Rosehall Colliery

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Allen, Alexander, 07 Sep 1871, aged 40, Collier, Fall of coal at face

Arbuckle, James, 10 Feb 1914, aged 46, Miner, Deceased was stripping coal off the face of a fault, and, while in the act of backing it to the roadhead, a piece fell off the vees, and before he could get clear it caught him and crushed him to the pavement

Bell, Robert, 29 Jul 1854, Fell from a scaffold at pithead to the surface

Bell, Robert, 11 Sep 1903, aged 45, Miner, Coming in contact with signal wires which had accidentally been charged with electricity from the power cables [More information ...]

Bell, Robert, 08 Apr 1913, aged 25, Chainer, Deceased left the top dook road and rode on the chain as usual. The rake consisted of ten tubs, and in the seventh from the chain five props, 7 feet long, were placed, with the projecting ends facing the rise ; on the way down something happened causing deceased to stop the rake, and after everything was in readiness the rake again proceeded, and shortly after it suddenly stopped of its accord. A workman thought the rake was long in coming to the bottom of the dook, and he proceeded up and found the deceased in the sixth tub with the one end of a 7 feet prop against him, and the other end jammed against a crown in centre of road. It is thought that deceased had some trouble with the props while descending the dook, and that he placed one across the sixth tub and sat with it to keep it in its place, when one end came off and fell into tub, and the other projected up just as it was near a low crown

Black, Andrew, 07 Mar 1914, (accident: 23 Feb 1914), aged 20, Miner, The deceased had charged a shot hole with gelignite, a detonator and fuse, and after lighting the fuse he retired to a place of safety. The shot did not immediately explode ; after waiting about 40 minutes he returned to it and as he was approaching the face it exploded, and he was so severely injured that he died 12 days later. He should have waited at least 60 minutes as required by Section 3 (a) of the Explosives in Coal Mines Order

Black, David, 31 Jul 1854, Breaking of a crane rope when lifting pump rods

Brady, Edward, 17 Dec 1912, aged 28, Miner, Deceased was working at the coal face when a fall of coal struck and crushed his head. It is probable he was holing, and had not set any gibs or sprags under the coal

Brannan, Patrick, 20 Oct 1902, aged 36, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Browlee, James, 13 Nov 1856, Fall of roof

Brown, Robert, 25 Jun 1914, aged 27, Repairer, Deceased was engaged with two other men in putting a set of timber up to the roof on a level road, when a stone fell from the side, knocked out a temporary prop and struck him on the head

Burns, Michael, 29 Sep 1860, aged 38, Brusher, Fall of roof in drawing road while engaged taking it down

Cairns, M., 30 Jul 1869, aged 40, Brusher, Fall of brushing he was working at

Caldwell, James, 31 May 1905, aged 21, Miner, Fall of roof at working face while holing or taking down coal

Cameron, James, 08 May 1909, (accident: 29 Mar 1909), aged 30, Drawer, When holing, a small piece of coal fell and cut his finger. Blood poisoning resulted, and he died on the 8th of May

Cavanagh, Patrick, 31 Oct 1940, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

Clements, Patrick, 28 Jun 1883, aged 18, Drawer, Was struck by a balance weight

Collins, William, 30 May 1890, aged 19, Reddsman, Run over by a bogie full of rails while drawing in front of it

Cowie, James, 02 Nov 1854, Fall of roof at face

Cox, Thomas, 29 Sep 1902, aged 60, Pithead labourer, Whilst crossing the rails he was run over by empty waggons

Craig, Andrew, 14 Aug 1934, address: Glebe Street, Bellshill [More information ...]

Croal, Francis, 01 Nov 1909, aged 26, Drawer, Fall of roof on road while taking hutch along it

Cummock, John, 11 Oct 1880, aged 25, Collier, Fall of coal

Cunningham, Thomas, 28 Sep 1903, aged 39, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Curran, Michael, 26 Sep 1904, aged 45, Fireman, He stated that when making his morning inspection his safety lamp went out, and that on striking a match to relight it fire-damp ignited. He appears to have also been carrying a naked lamp [More information ...]

Dempsey, Joseph, 16 Mar 1906, aged 53, Shaftsman, While packing the stuffing box of a plunger in motion, the pump rods broke and the falling debris killed him

Donnelly, Michael, 23 May 1853, Explosion of firedamp

Downie, Michael, 23 Jun 1873, aged 35, Fireman, Explosion of firedamp

Duffy, Peter, 19 Jan 1874, aged 40, Collier, Fall of roof at face [More information ...]

Elder, John, 21 Dec 1911, aged 25, Roadsman, Deceased was found in a dying condition at a dook landing. A runaway had occurred, but he was lying clear of the hutches. On examination of the body no exterior evidences of a blow were found

Ferris, Patrick, 05 Apr 1907, (accident: 05 Jul 1906), aged 49, Miner, A fall of stone from the brushing face slightly injured his knee. An operation was afterwards found necessary, but blood-poisoning resulted and he died in April, 1907. This accident was not reported to me

Flanagan, G., 13 Jan 1872, aged 30, Collier, Fall of coal

Gatton, Michael, 22 Oct 1864, aged 40, Brusher, Fall of roof in an old stow road

Gilligan, John, 26 Jun 1913, aged 23, Labourer, He had finished putting the empty hutches on to the cage and was standing clear when the cage was belled away — by some means or other he fell into it, and was crushed between the pithead beams and the top of the cage and instantly killed

Gooldie, Patrick, 29 Sep 1860, aged 36, Brusher, Explosion of firedamp, by going into a place which had not been examined, and before the fireman had finished his examination [More information ...]

Graham, James, 14 Aug 1911, aged 63, Fireman, Deceased was buried by a fall of roof, whilst setting a hurdle screen. The fall took place from between two "lypes" in the roof

Grant, Peter, 05 Dec 1910, aged 16, Drawer, He had placed his lamp behind a switch-board at the shaft bottom, and when getting it out his hand came in contact with the live terminals and he was electrocuted

Greenhorn, James, 03 Mar 1905, aged 49, Reddsman, Explosion of Saxonite in some unknown way. He was firing a shot contrary to the Explosives in Coal Mines Order

Haddow, Walter, 17 Aug 1898, aged 26, Miner, His naked light ignited firedamp in an unventilated part of his working place. Another man was also injured

Hannah, Joseph Patrick, 06 Jul 1903, aged 21, Drawer, Crushed by a full hutch when going up a self-acting incline, the prop to which the pulley was fixed having broken

Hill, William, 16 Nov 1854, Explosion of firedamp

Jeffrey, William, 22 Jun 1912, aged 35, Miner, He had fired two shots in a narrow place. He went back after an interval of 30 minutes, and was later discovered lying unconscious, apparently suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning ; artificial respiration was tried, but without effect

Jenkins, William, 03 Apr 1871, aged 43, Miner, Fall of roof

Johnston, Archibald, 19 Nov 1904, aged 18, Waggon trimmer, Crushed in some unknown manner between two waggons

Keenan, Edward, 08 Dec 1870, aged 15, Bottomer, He was trying to drive a horse and fell in before a train of full tubs

Kennedy, Barnard, 11 Apr 1855, Fall of coal at face of working

Kerr, George, 26 Jul 1872, aged 40, Roadsman, Fall of roof on a main road

Laden, Patrick, 18 Nov 1873, aged 16, Fell from a mid-working (main coal) to the bottom of the pit. There was a gate but it had not been kept shut

Lang, Robert, 07 Mar 1911, aged 38, Brusher, Deceased was loading loose debris, which had fallen whilst brushing a road. After fixing up temporary timbering, a fall of side and roof occurred, knocking out the timber, and burying him completely underneath ; he was dead when extricated

Lindsay, Matthew, 05 Aug 1875, aged 51, Collier, [Fall of roof] A piece of stone fell from the roof upon him, which caused the pick he was working with to enter his groin (Long wall)

Mace, Alexander, 19 Jan 1874, aged 48, Collier, Fall of roof at face [More information ...]

Mace, Robert, 19 Jan 1874, aged 18, Collier, Fall of roof at face [More information ...]

Martin, Luke, 27 Dec 1900, aged 70, Labourer, A dross hopper in front of the boilers collapsed and fell upon him

Martin, Matthew, 14 Aug 1934, address: Hutton Streer, Coatbridge [More information ...]

Maughan, William, 27 Jan 1888, aged 46, Collier, Fall of roof. At face; long wall

Mayberry, George, 15 Oct 1922, 9 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 36, Roadsman, Deceased whilst working underground suffered slight injury from a nail in a piece of timber.  He continued at work for some time, but blood poisoning supervened and death ensued a month later. The accident was mentioned to a fireman, but no first aid was rendered. Had this been done the accident might not have had a fatal result.

Mayberry, Samuel, 14 Aug 1934, aged 42, address: Motherwell Road, Bellshill [More information ...]

McAlpine, Robert, 15 Jul 1862, aged 25, Oversman, Attempting to step off cage while in motion

McAtear, Patrick, 04 Sep 1902, aged 30, Miner, Fall of roof in waste close to his working place. He did not require to go to the spot where the accident happened

McComb, Samuel, 01 Nov 1853, Fell from pit-head attempting to go on cage

McDonald, Daniel, 08 Jul 1899, aged 19, Pony driver, Kicked by the pony he was driving

McEwan, Samuel, 17 Nov 1899, aged 32, Pitheadman, The shaft was being deepened, and in some unexplained manner he pushed a hutch of timber into the open shaft at a mid working and fell with it to the bottom

McGeoch, Patrick, 31 Aug 1859, aged 27, Bottomer, By the engineman lifting the cage without a signal from the bottom [More information ...]

McGhee, Peter, 21 May 1909, aged 36, Brusher, Fall of side of road while repairing it

McGuiness, William, 31 Oct 1940, Collier, Killed by a fall of roof [More information ...]

McKay, Gib., 10 Jun 1862, aged 16, Pony driver, Fell before a train of loaded hutches when part of it was drawn over him

McKay, John, 29 Dec 1866, aged 17, Collier, Explosion of fire damp. Died 12 days after the explosion

McKillop, Alexander, 22 Jun 1886, aged 60, Collier, Fall of roof. At face; long wall

McLuskie, Owen, 15 Aug 1873, aged 50, Labourer, Was run over by a waggon while disloading wood

McMullan, Joseph, 10 Jul 1922, 2 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 35, Pan shifter, He was trying to disconnect one of the bridges of a Blackett face conveyer when a fall of roof occurred pinning him down. Before he could be liberated a further fall took place which killed him almost instantly. The area over which the roof fell was 5 ft long by 4 ft. wide, the distance of deceased from the face being 11 ft. The place had been examined by the fireman about 15 minutes previously and reported safe.  Systematic strapping might have prevented the accident

McNulty, J., 06 May 1869, aged 30, Brusher, Fall of brushing while working at it

McQueen, Henry, 18 Apr 1855, Explosion of firedamp whilst engaged repairing air course

Miller, John Henry, 26 Jan 1911, aged 26, Roadsman, Caught by the loaded rake on a self-acting incline and killed. It was his duty to water the rails at meetings to reduce the friction owing to the gradient at that part of the road being only 1 in 13, but he should have gone into a manhole when the rakes were running

Miller, Samuel, 11 Apr 1902, aged 17, Pony driver, He fell off a "race" of hutches and was run over

Morgan, Andrew, 25 Aug 1904, aged 26, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Morgan, John, 01 Jun 1877, aged 22, Collier, Explosion of firedamp

Morton, Thomas, 30 Jun 1938, aged 38, Electrical Engineer, he was supervising the unloading of a truck by a crane when the hawser of the crane jib broke and the heavy arm crashed on him killing him almost instanteously ; address: 56 Garfield Avenue, Mossend

Murray, Peter, 20 Aug 1859, aged 47, Brusher, Fall of roof

Nichol, John, 30 Jan 1872, aged 62, Charburner, Fell down the shaft from the surface

Paterson, William, 07 Feb 1922, 3.45 a.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 33, Coal cutting machineman, Electrocuted

Patrick, William, 10 May 1902, aged 28, Labourer, Whilst leaning on a gangway railing it gave way, and he fell to the ground, a distance of 20 feet

Pollock, Andrew, 07 Dec 1922, 1.30 a.m., 11th hour of shift, aged 34, Brusher, Deceased was in the act of setting a leg to a strap just under the brushing lip when a large stone weighing approximately one ton fell from the brushing and killed him. The strap, legged at one end, was broken by the stone.  The place had been inspected by a fireman within the hour and reported safe.  Deceased had been at work for ten hours and a half.

Quate, Taylor, 14 Aug 1934, address: Calder Street, Whifflet [More information ...]

Ramsay, James, 18 Jun 1853, Explosion of firedamp

Reid, Robert, 27 May 1922, 5.45 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 57, Fireman, A fire originated near the foot of a dook where two electrically driven pumps were working. Sometime prior to the outbreak owing to a pump breakdown the ventilation was cut off by the water rising. The fire was put out by flooding. A part of the dook beyond the air course was filled with fumes and whilst arrangements were being made for their removal by ventilation, deceased without instructions, travelled therein and was overcome.

Roddy, Edward, 29 Jan 1856, Roadsman, Stone falling from side of pit whilst ascending

Scullion, James, 11 Sep 1903, aged 24, Miner, Coming in contact with signal wires which had accidentally been charged with electricity from the power cables [More information ...]

Sneddon, John, 26 Jan 1904, aged 32, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Stevenson, Samuel, 31 Oct 1892, aged 40, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Stevenson, William, 08 Apr 1903, aged 51, Fireman, Fall of roof on road while passing along it

Tippen, Henry, 16 Mar 1876, (accident: 09 Mar 1876), aged 45, Brusher, Explosion of firedamp on the 9th ; died on the 16th

Trainer, Thomas, 02 Dec 1903, aged 26, Miner, Fall of roof on road while taking his breakfast. Another man was injured

Traynor, Charles, 23 Dec 1909, aged 40, Miner, Killed by shot of gelignite blowing through from adjoining place

Underwood, Alexander, 30 Sep 1864, aged 57, Pumper, By attempting to get into the cage at the pit bottom without giving the proper signal

Walker, William, 07 Jul 1909, aged 30, Labourer, In pushing a full hutch away from pit mouth, his foot slipped, and he got caught by the descending cage

Wallace, Robert, 18 Nov 1911, (accident: 10 Nov 1911), aged 52, Miner's Contractor, He was attempting to detach the clip from an empty tub, but failed to get it off in time, and the tub collided with one in front, and the index finger of his left hand was injured. The injury was slight, but tetanus set in, and he died eight days after

Wilkinson, David, 14 Aug 1934, aged 37, address: New Orbiston, Bellshill [More information ...]

Wyllie, William, 30 Jun 1893, 7.30 a.m., aged 40, Miner, Fall of roof at brushing face

Young, James, 08 Mar 1913, aged 33, Blacksmith, Deceased went inside the box of a dross elevator, to take out a part of a pulley, which had fallen inside, and, while doing so, it is thought he put his foot on a bucket and the chain moved, and he was fatally crushed between the bucket and a cross beam. He was in charge of some alterations, and before going inside he should have fixed the chain so that it could not move