Tarbrax (Oil Shale)

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Brown, William, 05 Sep 1890, 11.30 a.m., aged 13, Tub greaser, Crushed by haulage rope wheel

Cochrane, John, 03 May 1906, aged 13, Schoolboy, The boy was amunsing himself on the haulage way, which runs between the mine and the oil works, when he was run over by a loaded tub [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Kerr, Michael, 05 Nov 1891, aged 25, Miner, Fall of shale

McQuin, James, 11 May 1891, 9 a.m., aged 23, Drawer, Crushed by tubs

Robertson, Thomas, 07 Jun 1886, aged 40, Miner, In charging a hole, which he did with loose gunpowder, it is supposed a spark from his lamp ignited the charge

Rouble, Charles, 01 Nov 1901, aged 32, Miner, Deceased, who was a Pole, worked with a fellow countryman in an upset near the face of a level. They had charged seven "yankee" or holing shots, situated at intervals across the working face. Each man lighted three shots and retired to the level ; and on hearing the six explosions, deceased returned to the face of the upset to light the seventh shot. He appeared to have been close to it when it exploded, causing injuries which resulted fatally on the same night. The shot, which was said to have caused the accident, was close to one side of the upset, and 2 feet from the adjacent shot. They were charged with gunpowder, and fired by means of gutta-percha covered fuse

Telford, David Scott, 11 Sep 1901, aged 14, Bogie boy, While in charge of a bogie and rake of loaded hutches on a surface endless rope tramway, he fell from the bogie and was run over