Orbiston Colliery

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Boyd, John, 30 Jul 1873, Collier, Fall of coal at the face

Busby, Matthew, 14 Jan 1893, 9 a.m., aged 51, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Cameron, George, 28 Feb 1893, 4 p.m., aged 17, Pony driver, Fell down the shaft from a mid working

Carlin, Mark, 28 Mar 1890, aged 60, Miner, Fall of coal while stooping

Carr, William, 31 Jan 1892, aged 44, Fireman, Arm caught between haulage rope and a pulley

Cowden, James, 16 Aug 1900, aged 35, Bottomer, While putting a hutch on the cage he was struck on the head by some unknown substance which fell down the shaft

Davies, Peter, 16 Feb 1924, (accident: 12 Feb 1924, 11.0 a.m., 4th hour of shift), aged 43, Miner, He was working in a longwall place traversed by two converging faults and was in the act of setting a prop and lid under a bad stone between the faults when the stone broke down over the lid and fell, striking him on the back of the neck and shoulders. He died 4½ days later. The roof being weak, the use of props had a tendency to break it, and had straps been in use the accident would probably not have occurred. The place was examined by a fireman about 4 hours previously and found safe

Derris, Andrew, 23 Jan 1908, aged 32, Miner, Fall of roof in working place while taking down coal. A crown and a prop supporting the part of the roof which fell were said to have been displaced by the fall

Dickson, Anthony, 05 Jul 1905, aged 53, Miner, Fall of coal while enlarging a road

Eccles, Peter, 11 Nov 1913, (accident: 10 Nov 1913), aged 19, Pony Driver, The deceased and another youth were employed as drivers on a road rising 1 in 7, on which the full hutches were pulled up by horses and the empty ones brought down by hand. To facilitate the stopping of them at the foot of the road the deceased usually placed a piece of brattice cloth across the rails on which the hutches ran. He was engaged in doing this when the accident occurred, and he was caught by the down coming hutch and crushed against a tree. He died the following day

Gallacher, Patrick, 21 May 1914, aged 26, Cousieman, The deceased was lifting a bar which had fallen from the roof, and prevented the running of an empty rake on a self-acting incline, when, without any warning, a large fall of roof occurred, and a large block of stone caught and crushed his head on to the fallen bar

Gilles, John, 11 Jan 1879, Bricklayer, By the falling of part of an arch which he and others were building for an engine house near pit bottom

Haley, Hugh, 16 Nov 1900, aged 56, Miner, Fall of roof at working face. A prop which supported the stone which fell had been previously knocked out by his neighbour, because he (deceased) complained that it was in his way

Hanigan, D., 09 Oct 1868, aged 31, Sinker, He was working in the bottom of this sinking pit, and something fell down and struck him on the head

Heron, Owen, 31 Jan 1897, aged 48, Night fireman, While charging a shot with frozen gelignite, the charge went off, killing them [More information ...]

Maddison, William, 27 May 1893, 2 a.m., aged 30, Roadsman, Overcome by fumes while extinguishing an underground fire

McAllister, Peter, 27 May 1893, 2 a.m., aged 44, Roadsman, Overcome by fumes while extinguishing an underground fire

McCafferty, Michael, 18 Jun 1903, aged 42, Brusher, While charging a shot-hole with gunpowder a spark from his lamp ignited 4 lbs. of the explosive

McCourt, James, 15 Oct 1900, aged 60, Miner, Fall of "pot bottom" from the roof at working face

McGill, Thomas, 31 Jan 1897, aged 27, Brusher, While charging a shot with frozen gelignite, the charge went off, killing them [More information ...]

McGregor, Thomas Bryce, 14 Oct 1912, aged 15, Miner's Boy, The deceased was filling a hutch when a fall of side coal caught and fatally crushed him against the hutch

McGurk, John, 26 Aug 1908, aged 23, Brusher, By removing props, thus leaving at the working face an exposed area of roof greater than what the Special Rules allowed, the roof fell on him

McKenna, James, 06 Sep 1879, aged 20, Drawer, Fall of coal. At face. Stoop and room.

McKillop, John, 27 May 1893, 2 a.m., aged 50, Roadsman, Overcome by fumes while extinguishing an underground fire

McPhail, John, 07 Feb 1883, aged 17, Drawer, Crushed by gearing of pump. He went, without authority, with the man in charge, to oil the gearing

Neilly, James, 28 Aug 1902, aged 28, Hutch mender, He fell down a stair from the pithead

Paterson, Alexander, 04 Sep 1905, aged 27, Waggon shifter, When crossing the rails in front of waggons which he was shifting, his foot got caught in a crossing, and he was run over before he could extricate himself

Seddon, John, 11 Aug 1873, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof at top of an incline [More information ...]

Smith, Joseph, 17 Feb 1905, aged 27, Miner, Fall of roof in working place

Stewart, Thomas, 28 May 1924, 1.50 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 46, Repairer, He was brushing an old road 4 ft. high and 5 ft. wide driven in the coal and used as a water lodge, enlarging the old road to 7 ft. 6 ins. high and 6 ft. 6 ins. wide. Crowns were used and "needled" into the sides. He was preparing to finish work, when, without warning, a piece of overhanging side fell, letting down 3 crowns and about 2 tons of stone on to deceased. The fireman had examined this side 10 minutes previously by knocking it with a pick and considered it safe. Had this overhanging side been removed or securely supported this accident would not have occurred

Sym, Daniel, 11 Aug 1873, aged 20, Collier, Fall of roof at top of an incline [More information ...]

Whiteford, Archibald G., 02 Jun 1892, aged 26, Miner, Explosion of a shot of gelatine to which he returned before it went off [More information ...]