876), aged 24, Engineman, Got entangled with the machinery whilst in motion. Injured on the 19th ; died on the 26th

McEwan, James, 08 Sep 1902, aged 28, Brusher, Apparently a spark from his lamp ignited compressed gunpowder which he was carrying exposed or preparing for a shot

McKinlay, Donald, 13 Jun 1899, aged 56, Miner, Fall of roof at working face. Several props were knocked out by the fall

McKirdy, Patrick, 25 Jun 1895, 11 a.m., aged 18, Pithead labourer, While stepping off the cage, it was started by the engineman, who did not observe him, and he was caught by the "policeman"

Moore, James, 23 Dec 1910, (accident: 22 Dec 1910), aged 47, Miner, A miner was charging a hole with stowite with the shaft of a hammer, and evidently using considerable force, when the charge exploded. Died the following day

Murphy, James, 19 Sep 1884, aged 32, Brusher, Fall of stone whilst engaged taking it down

Robb, James, 11 May 1912, 1.30 a.m., aged 35, Jobber, The deceased, Robb, and the fireman proceeded to the bottom lye of the Splint Coal Dook, which is a safety lamp area, with naked lights on their caps, and ignited gas which had accumulated, causing an explosion. The deceased, Duffy, and his mates, who were at work in the section, heard the explosion and all of them rushed towards the pit bottom, and in doing so had to pass through the afterdamp, and all were overcome. The explosion was not violent, and coal dust took no part in it, as the roadway was very wet

Samson, William, 01 Mar 1882, aged 58, Collier, Fall of roof

Sloan, John, 16 Jan 1902, aged 40, Miner, Fall of roof in working place

Sneddon, Richard, 10 Feb 1868, aged 62, Manager, By falling a few feet off a scaffold at the pit head

Stewart, John, 02 Sep 1913, aged 50, Miner, The deceased, after removing the gibs from a length of undercut face, recommenced to undercut, when the coal fell on to him. He committed a breach of Section 50 (4)

Stewart, Walter, 07 Oct 1892, aged 35, Reddsman, Fall of roof on haulage road while repairing it

Vicars, William, 17 Nov 1852, Falling of cage

Wilson, Hugh, 11 Jun 1914, aged 40, Miner, He lighted a shot, and, thinking he heard it explode, returned to see the effect of it. He had mistaken the report of another shot in an adjacent place for that of his own. When he got to the face his shot exploded and killed him