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1869 Deaths listed in Mine Inspectors Report

This table is compiled from appendices to the reports of the Inspector of Mines and Collieries - William Alexander for the Western District of Scotland and Ralph Moore for the Eastern District of Scotland. Additional details from the main body of the report are given where available. Many accidents are not listed in these reports and additional names have been added from newspaper reports and other sources - information not sourced from the mine inspectors reports is indicated by a shaded gray background
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Year	Month	Day	Name of Colliery	Where situated	Owners name	Person(s) killed	Occupation	Age if given	Category of Accident	Cause of death	Extra Details
1869	January	7	Merryton			John Mackie			Not listed in report appendices	From body of report - In December 1868, a collier named Millar went into his working place in Merryton Colliery with his naked light and ignited some firedamp which had accumulated in it during the night. He died in the beginning of last year from the effects of the injuries received, and in June last, Alex. Matthie, the fireman, was tried before Sheriff Bell and a jury for permitting him to enter the place when gas was in it. He was fined ten pounds.	Newspaper report - Hamilton pages
1869	January	14	Grange No 2	Kilmarnock	Robert Yeats & Co	George Crichton	Collier	23	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof	Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages NB Correct name is George Brogan
1869	January	15	Home Farm	Hamilton	Hamilton & McCulloch	Au. McMinn	Collier	--	Falls	By fall of coal while taking out stoops
1869	January	19	Ashgill	Larkhall	Merry & Cunningham	Jas. Quin	Sinker	--	In shafts	Fell out of sinking kettle while ascending shaft
1869	January	23	Aitkenhead	Baillieston	Provanhall Coal Co	Hugh Burns	roadman	40	In shafts	Fell part way down pit. Mistake of signals	Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages
1869	January	29	Corseford	Johnstone	Ludovic Houston	John Steel	Collier	29	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof
1869	February	2	Shieldmuir	Wishaw	Wishaw Iron Co	Jno Morton	roadman	40	Falls	By fall of coal while examining pillar
1869	February	3	Newbattle	Dalkeith	Marquis of Lothian	Jas Paterson	Collier	29	Falls	By upper leaf of great seam falling on him while he was working on it
1869	February	6	Goatfoot	Galston	Boyd, Gilmour & Co	James McGee	Collier	18	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof
1869	February	6	Heathery Knowe	Baillieston	Heathery Knowe Coal Co	Wm Penman	Collier	22	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof
1869	February	18	Roughrigg	Airdrie	Forester & Robson	George Bennie	Collier	38	Falls	By fall of roof at face, Long wall. Seam 30 inches. Roof good
1869	February	25	Highland Park	Kilsyth	Brown & Rennie	John Mitchell	Collier	63	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of coal at face
1869	March	1	Cornsilloch	Larkhall	N Cochrane & Co	Thos Cairnduff	Collier	25	Explosions	Explosion of fire damp From Main body of report: There was one fatal accident by an explosion of fire-damp, that of a man who died a few days after he was burned by an explosion of gas at Cornsilloch Colliery, Hamilton, in March last. He was working in a bratticed place, and was re-entering his place, after fifteen minutes absence, with his naked light, and ignited some gas which had accumulated during his absence. The pit had newly reached the coal, the door stoop was not turned, and the ventilating arrangements were only temporary.
1869	March	9	Lodge	Slamannan	John Watson	John Chalmers	Collier	20	Falls	Fall of roof at face. Coal 30 inches. Long wall
1869	March	9	Rosebank No 1	Cambuslang	James Dunlop & Co	Henry W Garvin	Brusher	36	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof while engaged securing it
1869	March	13	Wishaw	Wishaw	Wishaw Iron Co	George Halley	Collier	35	Falls	Jammed by a fall of top coal
1869	March	16	Stonecraigs	Coltness	Coltness Iron Co	A Dalziel	Drawer	15	Miscellaneous	Crushed by cage at pit bottom. Mistake of signals	Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages
1869	March	17	Lochfitty	Dunfermline	Beath & Blairadam Coal Co	Peter Webster	Collier	30	Falls	By the coal he was holing rolling over on him	Newspaper report
1869	March	18	Niddrie	Edinburgh	John Grieve	And King	Drawer	15	Falls	Fall of roof at face	Newspaper report
1869	March	20	Overton	Wishaw	Coltness Iron Co	J McCourt	Collier	17	Falls	Fall of roof while removing pillars	Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages
1869	March	22	Swineridgemuir	Beith	Merry & Cunningham	Andrew Barr	Drawer	12	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of coal
1869	April	2	Alloa	Alloa	Alloa Coal Co	Wm Ramaye	Collier	24	Falls	Fall of coal while removing pillars
1869	April	9	Coats	Coatbridge	Thomas Jackson	James Judge	Collier	22	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof
1869	April	14	Govan	Glasgow	W S Dixon	Peter Shields	Collier	22	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of coal while undermining it	Newspaper Report
1869	April	14	Shotts	Shotts	Shotts Iron Co	Pat Moore	Collier	20	Ironstone mines – falls	Fall of roof
1869	April	21	Galston	Galston	John Horne	Andrew Connal	Roadsman	58	In shafts	Was raised by the cage in the shaft when going off at a mid working From Main body of report: In this case there were two seams of coal being worked at different levels. The deceased was a roadsman and general assistant, and had occasion to visit both seams. It appears that on the morning of the accident he, along with the manager, had been "signalled away" upon the cage from the lower seam. It was the intention of the deceased to go off at the upper seam, but from some cause the cage was not stopped at it. The bottomer at the upper seam, on being called upon to signal back the cage to that level, did so, and it was lowered accordingly. At this point some unfortunate misunderstanding as to signals took place, and the engine-man, instead of allowing the cage to remain steadily at the upper seam, raised it while the deceased was in the act of getting off. He was caught between the cage and the side of the shaft, and, after being dragged up a certain distance, fell away from the manager, who had partly a hold of him, to the bottom of the shaft. The opening for getting off the shaft into the upper workings, was narrow and ill adapted for persons going off the cage at, and though it was occasionally used, particularly by the manager and his assistants, it was not the proper inlet from the shaft.	Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages
1869	April	24	Holmes No 3 Pit	Galston	John Horne	Wm Drummond	Waggoner	60	Above ground	Was run over by a waggon from a “back-lye” when shifting the switches near to the screen From Main body of report: From miscellaneous causes only one person was fatally injured. He was an experienced workman, and at the time of the accident was engaged putting some empty waggons into a “back lye” at the colliery. In this case the waggons, owing to the construction of the railway, when put in to motion, moved slowly, by an arrangement of switches, in to the different “lyes” alongside the pit. The deceased, it appears, had at the time been shifting the switches, when the waggons came upon him, and he, either by losing his footing or otherwise, was caught and crushed under them. So far as I could learn, the sufferer, who was 60 years of age, had injudiciously persisted in attending at the work while partially incapacitated from having been indulging too freely in the use of intoxicating drink.	Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages
1869	April	28	Westmuir	Glasgow	Robert Gray & Co	David Greenshields	Collier	19	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof at face
1869	April	29	Strone	Kilsyth	Stone Colliery Co	John McKay	Collier	25	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof at face
1869	May	1	Coltness	Wishaw	A G Simpson	R Bradley	Collier	30	Falls	Fall of “brushing” at road head
1869	May	1	Kinneil	Bo'ness	George Wilson & Co	Richd Grant	Collier	52	Falls	Fall of roof in splint coal at face
1869	May	6	Rosehall	Airdrie	Robert Addie & Sons	J McNulty	Brusher	30	Falls	Fall of brushing while working at it
1869	May	6	Springside	Kilmarnock	Archd Kenneth	John Hutchison	Roadsman	40	In shafts	Was caught by the signal wire, and drawn off the cage, when about to repair it (the wire) From Main body of report: On the day of the accident the "signal wire" in the shaft had broken, near to the connexion formed with the signal hammer at the surface, and the deceased, who was one of the underground assistants, repaired it. I understand that after the repair had been made, the pit had not been worked more than an hour, when the wire broke a second time. The deceased and a neighbouring workman, for the purpose of again repairing the wire, had gone on to the cage, and were in the act of being drawn up when the broken wire, hanging partially loose in the shaft, got entangled with the cage, and in some way coiling round the deceased, he was drawn off the cage, and fell down the shaft a distance of 50 feet or thereby. It was an overlook on the part of the deceased to attempt to go up the division of the shaft where the wire was hanging loose and broken, without first communicating with the engineman as to the state of things, so that he might have raised the cage slowly, and taken all necessary precautions.
1869	May	6	Walliford	Musselburgh	J & C Christie	W Wright	Contractor	39	Falls	Fall in main road while receding it
1869	May	8	Dalzellowlie	Maybole	James Coupar	Alexander Jones	Collier	45	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of coal at face
1869	May	10	Carnbrae	Coatbridge	Merry & Cunningham	J McCorachie	Collier	45	Falls	Fall of roof at face
1869	May	11	Benhar	Whitburn	George Simpson	Rob Baxter	pitheadman	46	Above ground	Winding drum was out of gear and ran amain. He was struck by rope
1869	May	18	Broomlands	Irvine	Bourtreehill Coal Co	Andrew Stewart	Drawer	15	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof at face
1869	May	19	Edgehead	Dalkeith	Jno Christie	J Aitken	Collier	47	Falls	Hurt by a piece of stone falling off roadside. Died in infirmary
1869	May	24	Bankhead	Galston	Eglinton Iron Co	Andrew Holland	Collier	19	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof at face
1869	May	24	Carfin	Motherwell	W S Dixon	D Morrison	Stoker	40	Miscellaneous	Killed while greasing a beam in shaft
1869	May	26	Overdalserf	Motherwell	R Wotherspoon	Wm Adair	Labourer	30	In shafts	Ran “empty” into shaft when cage was not there, and fell in
1869	May	31	Lochside No 3 Pit	Kilbirnie	Merry & Cunningham	Chas Mulharen	Labourer	55	Ironstone mines – in shafts	Fell down the shaft by the cage being raised when he was in the act of getting off it
1869	June	2	Bleeze	Dalry	Merry & Cunningham	Alex Crawford	Collier	40	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof at face
1869	June	4	Alva	Alloa	James Johnstone	James Gillespie	Drawer	15	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of coal at face
1869	June	4	Carfin	Motherwell	W S Dixon	Jas Trotter	Collier	40	Falls	Fall of coal
1869	June	7	Lumphinnans	Lochgelly	Lumphinnans Iron Co	Thos Beveridge	Collier	--	Falls	Fall of roof	Newspaper report - Beath pages
1869	June	7	No.1 Pit Pather Colliery	Lanarkshire		William Nicol			Not listed	Death not listed in Inspectors report	With thanks to Ian E. Hume for providing this information
1869	June	8	Dalzellowlie	Maybole	James Coupar	Alexander Paton	Engineman	58	In shafts	Fell down the shaft from the surface From Main body of report: It is difficult to understand how this accident happened, and as no one saw the deceased fall into the shaft, it can only be conjectured that, as his oil pourie was found close to him at the pit bottom, he had gone near to the shaft for the purpose of oiling some of the parts of the machinery, and either overbalanced, or in some way fallen in. The parts of the machinery near to the shaft, and occasionally requiring a little attention, were ill situated for getting at, and the deceased, who had long acted as engine-man, and was advanced in years, had probably exposed himself rather more than was really necessary.
1869	June	15	Wishaw	Wishaw	Wishaw Iron Co	Hugh Dickson	Collier	--	Falls	Fall of roof
1869	June	18	Gilmilnscroft	Auchinleck	James Watchman	James Caddis	Collier	45	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of coal at face
1869	June	19	Knownoble	Wishaw	Scott & Gilmour	William Ross	Collier	30	Falls	Fall of coal at face
1869	June	24	Netherton	Wishaw	Scott & Gilmour	Geo Arbuckle	Collier	--	Falls	Fall of stone at face
1869	June	25	Avonhead	Airdrie	Avonhead Coal Co	---- ----	----	--	Above ground	Engine out of gear and men ran down pit	[Men were Michael Queen & James Murdoch-not named in report] Newspaper report
1869	June	25	Avonhead	Airdrie	Avonhead Coal Co	---- ----	----	--	Above ground	Engine out of gear and men ran down pit
1869	June	30	Annbank	Ayr	T J Gordon	George Dunlop	Pony driver	16	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of coal on a roadway
1869	July	1	Dundonald	Lochgelly	Mr Naysmith	Thos McMahon	Collier	42	Miscellaneous	Ran down on incline. Place of refuge close by
1869	July	3	Alloa	Alloa	Alloa Coal Co	Jas Mitchel	Roadsman	40	Falls	Fall of stone while repairing road
1869	July	10	Ashyard	Galston	James Eaglesham	William White	Collier	22	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of coal
1869	July	10	Lucknow	Stevenston	Merry & Cunningham	Joseph Kelso	Collier	16	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof
1869	July	17	Dalharco No 2	Dalmellington	Dalmellington Iron Co	Robert Hamilton	Collier	28	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of coal
1869	July	19	Tunnel Pit	Coatbridge	Drumpeller Coal Co	Robert Graham	Collier	53	Explosions	Explosion of fire damp From Main body of report: The workings of this pit were principally confined to the broken or taking out pillars. The deceased on the morning of the accident went into his place as directed by the fireman, and continued to work therein for about six hours, when a small accumulation of gas was ignited at his open lamp, and he was injured by it, at first it was thought slightly ; but he was an aged man, and died from the effects of it about a week after, Apparently the gas had been forced out upon the deceased's lamp ; it may have been by a fall of roof beyond the possible range of the fireman's inspection, but the ventilation at that particular place was weak and barely sufficient to cope with any unusual discharge of gas. This points to the necessity for the strict use of safety lamps while taking out pillars, if gas is suspected to exist.
1869	July	23	Niddrie	Edinburgh	J & C Grieve	Thos Denholm	Labourer	25	Miscellaneous	Killed on incline. Mistake of signals
1869	July	26	Barleith	Hurlford	John Galloway & Co	James Young	Fireman	50	Explosions	Explosion of fire damp From Main body of report: In this case the deceased acted as fireman, and was otherwise engaged assisting in the management of the pit. It appears that one of the working places, A, fig. 3, near to the extreme of one of the sections of work, had been abandoned for some time. The brattice by which the air was guided into it was not quite up to the face, consequently the air did not pass farther than the end of the brattice, or about 30 feet from the face of the coal. Between the end of the brattice and the coal a small quantity of gas had accumulated. I understand that on the day of the accident the deceased and an assistant had gone into the place A for the purpose of extending the brattice, to clear out the gas, and getting it put into working order. They had extended the brattice 12 feet, or to within 18 feet of the coal face; they had used safety lamps to work with, but kept their open lights back, as at B, about 38 feet from the face. It is understood that at the time of the accident the assistant had gone from the face to where the open lights were placed with the safety lamp for the purpose of trimming it, and during his absence the deceased had commenced to " waff" or displace the gas beyond the brattice, when either by passing back the " intake" to B, or along the return towards C, and finding an opening through the imperfect brattice, it ignited at the open lights at B. There was a slight explosion, by which they were both burned, and the deceased shortly after died from the effects of the injuries. This description of accident should never happen. Under the circumstances it was absurd to allow open lights to be near to the gas, although the quantity was small, while in the act of displacing it; and it is difficult to conceive how a steady careful man, such as the deceased is reported to have been, should have acted so inconsiderately.
1869	July	30	Rosehall	Airdrie	R Addie & Sons	M Cairns	Brusher	40	Falls	Fall of brushing he was working at
1869	August	5	Barrhill	Cannock	Eglinton Iron Co	Andrew Weir	Miner	30	Ironstone mines – in shafts	Was struck by a kettle which got disengaged while being raised, and fell on him
1869	August	18	Middhill	Holytown	Hurl & Young	James McKinnon	Boy	13	In shafts	Ran “empty” in wrong opening and fell down pit
1869	August	19	Wishaw	Wishaw	Wishaw Iron Co	James Stark	Collier	48	Falls	Fall of roof
1869	August	25	Newbattle	Dalkeith	Marquis of Lothian	W Mitchel	Collier	15	Above ground	Ran on to cage while it was in motion and crushed by it
1869	August	30	Maidenbank	Muirkirk	Eglinton Iron Co	Andrew Gemmell	Collier	25	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of coal at face
1869	August	31	Cadder	Bishopbriggs	Carron Iron Co	John Allen	Pit-headman	35	Ironstone mines – above ground	Was struck by the winding rope in its descent down the shaft, after breaking
1869	September	3	Haywood	Wilsonton	Haywood Coal Co	Rob Pillans	Collier	33	Miscellaneous	Squeezed by hutch on incline
1869	September	3	Stevenston	Stevenston	Merry & Cunningham	John Duff	Collier	20	In shafts	Was crushed in the shaft while being raised
1869	September	8	Cowdenbeath	Dunfermline	Smith Sligo	A Hunter	Collier	52	Falls	Fall of roof at face	Newspaper report - Beath pages
1869	September	11	Shieldmuir	Motherwell	Wilsons & Co	W McCrae	Collier	35	Falls	Fall of stone
1869	September	15	Neilston	Kilsyth	James Wallace & Co	Alex Fisher	Collier	33	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof at face
1869	September	17	Milnwood	Holytown	Jno Christie	Jas McGill	Collier	18	Falls	Fall of roof at face
1869	September	20	Quarter	Hamilton	Colin Dunlop & Co	W Fleming	Sinker	42	In shafts	Rope caught on bunton and fell on him
1869	September	22	Elphingstone	Musselburgh	Deans & Moore	Jno Ferguson	Drawer	14	Miscellaneous	Squeezed while putting something on cage in motion
1869	September	28	Benhar	Whitburn	R Addie & Sons	J Salsburgh	pitheadman	52	In shafts	Ran hutch into wrong side of shaft and fell after it
1869	October	8	Peep o'Day	Airdrie	Monkland Iron & Steel Co	Robert Watson	Sinker	35	Ironstone mines – above ground	Got entangled with the crank of the pumping engine
1869	October	9	Newbattle	Dalkeith	Marquis of Lothian	J Buchan	Labourer	50	Above ground	While putting crane in single gear with weight on, it overpowered 6 men, of which these were two	Newspaper report - Lothian pages
1869	October	9	Newbattle	Dalkeith	Marquis of Lothian	J Shimm	Labourer	50	Above ground		Newspaper report - Lothian pages
1869	October	12	Neilston No 1	Kilsyth	W Baird & Co	Alexander Patrick	Roadsman	27	Ironstone mines – miscellaneous	Explosion of gunpowder whilst stemming a shot
1869	October	15	Brownieside	Airdrie	Shotts Iron Co	G Smillie	Sinker	42	In shafts	Fall of hanging scaffold
1869	October	15	Castlehill	Carluke	Shotts Iron Co	J Cameron	Sinker	40	Miscellaneous	Suffocated by choke damp
1869	October	23	Drumshangie	Airdrie	Law & Brand	Joseph Eager	Drawer	30	Miscellaneous	Crushed by cage at pit bottom. Mistake of signals
1869	October	24	Limerigg	Slammanan	Robert Baird	W Jackson	Collier	--	Miscellaneous	Crushed by cage while attempting to cross the bottom
1869	October	30	Balquhatstone	Slammanan	Jno Watson	Chas Morgan	Collier	22	In shafts	Fall off rope which he was attempting to slide down
1869	October	30	Garriongill	Wishaw	Coltness Iron Co	Wm McGhie	Collier	17	Miscellaneous	Jammed by hutches on incline. He had no business there
1869	November	11	Eastfield	Cambuslang	T G Buchanan	James Lindsay	Collier	20	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of coal at face
1869	November	15	Burnbank	Galston	Boyd, Gilmour & Co	Richard Armour	Labourer	32	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof
1869	November	15	Todds Calder	Coatbridge	W S Dixon	Peter Gillespie	Brusher	37	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof
1869	November	16	Glespin	Douglas	James Gwann	J McLean	Engine	20	Above ground	Fell in between wheels, while greasing them in motion
1869	November	16	Stepends	Airdrie	Summerlee Iron Co	R Know	Engineman	40	Above ground	Fell in among machinery
1869	November	16	Townhill	Dunfermline	Townhill Coal Co	A Hynd	Collier	25	Falls	Fall of roof	Newspaper report
1869	November	16	Townhill	Dunfermline	Townhill Coal Co	Jas Milne	Collier	29	Falls	Fall of roof	Newspaper report
1869	November	20	Fergushill No 17	Kilwinning	Archd Finnie	Alexander Bryden	Drawer	14	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof
1869	November	27	Cadder	Bishopbriggs	Carron Iron Co	John Bankier	Sinker	30	Ironstone mines – in shafts	Breakage of a chain, which knocked him off a scaffold in its descent
1869	December	8	Kirkwood	Coatbridge	John Hendrie	Thomas White	Sinker	48	In shafts	Struck by a stone which fell from the side of the shaft
1869	December	9	West Pleans	Bannockburn	Moyes Murray & Co	Thomas Robertson	Pit-headman	23	In shafts	Fell down the shaft from the surface From Main body of report: The deceased was a young man and assistant pit-headman, and at the time of the accident he was engaged emptying a water chest, and returning with it to be placed upon the cage, when he fell into the shaft and was fatally injured. If self-acting moveable fences, such as are in use at the majority of pits, had been in operation this unfortunate accident could not have happened.
1869	December	14	Burgh Colliery	Irvine	A G Simpson	William Cairns	Fireman	40	Explosions	Explosion of fire damp From Main body of report: The deceased was night fireman, and on the evening of the accident, before allowing the workmen to descend to their work, he in making his examination discovered that the ventilation was defective. He dismissed the workmen on account of the pit not being in a fit state for persons to work in, but after a few hours he again descended with an open light for the purpose of making a farther examination when, as reported, a quantity of fire-damp was ignited at his unprotected light near to the pit bottom. Owing to the situation of the "waste" of this pit, it is difficult to comprehend how an explosion of firedamp could happen at the pit-bottom without being much more destructive than the one in question. And no doubt a flask of gunpowder had been exploded in addition to any other explosion, which of itself might possibly have accounted for the accident. There was something painful about this occurrence, the poor fellow, on account of a derangement of the "slides" in the shaft, having to lie a considerable time at the bottom of the pit before he could be got up. He lived a few weeks after the accident, but died from the effects of the injuries.
1869	December	14	Mount Vernon	Baillieston	John Young	Walter Davidson	Collier	16	Explosions	Explosion of fire damp From Main body of report: The unfortunate sufferer in this case was a young lad who worked with a collier in the "main" seam. It appears to have been arranged with the oversman that they should change their place of work from the main to the " ell" coal, and they had their choice of the walls A, B, fig. 4. I understand that on the morning of the accident the deceased had gone into the "ell" coal, as explained by the person with whom he worked, for the purpose of examining the roads leading into the walls A and B, to find out which of them would be the most suitable for "drawing" upon, and while in the act of going into the wall-face A, a quantity of firedamp was ignited at his lamp, and by which he and the person who was working in the wall C were seriously injured. In this case the fireman had wilfully neglected to examine the colliery before allowing the workmen to enter to their work. He was charged by the Procurators Fiscal, Messrs. Hart and Gemmell, with culpable homicide, also culpable neglect of duty, and tried by the sheriff of Lanark and a jury. He was found guilty of culpable neglect of duty, (the charge of culpable homicide was not proven,) and sentenced to one month's imprisonment or pay a fine of £10.
1869	December	18	Cleland	Holytown	Monkland Iron Co	R Adair	Roadsman	35	Above ground	Struck on head by a block falling from pulley	Possible Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages
1869	December	20	Nr Falkland Road Station	Fife		James Wilson			Not listed	Death not listed in Inspectors report	Newspaper report - Fife pages
1869	December	21	Faskine	Airdrie	Wm Baird & Co	James Smith	Sinker	18	Ironstone mines – falls of ironstone and roof	Fall of roof at face while engaged securing it
1869	December	22	Mount Vernon	Baillieston	John Young	John Connolly	Collier	48	Falls of coal and roof	Fall of roof at face	Lanarkshire accidents
1869	December	23	Kenmuir	Airdrie	Wilsons & Co	Pat Develine	Miner	26	Ironstone mines – falls of ironstone and roof	Fall of roof
1869	December	30	Kinneil	Bo'ness	Kinneil Iron Co	R Grant	Miner	13	Falls	Fall of stone from roof of working place

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