Wellsgreen Colliery

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Anderson, William, 21 Nov 1904, aged 21, Labourer, The dirt from the picking tables is thrown into a hopper and falls into a tub on the surface level and within a few feet of the main line of railway to the colliery. The tubs are hauled across the line of rails to and from a hoist and the loaded tubs are raised and debris deposited on dirt bing. Deceased was about to pull a loaded tub from under hopper when the front of a train of empty waggons caught him and fatally crushed him. The locomotive was behind pushing the waggons in front, and the brakesman was beside the driver instead of on the leading waggon. The driver whistled as he approached the screens, but apparently by reason of the noise made by the coal cleaning machinery, deceased did not hear the whistle. The arrangement for crossing the line of rails with the tubs was a bad one

Comb, William, 15 May 1895, 7.10 a.m., aged 49, Miner, Fall of coal

Forrester, John, 21 Dec 1898, aged 74, Waggon timmer, While deceased was supposed to be climbing a fence, he appears to have placed his foot at return wheel of conveyor, and the leg was drawn in

Hunter, Adam, 26 Apr 1899, aged 42, Miner, Deceased and others were engaged on a cut chain brae inclined 1 in 4, putting a loaded tub, which was derailed, on the rails, and when it was put on it ran away at a high speed, and while trying to cross to the opposite side to reach a place of safety the ascending empty tub struck him. He died from his injuries five days afterwards. No one seemed to think of pinning down the brake while the work of putting the tub on the rails was proceeding

Kay, David, 20 Jun 1894, 10.45 a.m., aged 26, Loco. guard, Run over by waggons

McCabe, William, 16 Jul 1903, (accident: 14 Jul 1903), aged 26, Drawer, Deceased was hanging on a tub at the foot of a short wheel brae, and before it had been completely hooked on shouted to the drawer at brae head to shove over. This was done more promptly than he expected ; the end of the chain was jerked away and the full tub ran down, struck the corner of the empty one and drove it against deceased, causing injuries which resulted fatally two days afterwards

McCartney, Henry, 12 Aug 1892, 7.30 a.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 63, Miner, Fall of coal

Pratt, Alexander, 11 Dec 1910, aged 26, Machineman, When a bar coal cutting machine was being taken along the face with the bar out of the coal, the picks in the bar caught his clothing and he was drawn into the bar and killed instantly

Scott, David, 28 Mar 1902, aged 23, Miner, The Dysart main coal is worked in two divisions, first, the lower part, and second, the upper part. Deceased worked in the lower, and was about to put up a rance to the coal, when it fell over and crushed him against the stowage in the waste

Shields, J. H., Aug 1934, (accident: 30 Mar 1934), from blood poisoning

Thompson, Thomas, 15 Nov 1892, 8.50 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 24, Pithead worker, Fell from scaffold

Webster, Peter, 27 Nov 1902, aged 63, Miner, Deceased was preparing coal near the face for his drawer, when the roof suddenly fell

Wilson, William, 01 Dec 1922, (accident: 29 Nov 1922, 1 p.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 17, Drawer, He was crushed between standing tubs in the lye and the set he was bringing in; there were three tubs in the set. He was so severely injured that he died two days later.