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April | 28 |
Rosehall |
Lanarkshire |
| Alexander
McGregor |
Death not listed in Inspectors report |
Newspaper
report - Old Monkland pages |
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April | 28 |
No. 4 Pit, Drumpeller |
Lanarkshire |
| William
Rodgers |
Death not listed in Inspectors report |
Newspaper
report - Old Monkland pages |
| May | 11 | Donibristle | Fife |
| Adam Adamson |
Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - Fife accidents |
| June | 22 | Townhill | Fife | | Thomas Izat | Death
not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - Fife accidents |
| July | 8 | Balbardie | Bathgate | James Hosie | Alexander Easton | From coming into contact with crank of engine |
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| July | 10 | Ayr Colliery | Ayr | John Taylor Gordon | John Shaw | Explosion of fire damp |
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| July | 19 | Woodlands | Alloa | Robert Bald | Alexander Innes | Fell of the cage when ascending pit |
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| July | 20 | Summerlee | Coatbridge | Messrs Wilson & Co | William Harkness | The winding rope falling on him in a sinking pit |
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| July | 27 | Cleland | Holytown | Robert Stewart | James Johnstone | Fall of coal at face |
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| July | 29 | Rosehall | Coatbridge | Messrs Adie & Miller | Robert Bell | Fell from a scaffold at pithead to the surface |
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| July | 31 | Rosehall | Coatbridge | Messrs Adie & Miller | David Black | Breaking of a crane rope when lifting pump rods |
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| August | 7 | Knightswood | Near Glasgow | Messrs Wilson & Co | John Malcolm | Fall of coal at face |
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| August | 9 | Fordel | Near Dunfermline | William M Henderson | Elizabeth Cook | Fell down the pit by pushing the hutch into the wrong side |
Newspaper report - Fife accidents |
| August | 16 | Auchinheath | Near Lesmahagow | Duke of Hamilton | John Fory | Overbalanced by a hutch on an incline plane |
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| August | 29 | Easter Moffat | Near Airdrie | Johnstone and Gilmuir | James Reid | Fall of roof at face |
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| August | 31 | Tranent | Near Haddington | H F Caddell | James Dow & Walker Stewart | Fell off a hanging scaffold to the bottom of the pit, by the crane getting out of gear |
Newspaper report |
| August | 31 | Teasses | Near Cupar, Fife | David Graham | James Palmer & William Lecco | Fall of roof in drawing road |
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| September | 4 | Gatehead | Near Kilmarnock | Archibald Finnie | William McKinnan | Fall of coal at face |
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| September | 5 | Bartonholm | Near Irvine | Eglinton Iron Co | James Dale | Fall of coal at face |
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| September | 12 | Colliertree | Near Airdrie | Trustees of late John Wilson | Andrew Cummings | Struck by cage at pit bottom |
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| September | 13 | Dalzell | Near Hamilton | Wilsons & Co | Andrew Cochrane | Fall of roof at face |
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| September | 14 | Eglinton | Irvine | Eglinton Iron Co | Thomas Syme | Struck by the crank of a pumping machine |
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| September | 21 | Busbie | Kilmarnock | Archibald Finnie | Barney McQuigan | Fall of roof at face |
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| September | 27 | Govan | Glasgow | William Dixon | John Bryson | Fell down pit, from breakage of winding rope |
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| September | 28 | Blackbraes | Falkirk | James Russell & Son | David Smellie | Fell from an upper working to the pit bottom |
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| September | 30 | Hurlford | Kilmarnock | Allan, Gilmour & Co | James Brown | Explosion of fire damp |
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| October | 4 | Clyde Iron Works | Near Glasgow | Colin Dunlop & Co | William Bain | Fall of roof in drawing road |
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| October | 5 | Jerviston | Near Holytown | Wilsons & Co | Patrick Boyle | Fall of roof at face |
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| October | 11 | Stevenston | Near Ardrossan | Merry & Cunningham | James Campbell & William Ross | Winding drum getting out of gear |
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| October | 19 | Chapelhall | Near Airdrie | Monkland Iron & Steel Co | John Stevenston | Explosion of fire damp |
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| October | 26 | Lugar Iron Works | Old Cumnock | Trustees of late John Wilson | William Houston | Fall of roof at face |
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| October | 19 | Perceton | Irvine | P B M Macredie | John McCluskie | Fall of roof at face |
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| November | 2 | Rosehall | Near Coatbridge | Addie and Miller | James Cowie | Fall of roof at face |
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| November | 2 | Stevenston | Near Ardrossan | Merry & Cunningham | John Beattie | Fall of roof at face |
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| November | 9 | Calder Ironworks | Airdrie | William Dixon | John Campbell | Fall of coal at face |
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| November | 13 | Edmonstone | Near Dalkeith | John Wauchope | James Reid | Fall of roof in drawing road |
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| November | 16 | Rosehall | Near Coatbridge | Addie and Miller | William Hill | Explosion of fire damp |
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| November | 17 | Dalkeith | Near Dalkeith | Duke of Buccleuch | Joseph Deniston | Fell out of sinking kettle while ascending the pit |
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| November | 20 | Holmes | Near Kilmarnock | John Horne | Thomas Ramage | Fall of coal at face |
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| November | 21 | Houston | Near Linlithgow | Henry Hardie & Co | John Robertson | Breakage of the rope while ascending the pit |
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| November | 21 | Dysart, Boreland | Fife | | John Johnston |
Death not listed in Inspectors report | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| November | 24 | Bartonshill | Near Coatbridge | Bartonhill Coal Co | Donald Miller | Fall of coal and stone at face |
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| November | 24 | Hurlford | Near Kilmarnock | Allan, Gilmour & Co | And. Miller, J. Crawford, John Orr, Robert Kyle | Explosion of fire damp |
Newspaper Report |
| December | 4 | Hillhead | Near Kilmarnock | John Gilmour | James Murphy | Fall of roof at face |
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| December | 6 | Coltness | Near Wishaw | A G Simpson | George Muir | While “stemming” a shot in a sinking pit it went off |
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| December | 8 | Dalmacouther | Near Airdrie | William Simpson | John Whitten | Fell down the pit |
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| December | 9 | Eastfield | Near Glasgow | J G Buchanan | John Proudfoot | Fall of coal at face |
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December | 14 |
Gateside |
Dumfries |
|
Walter Black |
Death not listed in Inspectors report |
Newspaper report -
Dumfriesshire pages |
| December | 20 | Hurlford | Near Kilmarnock | John Howie | Robert Porter | By coming in contact with the fly-wheel of the winding engine |
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| December | 21 | Drumclair | Near Slamannan | John Nimmo | Samuel Duffy | Fall of coal at face |
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| December | 21 | Coltness Iron Works | Near Wishaw | Coltness Iron Co | William McDede | Crushed by cage at pit bottom |
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| December | 22 | Dalmellington | Near Ayr | Dalmellington Iron Co | James Craig | Fell from an upper working to the pit bottom |
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| December |
28 |
Farm |
Near Glasgow |
James Farie |
James Boyle |
Fall of roof at face |
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