Thankerton Colliery

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Balfour, John, 26 Jun 1895, 6.40 a.m., aged 28, Miner, Fall of coal

Brown, John, 16 Aug 1905, aged 52, Miner, Fall of roof on road ; a hutch on which they were riding, Brown illegally, having gone off the rails and knocked out the timbering [More information ...]

Donnelly, Michael, 11 Apr 1924, 7.30 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 24, Brusher, A brushing shot was about to be fired at the roadhead of a longwall place, and deceased, after lighting the shot, presumably retired some distance back the road. Owing to difficulty in igniting the fuse he was evidently under the impression that it had not lit properly and returned to the shot. A few seconds later the shot exploded, killing him instantly. Had he remained in shelter until the shot exploded, or, failing this, treated it as a miss-fired shot, the accident would not have occurred. An older workman who was with deceased should have been able to guide him

Gairdner, Robert, 28 Jul 1853, By hutches on underground incline

Gray, James, 13 May 1873, Boy, By waggons passing over him while thoughtlessly creeping through beneath them

McGhee, Thomas, 06 Aug 1891, aged 35, Brusher, Explosion of powder by a spark from his lamp or pipe

McGowan, Robert, 18 Mar 1875, aged 20, Wagonman, [Miscellaneous on Surface] Run over by a wagon on a branch railway

McInally, Edward, 12 Jan 1888, (accident: 03 Oct 1887), aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof. At face; long wall. Died 12th Jan 1888

Miller, Malcolm, 09 Sep 1898, aged 40, Miner, He went into a disused road, to "knock" through to his working place, when his naked light ignited firedamp

Mullen, Peter, 02 Oct 1884, aged 31, Brusher, Struck by a stone from a shot while running away from it

Murray, Charles, 16 Aug 1905, aged 23, Pony driver, Fall of roof on road ; a hutch on which they were riding, Brown illegally, having gone off the rails and knocked out the timbering [More information ...]

O'Brien, Robert Young, 13 Oct 1893, 6.30 a.m., Locomotive assistant, Run over by waggons. Supposed to have fallen while jumping on front buffer

Pinkerton, John, 30 May 1891, aged 20, Brusher, Fall of roof at road head while knocking out a prop

Smith, Matthew, 21 Nov 1902, aged 28, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Trayner, Bernard, 24 Nov 1887, Brusher, Went into an unfenced place with naked light. Manager convicted for not having place fenced off

Young, James, 03 Aug 1922, 2.40 p.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 64, Repairer, He was cutting a projection off the coal face, preparatory to it being "holed" by a disc machine, when a fall of roof occurred, killing him instantly. Four straps were broken by the fall which covered an area 12 ft. long by 4 ft. wide. The place had been examined by the fireman about one and a half hours before and reported safe.