Tannochside Colliery

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Brannan, William, 10 Jan 1913, aged 32, Miner, Deceased was in the act of "backening" coal to roadhead, which he had just taken off the face, when the roof suddenly fell upon him. The stone came away from an unseen foul back, and in its fall threw out, at least, four props

Brodie, James, 07 Oct 1907, aged 27, Assistant bottomer, A piece of coal fell down the shaft, apparently from the surface, and struck him on the head while putting a full hutch on the cage

Bryce, William, snr., 18 Feb 1895, 6.30 a.m., aged 45, Miner, Fall of stone from side of shaft while they were descending in the cage. It had evidently been loosened by the frost. Other two persons were injured

Burt, Anthony, 28 Jan 1902, aged 24, Waggon shifter, Whilst moving a waggon he was apparently crushed between it and a scaffold post

Carr, Thomas, 19 May 1894, 1 p.m., aged 50, Labourer, Crushed between two railway waggons

Carson, Andrew, 23 Oct 1891, aged 50, Miner, Fall of coal

Chalmers, John, 12 Aug 1911, aged 41, Under Manager, He was pinching down a large stone from the roof when it came away. It knocked out the timbering under which he was standing which allowed the roof to fall on top of him

Chalmers, William, 04 Oct 1922, 9.30 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 17, Surface worker, He was employed running tubs on the scaffold which connected the banking level and the top of a steam hoist. Part of the scaffold collapsed, and he fell to the ground, a distance of 21 ft. He received injuries which caused death seven hours later.

Clow, Joseph, 24 Oct 1900, aged 19, Miner, Fall of roof from "brushing" face

Degnon, Francis, 12 Jun 1888, aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof. On drawing road; long wall

Deoine, Michael, 25 Aug 1874, aged 15, Drawer, In coming down a brae in front of a loaded hutch his head caught a crowntree

Donnelly, Andrew, 09 Dec 1890, aged 35, Reddsman, Fall of roof on road

Doran, Michael, 05 Nov 1895, 10 p.m., aged 25, Brusher, Explosion of fire damp. The cause was not ascertained, but it is supposed he must have exposed a naked light instead of using his safety lamp

Forbes, Samuel, 13 Oct 1908, aged 32, Chain-runner, Shock of electricity on a dip haulage road. The signal wire is supposed to have, in some unknown manner, become live, and that in touching it he got the shock

Gillon, James, 04 Jun 1906, aged 51, Miner, Fall of coal while holing ; caused by failure to set sprags

Graham, John, 10 Oct 1893, 10 a.m., aged 33, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Grant, John, 12 Feb 1898, aged 45, Miner, Fall of roof on horse road while enlarging it

Hewitt, Samuel James, 07 Feb 1902, aged 33, Miner, Fall of roof

Hotchkiss, Thomas, 04 Jul 1902, aged 46, Bottomer, He and the other bottomer failed to close the gate at a mid- working before signalling away the cage, and in pushing back the empty hutch he fell into the open shaft. The prescribed indicator for this gate was not in the engine-house

Hotchlis, Edward, 26 Jan 1898, aged 50, Miner, While inserting compressed gunpowder into a shothole it ignited. Another man was also injured

Hunter, George, jnr., 29 Jun 1904, aged 19, Miner, While illegally drawing in front of a full hutch he was crushed against an empty hutch at the foot of the road

Hutchieson, James, 18 Jan 1893, 1.30 p.m., aged 40, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Lees, William, 29 Sep 1902, aged 53, Miner, Fall of overhanging head coal which he had failed to take down when instructed to do so by the manager and afterwards by the fireman. He appears to have been working beneath it while it was not supported by sprags

Lennon, James, 17 May 1887, aged 50, Waggon shifter, Crushed by waggons

McAlpine, James, 03 Oct 1911, aged 40, Miner, While he was passing along the face a piece of coal suddenly burst out, and striking a prop knocked it out, causing the roof to fall upon him. The stone fell away from a keen parting, which was unseen

McCusker, John, 07 Sep 1896, aged 54, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

McDermaid, Hugh, 01 Aug 1898, aged 25, Brusher, Fall of roof at brushing face while putting in a building

McGeoch, Andrew, 04 Oct 1884, aged 52, Hanger on, Struck by runaway hutch at the bottom of a self acting incline

McGuigan, Thomas, 16 Mar 1907, aged 32, Boiler fireman, In some unexplained manner he was run over by the front waggon of two which he was shunting

Mcleod, Murdoch, 06 Jan 1906, aged 31, Haulageman, He was, along with a fireman, repairing an airway when the roof gave way and fell on him

Murphy, James, 12 Aug 1900, aged 33, Brusher, After receiving a safety lamp he illegally lighted an open light, and on entering his working place he ignited fire damp, which appears to have accumulated after the fireman's inspection

Neil, William, 04 Aug 1904, aged 35, Miner, Fall of coal. Another man was injured

O'Neil, Patrick, 10 Nov 1904, aged 28, Brusher, Fall from side of road while enlarging it

Patrick, James, 13 Sep 1900, aged 25, Miner, A blind pit was being put up from a lower seam to his working place. He was warned to retire while a shot of gelignite was about to be fired in the blind pit, but he returned before it went off. The shot blew through the intervening strata and struck him

Rae, James, 05 Aug 1889, aged 24, Chainman, Fall of roof in lye in dook

Russell, Thomas, 06 Apr 1897, aged 58, Miner, Fall of roof at stoops

Stools, Frank, 08 Nov 1913, aged 54, Hoistman, He had placed a hutch of "redd" on to the hoist cage at the surface to have it raised up to the level of the dirt bing, but failed to raise the safety catch on the cage, which prevents the hutch from coming out. When the cage was raised the hutch fell out and hit him on the head and killed him instantly

Taylor, James, 06 Dec 1899, aged 54, Waggon shifter, While bringing forward an empty waggon he appears to have been crushed by other two waggons which, unobserved, had run forward by gravitation