Shawfield Colliery

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Allan, James, 22 Nov 1880, aged 14, Collier, Crushed by bogie and tubs on endless rope incline

Bowman, Archibald, 14 Mar 1888, aged 20, Driver, Fell in front of loaded tub

Boyle, James, 27 Feb 1891, 12.30 p.m., aged 40, Stooper, Fall of stone

Cairns, William, 31 Mar 1871, aged 20, Hillman, Crushed by waggons at screens

Denholm, John, 15 Dec 1876, aged 62, Collier, [Fall of roof] At face. Stoop and room. He drew out some props to take down head coal against orders, and the roof fell along with it

Dobson, James, 20 Jun 1911, (accident: 13 Jun 1911), aged 21, Bogieman, He was acting as a bogieman for the first time and was thrown off the bogie and run over the first time he was left to do the work alone. There was no evidence to show how he was thrown off. Died June 20th

Dudgeon, Thomas, 19 Jun 1884, aged 40, Collier, Fall of side. While removing stoops

Fell, James, 10 Apr 1874, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof. At face (stoop and room)

Girdwood, James, 30 Dec 1885, aged 55, Labourer, Jammed between the buffers of two waggons

Grirdwood, Thomas, 15 Dec 1886, Coal picker, Killed by revolving table

Horne, Charles, 05 May 1925 [More information ...]

Kelly, W., 29 Sep 1870, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof

Littlejohn, James, 24 Sep 1894, 9.45 a.m., aged 30, Miner, Fall of coal

McIntyre, Robert, 05 May 1925 [More information ...]

Moore, Patrick, 24 May 1887, aged 45, Labourer, Crushed by waggons

Morris, John, 29 Jul 1905, aged 28, Fireman, Ladders were being fixed in a blind shaft communicating two seams, and while deceased was ascending the ladders already in, with a plank on his shoulder, another plank fell from above and struck him. The plank which fell was being put in as a bunton on which to make a landing, and the person fixing it mis-hit a nail, and the bunton slipped from its position and went down the shaft

O'Hara, M., 05 Aug 1871, aged 25, Collier, Fall of coal at face

Ryan, Daniel, 22 Sep 1887, aged 30, Stooper, Struck by a prop which a stone knocked out

Scott, Alexander, 11 Apr 1881, Wagon shifter, He was attempting to pass between two waggons while the locomotive was was shunting a train, and was squeezed between the buffers

Simpson, Robert, 26 May 1892, 4 p.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 59, Screenman, Crushed by waggon

Smith, John, 12 Jan 1895, 3.30 p.m., aged 40, Miner, Crushed by rope of hutches

Steen, Thomas, 18 Jun 1910, aged 21, Driver, Fell from the Main coal to the Splint coal seam, a distance of 100 feet, and was killed. The entrance to the shaft was well fenced with a gate, and to get into the shaft he must either have opened or got over the top of it

Thompson, John, jnr., 05 May 1925 [More information ...]

Thompson, John, snr., 05 May 1925 [More information ...]

Wotherspoon, William, 22 Jan 1904, aged 15, Filler, Deceased was filling a tub with coal when a stone suddenly fell from the roof upon him