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Allan, Alexander, 20 Oct 1903, aged 17, Miner, Deceased apparently had attempted to get on the rope in front of the first tub to ride up a dook and was thrown in front of the rake and dragged some distance

Cairns, William, 27 Nov 1905, aged 45, Miner, Deceased was taking coal off the side of a roadway to make a siding when it suddenly fell over and fatally crushed him

Dolan, Thomas, 10 Nov 1913, (accident: 30 Oct 1913), aged 48, Casual Labourer, He had wheeled a barrow of hot ashes from the boiler up on to a staging 10 feet from the ground, intending to tip the contents into a railway truck standing underneath. The barrow went over the edge of the staging, however, and he followed and fell to the ground, sustaining injuries to the back and burns. He slept in the open all night and his injuries did not receive medical treatment until 12 hours afterwards. He died 10 days later, death being due to sepsis. One hand and a leg had been amputated in the effort to save life

Henderson, David, 18 Jul 1906, aged 52, Labourer, Deceased was emptying dross from a waggon into the boiler fire-hole, and while doing so another workman allowed a waggon to come down towards the one in which he was, and, seeing that there was likely to be a collision, he jumped and fell across the rails, the waggons running over him. He died eight hours later

Herd, Robert, 02 Mar 1906, aged 55, Repairer, Deceased and another repairer were engaged in doing some necessary repairs in a section of Chemiss coal, and he hauled the debris in tubs to the dook haulage road by means of a horse, and was proceeding outbye with a loaded rake when he met his accident. No one saw the accident but two workmen on their way home discovered deceased under the first tub of the rake quite dead. From the position in which deceased was found it is supposed that the rake was running at a high speed outbye on a gradient of 1 in 20 when the two leading tubs left the rails and up-ended, and that he was endeavouring to detach the horse's tail chain when the weight of the tubs behind caused the tub to move towards the pavement and crushed his head

Logie, Thomas, 07 Aug 1895, aged 21, Assistant bottomer, Run over by locomotive

McGregor, Robert, 02 Nov 1910, (accident: 28 Jun 1910), aged 28, Brusher, He had drilled an upright hole in the brushing, charged and stemmed it ; he was in the act of lighting the shot, part of the roof fell and severely injured him. Died on November 2nd

McLean, William, 10 Aug 1907, (accident: 12 Dec 1906), aged 46, Miner, Deceased was lifting a loaded tub which had left the rails, and in doing so he slipped and fell, injuring his side. He continued to work at irregular intervals for some time afterwards, but eventually became very ill, and died on 10th August, 1907

Reid, James, 15 Jun 1883, Collier, He put a tub on cage of steam hoist prematurely, the cage descended, and he fell with it to the ground

Taylor, James, 26 Jan 1889, aged 22, Miner, Fall of coal

Taylor, William, 15 Apr 1910, (accident: 14 Apr 1910), aged 50, Fireman, When engaged clearing a fall on the haulage road a full hutch ran back owing to a clip on an endless rope becoming loose. Died the following day

Thomson, Bernard, 25 Aug 1905, aged 16, Drawer, Deceased was turning back coal from a dropped-out room in second working of Chemiss Seam when a sudden burst of coal came away from the stoop side, and striking him he was killed instantaneously