Wemyss Colliery

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Baxter, John, 07 Dec 1887, aged 58, Engineman, Fell into bellcrank

Birrel, Thomas, 15 Nov 1873, aged 19, Incline Man, Fall of roof at top of an incline

Christie, Alexander, 16 Feb 1901, aged 64, Miner, Deceased was building a pillar in a long wall level in a seam 7 feet in thickness, when about 15 cwts. of coal and stone fell from between two parallel lypes and killed him instantly. There were no gibs under the coal, and the nearest rance was 12 feet distant

Christie, Thomas, 29 May 1900, aged 59, Miner, Deceased was laying the foundation for a wooden pillar to support the roof when the coal above suddenly fell

Clunie, John, 11 Aug 1886, aged 57, Collier, Fall of side. At face; stoop and room

Dryburgh, George, 28 Nov 1865, aged 66, Labourer, Crane ran amain and the handle struck him. He did not understand its action, and threw it into "single instead of double power"

Laing, George, 18 Dec 1897, aged 56, Miner, Deceased was proceeding up the rise side of his place to take off his holed coal, when it fell on him

McNeish, Samuel, 11 Aug 1897, aged 28, Sinker, Deceased was drilling a shot hole at the face of a crosscut mine when a large stone suddenly fell upon him, killing him almost instantly. The stone had probably been shaken by some shots fired about four hours previously, although deceased's fellow workmen failed to see any indication of danger

Morgan, Alexander, 05 Mar 1867, aged 55, Engineman, He was in the shaft watching the start of a new pumping engine, when owing to a defective casting about 300 feet of the new pipes fell down the shaft, and some of them struck them

Mulholland, Stewart, 26 Oct 1898, aged 45, Miner, The place of accident was a dook, and a block, consisting of a prop fixed between the roof and floor, was put in near the face on which the tubs rested ; this block slipped out and tubs moving down crushed deceased at the coal face. The prop appeared to be too short

Munro, John, 17 Feb 1902, aged 38, Miner, Deceased was wedging down some coal which had already been shaken by a shot. The working was 7 ft. 9 ins. in height, and the head of the coal was overhanging the back of the holing by about 7 ft. A large mass of coal came away suddenly and fractured his skull

Penman, John, 17 Nov 1903, aged 42, Miner, Deceased with several other workmen was proceeding to his work, and was riding on the waggon next the locomotive engine, when the engine left the rails and he was thrown and crushed between the waggon and engine buffer. The engine left the rails at points leading to a new road in course of construction, and on investigation it was discovered that the points had been tampered with

Reid, David, 08 Sep 1887, aged 25, Drawer, Fall of roof. On drawing road; long wall

Robertson, Frank, 11 Aug 1906, aged 27, Hutch mender, While proceeding along the railway to his home in a state of intoxication he was run over by a train of waggons [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Rodger, John, 20 Apr 1888, aged 36, Stone miner, Explosion of gunpowder. He went back before shot went off

Stenhouse, Albert, 17 Oct 1925, Fall of coal