Oakley Colliery

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Chapman, William, 16 Jan 1917, aged 42, Fall of roof

Cunningham, Andrew, 08 Sep 1900, aged 29, Bottomer, Deceased was bottomer at a mid-working, 11 fathoms above the bottom of the shaft. In putting the full hutch on to the cage at the mid-working the empty hutch was derailed while in the cage, and deceased was in the act of freeing it, when the cage was lifted and he fell to the shaft bottom. A full hutch had been allowed to run too far at the bottom level and had got into the cage seat, and the bottomer there, fearing that the cage might come down on it, signalled one to the engineman, who mistook this signal for one from the mid-working, although it was sounded on a different bell. In any case, the engineman should not have moved the cage from the mid-working until his indicator showed that the gate there was closed

Donelly, Peter, 18 Aug 1856, Collier, Fall of coal at face of working

Drysdale, Marion, 21 Jan 1856, Young Woman, Explosion of firedamp which had accumulated under a scaffold at an ironstone working ; a young woman was killed by a piece at pithead [More information ...]

Erskine, James, 21 Jan 1856, Collier, Explosion of firedamp which had accumulated under a scaffold at an ironstone working ; a young woman was killed by a piece at pithead [More information ...]

Hogg, Mary, 06 Jan 1912, aged 31, Pithead Worker, Caught and fatally injured by cage when pushing a hutch into the cage at the surface. A boy who was assisting her signalled to the winding engineman before she was clear

Lindsay, John, 15 Nov 1902, aged 28, Miner, Deceased had apparently been resting at his working face, when the roof fell on him. The stone fell away by parallel lypes. The roof was well supported with props

Martin, Robert, 21 Jan 1856, Collier, Explosion of firedamp which had accumulated under a scaffold at an ironstone working ; a young woman was killed by a piece at pithead [More information ...]

McDonald, Alexander, 30 Nov 1903, aged 55, Brusher, Deceased was engaged withdrawing props from under the roof to be brushed, when a stone fell and killed him instantaneously. He was partly under the brushing when stone fell

McLay, John, 30 Jan 1863, Fireman, Suffocated by choke damp while going round workings

Mitchell, Andrew, 21 Jan 1856, Collier, Explosion of firedamp which had accumulated under a scaffold at an ironstone working ; a young woman was killed by a piece at pithead [More information ...]

Reekie, John, 22 Aug 1907, aged 15, Assistant Bottomer, Deceased's work was to take the empty tubs from the cages and couple them up into rakes, while engaged in this work he slipped on the iron plates at the pit bottom, and fell into the cage seat, and just then the cage descended on him

Reekie, Thomas, 24 Sep 1902, aged 20, Drawer, Deceased was shovelling down some lying coals in an air-course, 6 feet wide, when a large stone fell from between two new lypes, parallel in direction, but converging upwards. A portion of it fell upon him, killing him instantly

Reid, Walter, 27 Jan 1914, aged 17, Pony Driver, Whilst he was bringing out a rake of five loaded hutches, on an almost level road, a large fall, 12 feet long, occurred, which swung out the timbers, which were set skin to skin, and completely buried him. The body was not recovered till 1½ hours later, when life was extinct, death being due to suffocation. The road was very wet, and the timbering was not tied to resist lateral movement

Shepherd, James, 21 Mar 1913, aged 43, Miner, Deceased was engaged with his son in brushing a place when a large piece of stone came away from some unseen breaks, smashing the timber and killing him. The stone sounded quite good when tested by the fireman 10 minutes previously

White, Patrick, 15 Oct 1856, Bottomer, Stone or coal falling down pit