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Allander, Henry, 05 Aug 1902, aged 29, Miner, Whilst he was taking an empty hutch up a road a drawer lost control of his full hutch, which ran down and caused his death

Cassidy, Michael, 05 Sep 1922, 1.40 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 36, Brusher, Deceased was employed excavating a refuge hole at the side of a stone drift. The roof was supported by girders resting on props. Prior to firing shots to make the refuge holes centre props were set to the girders, but the shots blew out some of the end  centre props. Deceased was renewing the timber when a heavy fall occurred sweeping out three girders and killing him.

Chalmers, John, 11 Apr 1922, 7.40 a.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 21, Miner, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Clowes, Peter, 10 Aug 1934, Oncostman, died from burning injuries after an explosion of gas [date of report]

Collins, Frank, 01 May 1914, aged 50, Repairer, Deceased had just reached the jib of a conveyor to obtain a "Sylvester" prop drawer with which to withdraw props when the roof suddenly fell and he was completely buried. About three hours elapsed before his body was recovered. The roof in falling displaced all the timbers set to support it

Currie, Joseph, 20 Sep 1897, aged 29, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Devlin, Thomas, 07 Aug 1898, aged 40, Engineer, While attempting to step from a needle to a bunton, a distance of 4 feet 3 inches, to reach the signal wire, he fell down the shaft

Dunn, Allan, 08 Dec 1905, aged 33, Miner, Fall of roof at working face. It is doubtful if the propping regulations were observed

Greenaway, Isaac, 11 Nov 1910, 2 a.m., aged 16, Fan boy, He was employed driving a hand fan to ventilate a level which was being driven beyond an up-through fault of 9 feet in a safety lamp pit. The cause of the explosion is not quite clear, but it is possible that he had fallen asleep, and, owing to the fan being stopped, gas had accumulated and put out his safety lamp, and when he awoke he struck a match which caused the explosion. A lucifer match was found in one of the pockets of his coat afterwards. His safety lamp — an unbonnetted Marsaut — was tested after the explosion and found to be in good order

Jamieson, John, 24 Apr 1912, aged 45, Hutch Tippler, The loaded coal tubs from Nos. 1 and 2 pits run by gravitation to one common weigh bridge, and, in addition, the tubs of debris from No. 1 pit have also to pass over the weigh bridge, and in order to reach the redd bing they are run into the cart screen road, which dips 1 in 12, and congregate at bottom of dip. Deceased's duties were to take the loaded tubs as they passed clear of the weigh bridge to the tipplers. For some reason unknown he left his place of work and went to the debris tubs congregated at cart screen road, and appeared to be in a stooping position behind the last stationary tub when another debris tub, sent down by his mate, came down and crushed him. He had only started the job that morning

Jardine, William, 07 Aug 1898, aged 59, Overman, While working on a hanging scaffold putting in pipes, he fell off and down the shaft

Love, William, 23 Mar 1904, aged 30, Brusher, Fall of roof on road while repairing it. Another man was injured

Martin, Andrew, 11 Apr 1922, 7.40 a.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 45, Miner, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

McQuiggan, Owen, 02 Mar 1899, aged 46, Brusher, Fall of roof at working face. He appears to have been in the act of knocking out props to put in a building

Morrison, Robert, 22 Dec 1922, 10.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 63, Miner, He was working at the coal face when a stone 14 ft by 3 ft. by 10 in. fell from the roof and killed him outright The stone thinned to a fine edge at one side and broke away from a slip or break at the other side. Two props were displaced by the fall. The place was examined by the fireman four and a half hours before the accident and found in satisfactory order.

Murray, William, 28 Aug 1902, aged 26, Assistant bottomer, Whilst waiting for the descent of the cage, loaded hutches were pushed against him and he fell into the cage seat just as the cage was landing, and it crushed him

O'Brien, George, 17 Apr 1899, aged 21, Brusher, Fall of roof at road head while putting in a building

Pollock, Alexander, 09 Apr 1896, aged 16, Drawer, While waiting for the descent of the cage a loaded hutch, which he had just left, ran forward and knocked him into the cage seat, when the cage came down on him

Rankin, Joseph, 27 Mar 1906, aged 20, Drawer, When taking a full hutch along a road the roof fell on him

Robertson, John, 25 Jan 1899, aged 62, Waggon shifter, He stepped in front of an empty waggon in motion at the "screes" and was run over

Stevenson, Charles, 04 Nov 1913, aged 46, Miner, Deceased was on his way outbye to the shaft after finishing his day's work, and, while passing along the haulage road, the roof suddenly collapsed and he was killed by the fall

Stevenson, Charles, Junr, 30 May 1913, (accident: 27 May 1913), aged 19, Drawer, He was loading a hutch with coal at the heading of a conveyor wall, when a fall of roof occurred. The roof usually consisted of strong sandstone post and was not timbered on the roadways, but at this point a ply of rocky bands some 2½ inches thick ran in, and it was this ply of bands that burst away suddenly from the roof, he died three days later.

Weir, Thomas, 31 Jan 1913, aged 46, Miner, The deceased was sitting working at the face when a fall of roof occurred which killed him instantly. The place was well timbered but the fall came away from between two lypes