Scottish Mining Website

1889 Deaths listed in Mine Inspectors Report

This table is compiled from appendices to the reports of the Inspector of Mines and Collieries. 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
We welcome information on deaths not listed on this page - please complete a submission form

Year	Month	Day	Name of Colliery	Where situated	Owner or Company	Person(s) killed	Occupation	Age	Category	Cause of accident and remarks	Extra details
1889	January	22	Dalmeny	Linlithgow	Dalmeny Oil Co Ltd	Alex McGillvray	Miner	32	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof
1889	January	26	Newliston No 29	Linlithgow	Youngs Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co Ltd	Alex Sharp	Bottomer	30	Miscellaneous underground	Crushed by carriage
1889	January	26	Rosie No 1	Fife	Bowman and Co	James Taylor	Miner	22	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of coal
1889	January	29	Drumpeller No 4	Coatbridge	Drumpeller Coal Co	Alfred McCulloch	Miner	34	Miscellaneous underground	Struck by a runaway hutch while passing the foot of a heading
1889	January	31	Kirkland No 4	Linlithgow	Youngs Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co Ltd	James Duffy	Miner	35	Explosion of fire damp	Explosion of fire damp From Main body of report: One man lost his life by an explosion of fire-damp in the Kirkland No. 4 Oil Shale Mine, county of Linlithgow, the property of Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company, Limited. Deceased, was engaged as a miner in stooping or removing pillars; he ventured into the waste or goaf, adjacent to his working place, for the purpose of obtaining water, and ignited some gas with his open light. It appeared that the fireman had not examined the part of the waste where the gas was ignited, as it was a place where no person was expected to be.
1889	February	7	Denbeath	Fife	Bowman and Co	John Turnbull	Miner	40	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of rock
1889	February	16	Ballochmyle	Cumnock	Wm Walker	John Stevenson	Miner	40	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of coal
1889	February	18	No 1 Pit, Bank	Coatbridge	Wm Dixon Ltd	John Divens	Miner	36	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof at working face
1889	February	20	Wester Gartshore No2	Kirkintilloch	J & A F Wallace	Robert Smith	Bottomer	53	In shafts	Pushed a hutch into the open shaft at a mid-working and fell after it From Main body of report: Caused by the deceased bottomer leaving a gate open at a mid-working after sending the cage to the surface, and then pushing a full hutch into the open shaft and falling after it.
1889	February	25	Cowdenbeath	Fife	Cowdenbeath Coal Co	Michael Reilly	platelayer	53	Above ground	Run over by waggon
1889	March	6	Rigside	Lanark	Rigside Mining Co	James Lindsay	Labourer	15	Above ground	By bogie on surface
1889	March	14	Kingseat	Fife	Wallace Bros	David Campbell	Miner	35	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof
1889	March	18	Cowdenbeath	Fife	Cowdenbeath Coal Co	Charles Baxter	Miner	64	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of coal
1889	March	18	Newbattle	Edinburgh	Marquis of Lothian	Archibald Hadden	Miner	23	Miscellaneous underground	Explosion of a shot From Main body of report: Three persons lost their lives by shots exploding unexpectedly. Two of the cases at Newbattle and Loanhead Collieries were accompanied by very similar circumstances; two shots were arranged to be fired together in the same heading by two miners; one fuse was ignited, and it was thought that the other was not ignited ; after one shot had exploded a return was made when the other exploded
1889	March	19	Bankend	Lanark	Owners of Chapelhall	John Harrison	Miner	51	Miscellaneous underground	Crushed by a “cuddie”
1889	March	19	Elgin & Wellwood	Fife	Thomas Spowart & Co Ltd	Francis German	Miner	34	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof
1889	March	27	Prestongrange	Haddington	Prestongrange Coal & Firebrick Co Ltd	James Selkirk	Fireman	30	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof
1889	March	27	Swinhill	Lanark	George Miller	John Devlin	Miner	46	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof
1889	April	1	Bankhead	Sanquhar	James I McConnel	Angus Love	Miner	21	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of a “pot bottom” at working face
1889	April	4	Gauchalland No 4	Galston	Gauchalland Coal Co	George Paton	Miner	45	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof at face
1889	April	5	Lumphinnans	Fife	Cowdenbeath Coal Co	William Butler jr	Shunter	21	Above ground	Struck by waggons
1889	April	8	Muiredge	Fife	Bowman and Co	Joseph McGill	Sinker	55	In shafts	Kettle falling down shaft From Main body of report: At Muiredge Colliery, where a shaft was being deepened, the pit-head man, about 3 a.m. on a dark and tempestuous morning, had his attention diverted by the wind extinguishing a lamp. On returning to the shaft he forgot that he had removed a sliding table; he pushed forward a bogie and kettle, both of which fell to the bottom of the shaft where four sinkers were working. Fortunately the death of only one of them was caused. The top of a sinking shaft can be fenced so as to preclude the possibility of an accident of this nature. Shafts in the course of sinking require fencing even more than a shaft in ordinary use, as in the former there are persons working in the bottom. Although I was not satisfied with the mode of fencing the shaft, it did not appear to be a case for a prosecution for a breach of general Rule 19, as this rule provides for the "temporary removal of the fence for the purpose of repairs or other operations if proper precautions are used." The owners of the mine altered the mode of fencing.	Newspaper report - Fife pages
1889	April	11	Lanemark No 2	New Cumnock	Lanemark Coal Co	George Nisbet	Miner	13	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof in road while it was being secured
1889	April	13	Fordell	Fife	Fordell Trust	William Johnstone	Surfaceman	65	Above ground	Struck by runaway waggon
1889	April	15	Drumpeller No 4	Coatbridge	Drumpeller Coal Co	Jas. McGinty	Fireman	31	In shafts	The engineman raised the cage instead of lowering it, and he jumped off and fell down the shaft
1889	April	18	Eglinton No 10	Kilwinning	A Kenneth & Son	Robert Black	Miner	44	Miscellaneous underground	He ignited the powder in a squib instead of the match and the shot killed him
1889	April	23	Craigneuk	Lanark	Owners of Chapelhall	William Collins jr	Miner	16	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of stone
1889	April	23	Little Raith	Fife	Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co Ltd	Thomas Marrs	Contractor brusher	32	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of stone	Newspaper report - Beath accidents
1889	April	27	Clackmannan	Clackmannan	Clackmannan Coal Co	James Thompson	Bottomer	50	In shafts	Crushed by cage From Main body of report: At Clackmannan Colliery a bottomer was found dead under a cage. No person saw the accident happen, and there were no defects, except that the bar on the bottom of the cage, used to secure the hutches while the cage is running in the shaft, had one of the lugs broken off, and could not, as was intended, be worked by the foot. It appeared to me possible that this had some connexion with the accident, and that the deceased may have attempted to give the necessary turn to the bar with his hand as the bottom of the descending cage passed him, and had been caught while doing so.
1889	May	9	Drummuir No 3	Dreghorn	Merry & Cunninghame	Wm. Duncan	Miner	30	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof at face
1889	May	10	Devon	Clackmannan	Alloa Coal Co	William Hunter	Miner	40	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of coal
1889	May	11	Calderhead	Lanark	Shotts Iron Co Ltd	James Goldie	Miner	46	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of coal and blaes
1889	May	16	Loanhead	Edinburgh	Shotts Iron Co Ltd	George Scott	Miner	32	Miscellaneous underground	Explosion of a shot From Main body of report: Three persons lost their lives by shots exploding unexpectedly. Two of the cases at Newbattle and Loanhead Collieries were accompanied by very similar circumstances; two shots were arranged to be fired together in the same heading by two miners; one fuse was ignited, and it was thought that the other was not ignited ; after one shot had exploded a return was made when the other exploded
1889	May	17	Gartsherrie No 1 Woodend	Coatbridge	James Nimmo & Co	Wm Findlay	Drawer	35	In shafts	Pushed a hutch into the open shaft at a mid-working and fell after it From Main body of report: The fence at a mid-working, where only some six men were employed, consisted of a bar of iron 1 ½ inches in diameter, and the bottomer, a boy only 15 ½ years of age, had gone to the surface, leaving the miners to place their own hutches on the cage and give the signals in his absence. The so-called fence having been taken off without being replaced, a miner, evidently being under the impression it was there, pushed his hutch into the shaft and fell after it. The bottomer for leaving his post and three miners for putting hutches on the cage and signalling in the bottomer's absence, contrary to the Special Rules, were prosecuted and convicted, and the manager was very properly severely censured by the sheriff for appointing a boy of 15 ½ to act as bottomer.
1889	May	31	Gartcraig	Shettleston	Gartcraig Fireclay Co	Wm Gaughan	Miner	40	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of coal
1889	June	6	Douglas Park No 1	Bothwell	John Wilson	Samuel Wright	Miner	27	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof while drawing props
1889	June	9	Knockterra No 1	Cumnock	Eglinton Iron Co	Thomas Davidson	Fireman	30	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof while drawing props (injured on 21st ultimo)
1889	June	10	Bellsdyke	Lanark	Bellsdyke Coal Co	Henry Paterson	Miner	22	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of stone
1889	June	18	Calderbank No 2	Baillieston	Provanhall Coal Co	Andrew Smith	Miner	30	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof at face
1889	July	10	Merryton	Lanark	Merryton Coal Co	Robert Adams	Miner	27	Miscellaneous underground	Crushed by tub	Newspaper report - Dalserf pages
1889	July	12	Clyde	Lanark	Clyde Coal Co Ltd	James Kelly	Miner	13	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of stone	Newspaper report - Hamilton pages [NB Name actually Constantine Kelly]
1889	July	13	Bog	Lanark	Hamilton McCulloch & Co	John O'Donald	Shaft repairer	39	In shafts	Fell down shaft From Main body of report: At Bog Colliery a shaft repairer fell down a winding shaft from the surface. Deceased opened a door and stepped into the shaft at the low scaffold, apparently under the impression that he was stepping into the cage, which he had left at that point a short time before but which had in the interval been used by another person, and was then at the bottom of the shaft.	Newspaper report - Dalserf pages
1889	July	13	Muiredge	Fife	Bowman and Co	Robert Campbell	Miner	19	Miscellaneous underground	Slipping of cousie wheel
1889	July	17	Merryton	Lanark	Merryton Coal Co	Hugh Logan	Miner	25	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof
1889	July	23	Bothwell Park No 2	Bothwell	Wm Baird & Co	Jas. McCann	Brusher	40	Explosion of fire damp	Explosion of firedamp (other 4 men injured) From Main body of report: Occurred in a pit which is worked entirely with safety lamps, and resulted in the death of one man and the injury of other four. The night fireman fired a shot in a road which was being brushed, and left the brushers to put in the buildings. On his again approaching the place three hours after, the explosion happened. A break in the roof extended from the point where the shot was fired to the side of the working place, six yards distant, where there appears to have been a feeder of gas, and it is probable that the break being full of gas the shot ignited the feeder, which continued to burn unnoticed until it ignited an accumulation of firedamp.
1889	July	29	Hayscraigs	Linlithgow	Broxburn Oil Co Ltd	William Bell	Miner	40	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof
1889	July	30	Hill of Beath	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	William Bett	Bottomer	18	In shafts	Fell from cage From Main body of report: At Hill of Beath Colliery a bottomer fell down the shaft. It is supposed that he had attempted to signal from the cage while it was running in the shaft, and that this had caused his fall. He entered the cage at a mid working intending to be lowered to the bottom, but the signal received by the engineman was to raise the cage; this was done, and after the cage had moved a few fathoms a second signal was given. The cage was stopped. Deceased was found lying at the bottom of the shaft, and his cap was found on the cage.
1889	August	2	Clyde	Lanark	Clyde Coal Co Ltd	Andrew Kyle	Miner	40	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of stone
1889	August	5	Tannochside No 1	Uddingston	Owners of Chapelhall	James Rae	Chainman	24	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof in lye in dook
1889	August	8	Gilmilnscroft No 1	Auchinleck	Gilmour, Wood & Anderson	Andrew McGuiness	Labourer	48	Above ground	Struck by the handle of a hand crane while changing the speed (injured on 10th January)
1889	August	10	Linridge	Lanark	Linridge Coal Co	Thomas Stangoe	Miner	50	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof
1889	August	10	Longrigg	Lanark	James Nimmo & Co	James Montgomery	Haulage boy	14	In shafts	Fell down shaft From Main body of report: At Longrigg Collierv, a boy employed underground came to the surface, before his work was completed, by a ladder way by the side of the winding section of the shaft and partially divided from it by boards. He was last seen alive when entering the top of the ladder way to return to his work. He appears to have fallen from the ladder way into the winding section of the shaft, as his body was found on the cage top at the bottom of the shaft. At one point of the ladder way there was a board wanting. Deceased had no business to leave his work and make use of the ladder way, which I was informed, was not intended as a travelling road for workmen.
1889	August	12	Castlehill	Lanark	Shotts Iron Coal Co Ltd	John Gordon	Miner	32	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of coal
1889	August	13	Whitehill	Edinburgh	Archibald Hood	Alex. Black	Miner	12	Miscellaneous underground	By tub
1889	August	15	Dalbeath	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	John Kay	Bottomer	18	In shafts	Crushed by cage From Main body of report: At Dalbeath Colliery a bottomer was found dead under the cage. It is not known how he got there, but it is supposed that he was adjusting a "barge" or plate of sheet iron at the shaft bottom used for keeping shaft water off the bottomer, and had been caught by the descending cage.	Newspaper report - Beath pages
1889	August	16	Dalmeny	Linlithgow	Dalmeny Oil Co Ltd	John Grant	Miner	50	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of shale	Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1889	August	16	Eddlewood	Lanark	Eddlewood Coal Co Ltd	Henry Brown	Miner	45	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of coal and stone
1889	August	19	Dysart	Fife	Earl of Rosslyn	James Grant	Miner	33	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of stone
1889	August	20	Lodge	Stirling	John Watson	John Allen	Brusher	39	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of stone
1889	August	22	Bent	Lanark	Bent Colliery Co Ltd	James Cleland	Miner	45	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof
1889	August	26	Meiklehill No 2	Kirkintilloch	Jas Gardner & Sons	John Doran	Miner	40	Miscellaneous underground	A shot went off before he retired from it
1889	September	5	Penicuik	Edinburgh	Shotts Iron Co Ltd	63 men	----	--	Miscellaneous underground	Suffocation by smoke	Newspaper and Mine Inspectors reports - Mauricewood page
1889	September	10	Lodge	Stirling	John Watson	Alexander Gibb	Miner	20	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of stone
1889	September	14	Springhill No 4	Dreghorn	Archd. Finnie & Sons	Robert Gold	Miner	19	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of fireclay above coal at his working face
1889	September	16	Earnock	Lanark	John Watson	John Crozier	Waggoner	49	Above ground	Run over by waggon
1889	September	23	Newton No 1	Cambuslang	James Dunlop & Co	James Hughes	Waggon shifter	43	Above ground	Crushed between waggons
1889	September	24	Niddrie	Edinburgh	Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co Ltd	William Dennitts	Roadsman	30	In shafts	Fall in brake incline From Main body of report: At Niddrie Colliery a roadsman was killed while making use, against the rules, of a cage in a brake incline or blind pit intended only for lowering mineral. No cover was provided on the cage deceased made use of, and he was struck by the fall of some substance down the brake. The brake was in the seam of coal which is here nearly vertical.
1889	September	25	Westburn No 1	Cambuslang	Westburn Colliery Co	Thomas McCann	Miner	18	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof at stoops
1889	September	26	Twechar No 1	Kilsyth	Wm Baird & Co	Patrick Tourley	Bencher	55	Miscellaneous underground	Run over by hutches on self-acting incline
1889	September	27	Bogleshole No 2	Cambuslang	James Dunlop & Co	Wm Dunn	Miner	40	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof at roadhead
1889	September	27	Dalquharran	Maybole	F T R Kennedy	Matthew McQuilton	Miner	42	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof at stoops (Hugh Bryden also injured)
1889	September	27	Kirkhill No 2	Cambuslang	Kirkhill Coal Co	Alexr. Fleming	Miner	17	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof on road
1889	September	28	Blackston	Paisley	Blackston Mineral Co	John Farmer	Pithead labourer	34	In shafts	Fell down shaft
1889	September	29	Greyrigg	Stirling	Greyrigg Coal Co	William Bennie	Joiner	26	Above ground	Crushed by waggon
1889	October	7	Ballochmyle No 7	Cumnock	Wm Walker	Charles Sneddon	Contractor sinker	47	In shafts	Was lowered in a sinking pit into black damp and fell out of kettle From Main body of report: The shaft he was sinking was 19 1/2 fathoms deep, and as black damp had frequently been found, he was instructed by the manager whenever there was a cessation of work to lower a light before venturing down again. Work had been stopped from Saturday till Monday morning, when the contractor got two of his men to lower him in the shaft without having taken the precaution of first sending down a lighted lamp, and without even taking a lighted lamp with him. When about half-way down he encountered black damp, and being overcome by it, he fell out of the kettle.
1889	October	9	Champfleurie	Linlithgow	Linlithgow Oil Co	Hugh McKechnie	Miner	32	Miscellaneous underground	Explosion of shot From Main body of report: At Champfleurie Oil Shale Mine a miner ignited two shots together; one exploded, and after waiting 10 minutes he returned, when the second shot went off. This was a breach of the special rule, which requires 30 minutes to elapse before returning to a shot that has missed fire.
1889	October	12	Lanemark No 2	New Cumnock	Lanemark Coal Co	John Reynolds	Miner	29	Explosion of fire damp	Explosion of fire damp From Main body of report: The fatal explosion was caused by a naked light igniting some firedamp in a working place in which it was said gas had never been seen before.
1889	October	15	Craighead No 1	Bothwell	Wm Baird & Co	John Hogg	Pony driver	17	Miscellaneous underground	Fell off a “race” of hutches drawn by an engine while riding in front
1889	October	16	Ross No 1	Lanark	Thomas Barr	John Wright	Miner	63	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of head coal
1889	October	23	Brownieside	Lanark	Wm Black & Sons	Andrew Grierson	Drawer	18	Miscellaneous underground	Crushed on engine plane
1889	October	24	Sundrum No 4	Ayr	George Taylor & Co	James McCluskie	Chain runner	33	Miscellaneous underground	While sitting in front of a “dook race” his head struck the roof
1889	October	25	Blantyre No 3	Blantyre	Wm Dixon Ltd	Hugh Hailey	Foreman brusher	50	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof while knocking out a prop
1889	October	31	Burnt Broom	Mount Vernon	Dunn Brothers	Charles Dawson	Contractor brusher	35	Miscellaneous underground	Explosion of compressed powder from a spark falling off his lamp
1889	November	1	Cornsilloch	Lanark	Cornsilloch Coal Co	Edward McClusky	Miner	34	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of stone
1889	November	2	Grangemouth	Stirling	Grangemouth Coal Co	Simeon Dalgliesh	Pony driver	13	Above ground	Run over by waggon
1889	November	4	Meiklehill No 5	Kirkintilloch	James Gardner & Sons	Hugh Gallacher	Fireman	40	Explosion of fire damp	Explosion of firedamp (other 3 men injured) From Main body of report: Happened in the Kilsyth coking coal seam, which is worked by the "long-wall" system. The south level off the pit bottom runs parallel with and close to a large fault. Firedamp was freely given off in this level, and on the day of the explosion, as well as the day previous, the miners working in it were provided with safety lamps by the fireman, although the miners in the adjoining walls to which the air current from the level went were allowed to work with naked lights, contrary to the requirements of General Rule 8. About 10.30 a.m., just as two surveyors, accompanied by the overman and the fireman, approached the level face, a sudden outburst of gas took place at the face. The fireman was sent to withdraw the miners in the adjoining workings, but before this could be done the firedamp, carried by the air current, ignited at the naked lights, with the result that the fireman and a boy lost their lives, and other three men were injured. With your sanction proceedings were taken against the manager for contravention of General Rule 8, and also of Special Rule 86, which provides that the lamp-room shall be on the surface. Although the safety lamps used in the south level were kept, lighted, &c. at the pit bottom contrary to this Rule, the sheriff substitute gave a verdict of not proved, the manager having declared that he instructed the deceased fireman not to give any miners safety lamps, but to send them home if their working places were unsafe to work with naked lights, and that consequently no lamp-room was required.
1889	November	4	Meiklehill No 5	Kirkintilloch	James Gardner & Sons	Peter Currie	Drawer	17	Explosion of fire damp
1889	November	5	Enterkine No 9	Ayr	George Taylor & Co	Wm Frew	Brusher	26	Miscellaneous underground	Premature ignition of a shot by lighting the squib instead of the match
1889	November	7	Busbie No 4	Kilmarnock	Busbie Coal Co	John McCrone	Miner	22	Miscellaneous underground	Explosion of powder by a lamp falling into cartridge box (another man injured)
1889	November	11	Bredisholm No 1	Uddingston	Provanhall Coal Co	John Birmingham	Waggon shifter	50	Above ground	While spragging waggons he was thrown in front of wheels and was run over
1889	November	14	Glengyron No 2	Cumnock	Eglinton Iron Co	Samuel Armstrong	Brusher	37	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof while brushing
1889	November	22	Quarter No 1	Denny	Wm Baird & Co	John Thomson	Miner	45	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof at stoops
1889	November	27	Hattonrigg No 4	Bellshill	Summerlee & Mossend Iron & Steel Co	Archd. Sinclair	Brusher	50	Miscellaneous underground	Premature ignition of a shot (injured on 16th October)
1889	December	3	Blantyre No 4	Blantyre	Wm Dixon Ltd	Robt. Struthers	Waggon shifter	15	Above ground	Run over by a waggon while spragging it
1889	December	6	Common No 11	Cumnock	Eglinton Iron Co	David Bryce	Miner	39	In shafts	Fell down the shaft from a midworking From Main body of report: Took place where a seam of coal was being opened up off a shaft, and before a fence had been put up.
1889	December	6	Hartwoodhill	Lanark	Shotts Iron Co Ltd	James Riley	Brakesman	19	Above ground	Crushed by waggons From Main body of report: At Hartwood Hill Colliery, was caused by a switch fitted up to fall open, remaining closed, owing to some defect and consequently waggons came on to a line of rails where they were not expected to come, and crushed deceased.
1889	December	16	Dalbeath	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	William Penman	Brusher	24	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof
1889	December	20	Barrwood No 1	Kilsyth	Wm Baird & Co	James Reid	Brusher	33	Explosion of fire damp	Explosion of firedamp (other 5 men injured) From Main body of report: This fatal explosion also occurred in the Kilsyth coking coal seam, and resulted in the injury of six men, one of whom subsequently died. The men were brushers, and were returning to the pit bottom at 4.30 a.m. after their night's work was over, when some fire-damp, which had accumulated above the timbering in a horse road, ignited at their naked lights. The fireman stated that he had made an examination above the timbering at 10 o'clock the previous night, and found it clear of gas, and that he passed below it with his naked light on his head half an hour before the explosion.
1889	December	20	Udston	Lanark	Udston Coal Co Ltd	Michael Daley	Miner	37	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof	Newspaper report - Hamilton pages
1889	December	23	Twechar No 1	Kilsyth	Wm Baird & Co	Wm Menzies	Furnaceman	65	Above ground	Fell off boiler heads, a distance of 9 feet
1889	December	26	Kinnedar	Fife	Wm Paterson	Robert Ramage	Sinker	44	In shafts	Fell down shaft From Main body of report: At a sinking pit at Kinneder, while two sinkers were being raised from the bottom in which they had ignited a shot, the kettle caught a needle extending across the shaft and the bow broke ; the kettle and sinkers fell to the bottom, and shortly afterwards the shot exploded. Another kettle was lowered, and one of the men came up ; the other was dead.
1889	December	28	Douglas Park No 1	Bellshill	John Wilson	Hugh Corrigen	Miner	18	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of roof in road which was being enlarged
1889	December	31	Prestongrange	Haddington	Prestongrange Coal & Firebrick Co Ltd	Richard Campbell	Miner	19	Falls of roof & sides	Fall of stone	Newspaper report - Lothians pages

Last Updated 10th March 2013