| Statistics from the Report of the HM Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries for 1915 - Deaths due to accidents in Scottish Division 150 deaths occurred due to accident occurred during 1915 11 killed by explosion of firedamp or coal dust 75 killed by falls of ground 6 killed in shaft accidents 4 killed by explosives underground 21 killed by haulage accidents 13 killed by other causes underground 19 killed on surface 1 death in a Metalliferous mine |
| Year | Month | Day | Name of Colliery | First Name | Surname | Extra information/ Source |
| 1915 | January | 1 | Shale Mine, Deans | Thomas | Gray | FAI record – NAS "Thomas Gray, pithead worker, Livingston Village, died on 1 January 1915 in No. 3 Shale Mine, Deans by Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, from injuries sustained that day when he was thrown by a tipping tub" |
| 1915 | January | 8 | Baton | David | Blackley | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1915 | January | 8 | Pannie Pit | William | Hill | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1915 | January | 11 | Shale Mine, Deans | Joseph | Roy | Newspaper report - Lothians pages NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: Joseph Roy, miner, Beechwood Cottages, Livingston Station, died on 11 January 1915 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 8 January 1915 in No. 3 Shale Mine, Deans by Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, in a gas explosion |
| 1915 | January | 12 | Glencraig Colliery | Alexander | Gray | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1915 | January | 14 | Gateside Colliery | Peter | McCourt | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1915 | January | 16 | Broomside Colliery | William | McGuire | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1915 | January | 23 | Carberry | John | Kerr | FAI record – NAS & death cert |
| 1915 | January | 25 | Burleyside, Falkirk | James | Walker | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1915 | January | 25 | Gilbertfield | John | Jackson | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1915 | January | 26 | Rosshill Shale Mine | Patrick | Tierney | FAI record – NAS "Patrick Tierney, miner, 19 East Terrace, South Queensferry, died on 26 January 1915 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 24 January 1915 in Rosshill Shale Mine, Dalmeny, Linlithgowshire, in a gas explosion" |
| 1915 | February | 5 | Mossbeath | James | Burns | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1915 | February | 11 | Canderigg Colliery | William | Dick | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1915 | February | 12 | NK (Crossgates area) | Robert | Simpson | FAI & death cert - Burst of coal from face |
| 1915 | February | 15 | Dewshill | James Marshall | Greenshields | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1915 | February | 15 | Fortrigg | George | Denholm | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1915 | February | 16 | William Pit, Carronhall Colliery | Primrose | Laird | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1915 | February | 17 | Grangepans | Hugh Chalmers | Bell | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| Robert Sneddon | Smellie | |||||
| 1915 | February | 19 | Snab Pit, Kinneil | Joseph | McLean | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | February | 20 | Bowhill Colliery | John | Black | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages - natural causes |
| 1915 | February | 22 | Whitehill | Frank | Guilda | FAI notice, Edinburgh Evening News 8 April 1915, FAI record – NAS & death cert |
| 1915 | February | 22 | Bogfield | John | Coyle | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1915 | February | 25 | Breich Shale pit | John | Hickie | Newspaper report - Lothians pages NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: John Hickie, miner's drawer, 72 Seafield Rows, by Bathgate, died on 25 February 1915 in No. 1 Mid Breich Pit, Blackburn, when a large piece of shale fell upon him |
| 1915 | March | 2 | Millhall, Stirling | John | Martin | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| John | Malloy | |||||
| 1915 | March | 6 | Hamilton Palace | James | Brown | Newspaper report - Bothwellhaugh pages |
| 1915 | March | 10 | NK (UR Springbank, Lesmahagow) | Robert | Wilson | NAS-FAI and death certificate "Robert Wilson, washer attendant, Springbank, Lesmahagow Parish, Lanarkshire, died 10 Mar 1915" |
| 1915 | March | 10 | Colliery lye, beside Bavell Station | James | Whigham | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1915 | March | 13 | Glencraig | William | Reilly | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages NB Article give name as John |
| 1915 | March | 25 | No 3 Pit, Rosebank Colliery | James | Kerr | Fell down shaft. Article in Dunfermline Journal 8 May 1915 – not yet transcribed |
| 1915 | March | 27 | Blairmuckhill | James Jeffrey | Hawson | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| Richard | Sommerville | |||||
| 1915 | March | 28 | Newton | James | Murgatroyd | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1915 | April | 8 | Redding Colliery | Thomas | Scobbie | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1915 | April | 11 | Bardykes | Robert | Alexander | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1915 | April | 12 | Moat Pit, Roslin | Richard | Horsburgh | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | April | 15 | Carberry | John | Mairs | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | April | 16 | Thankerton | Hugh | Turney | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages [natural causes] |
| 1915 | April | 16 | Prestongrange | Andrew Gilchrist | Todd | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | April | 16 | NK (Chapel, Cambusnethan area) | Philip | Smith | Injuries from fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 24 April 1915 & death cert |
| 1915 | April | 17 | NK (Cleland area) | Patrick | Markey | Injuries from fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 24 April 1915 & death cert |
| 1915 | April | 19 | Dennyloanhead | John | Stirling | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages Broomrigg, Bonnybridge, Stirling, April 19th, Accident due to electric shock, A fault occurred inside the motor of a coal-cutting machine which owing to the absence of a locking pin to connect the earth conductor in the trailing cable to the frame of the machine, caused the frame to be live, and the machineman so to receive a shock which proved fatal. [From Mines & Quarries General Report with Statistics for 1915 By HM Chief Inspector of Mines, Table of fatal accidents due to use of electricity in and about mines] |
| 1915 | April | 22 | Nellie Colliery | John | McLean | Natural causes (age 75) - death cert only |
| 1915 | April | 23 | Holytown | James | Halliman | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1915 | April | 26 | Cadzow | Andrew | Falconer | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1915 | April | 28 | No 2 Pit, Niddrie, Niddrie & Benhar Co | James | Brown | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | April | 29 | Duddingston | Alexander | Haddow | Newspaper report - Lothians pages NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: Alexander Williamson Haddow, mine fireman, Midhope Place, Winchburgh, died on 29 April 1915 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 26 April 1915 in No. 3 Duddingston Shale Mine, Winchburgh, following a gas explosion |
| 1915 | April | 29 | Nellie Pit | John | McLean | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
| 1915 | April | 30 | Fauldhouse | Henry | Hardie | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | April | 30 | No 1 Polmaise | John | McClumpha | Death cert and RCE |
| 1915 | May | 3 | Blantyreferme | Patrick | Devine | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages (natural causes) |
| 1915 | May | 7 | Baton | James | Maxwell | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1915 | May | 8 | Common No 16, Auchinleck | William McLelland | McTurk | Death certificate only - run over by a waggon |
| 1915 | May | 8 | NK (UR Burnhead, Larkhall) | William | Ferguson | NAS-FAI and death certificate - injuries after being crushed between rake of hutches and side of road |
| 1915 | May | 8 | Skellyton | John | Rodger | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1915 | May | 10 | Mosside, Bathgate | John | Martin | Newspaper report - Lothians pages "John Martin, coal trimmer, Old Smith's Buildings, Bridgend, Bathgate, died on 10 May 1915 while being conveyed on stretchers from Dr Kirk's Surgery in Engine Street to the Sick Rooms in Mid Street, Bathgate, from injuries sustained when he was run over by a railway waggon at Mosside Colliery, Bathgate" |
| 1915 | May | 11 | Prestonlinks | Alexander | McLuckie | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | May | 15 | Pumpherston | Thomas | Tafts | Newspaper report - Lothians pages NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: Thomas Tafts, miner, Black's Buildings, Uphall, died on 15 May 1915 in No. 4 Shale Mine, Uphall Station, Uphall Parish, Linlithgowshire, when a large quantity of material fell upon him |
| 1915 | May | 18 | Muirbeath | Fergus | Ferguson | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1915 | May | 20 | Riddochill | George | Campbell | Newspaper report - Lothians pages FAI record – NAS "George Campbell, miner, Pentland View, Edinburgh Road, Bathgate, died on 20 May 1915 in Corstorphine, while being conveyed in an ambulance waggon from Bathgate to Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, when a large piece of stone fell upon him in Riddochhill Colliery, Blackburn" |
| 1915 | May | 21 | Prestongrange Colliery | Alex. | Dickson | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | May | 31 | Queenslie Colliery | Richard | Forsyth | With thanks to Margaret Steppens for this information. From RCE - deceased died from head injuries received by a shot he had fired going off unexpectedly |
| 1915 | June | 1 | Old Pit, Carberry | John | Thomson | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | June | 10 | Fauldhead, Kirkconnel | Duncan | Brodie | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
| William Campbell | Blair | |||||
| 1915 | June | 14 | Machar | John | Ramage | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1915 | June | 23 | Callendar Brickworks | James | Fleming | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| Walter | Wilson | |||||
| 1915 | June | 25 | Pannie Pit | Peter | Fallom | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1915 | July | 10 | Bedlay | James | Adamson | New Monkland accidents |
| 1915 | July | 10 | Kames | Daniel | Baird | Muirkirk memorial & death cert |
| 1915 | July | 11 | NK (High Valleyfield area) | Stephen | McGuire | Injuries received 20 May 1915 - crushed between hutch and roof. FAI listing in Dunfermline Journal 4 September 1915 |
| 1915 | July | 17 | Kinglassie New Pit | Andrew | Peters | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1915 | July | 22 | Hattonrigg | Esider | Lapinsky | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1915 | July | 24 | NK Stevenston area | James | Beveridge | NAS FAI Index & death cert |
| 1915 | July | 28 | Blackhill | Henry | Anderson | Information kindly supplied by Robert Caldwell |
| 1915 | July | 28 | No 1 Gartshore | James | Abercrombie | Newspaper Report - Dunbartonshire accidents |
| 1915 | July | 28 | Thankerton | Alexander | Brown | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1915 | July | 30 | Cowdenbeath | Thomas | Ferguson | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1915 | August | 1 | Wester Moffat | Thomas Henry | Dewar | New Monkland accidents |
| 1915 | August | 4 | Coursington Colliery | John | Jenkinson | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1915 | August | 5 | Kinglassie Colliery | George | Fernie | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1915 | August | 6 | Dunnikier Colliery | Peter | Walker | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1915 | August | 9 | Valleyfield Colliery | William | McDade | FAI listing in Dunfermline Journal 4 September 1915 and death cert |
| 1915 | August | 17 | Bardykes | John | McDougal | Bardykes, Newton, Lanarkshire, August 17th, Accident due to electric shock. Following upon a fall of roof in a roadway in which a cable was run, two repairers were sent to remove the debris. The current was not cut off the cable and one of the repairers received a fatal shock owing to his shovel coming in contact with a bared conductor. [From Mines & Quarries General Report with Statistics for 1915 By HM Chief Inspector of Mines, Table of fatal accidents due to use of electricity in and about mines] |
| 1915 | August | 20 | No 7 Portland Pit | Michael | Campbell | NAS FAI record and death certificate "Michael Campbell, miner, 4 Portland Row, Hurlford, Parish of Riccarton, died on 20 August 1915" Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1915 | August | 21 | Rosehall colliery | Joseph | Anderson | FAI record & death cert |
| 1915 | August | 25 | Lumphinnans | John | Macniven | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1915 | August | 25 | Arniston | Robert | Davidson | FAI notice in Scotsman 7 Oct 1915 & death cert. |
| 1915 | August | 29 | Polton | David | Hogg | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | August | 30 | Greenfield | James | Hunter | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1915 | August | 30 | Westmains | David | Ellis | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | August | 30 | Foulshiels | William | Martin | FAI record – NAS "William Martin, miner, 79 Stoneyburn, by Fauldhouse, died on 30 August 1915 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 1 July 1915 in Foulshiels Colliery, Stoneyburn, when he was crushed" |
| 1915 | September | 1 | Arniston | William | McLaren | FAI notice in Scotsman 7 Oct 1915 & death cert. |
| 1915 | September | 3 | Auchencruive | Alexander | Davidson | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1915 | September | 5 | Bowhill | George | Bowman | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
| 1915 | September | 6 | Fauldhead | David | Shankland | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
| 1915 | September | 6 | Nethercroy | Walter | Johnston | FAI record & death cert |
| 1915 | September | 8 | Aitken | Mitchell | Collins | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1915 | September | 9 | Rosehall | John | Smeaton | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1915 | September | 17 | Hugh Chalmers Bell - see entry under 17 February | |||
| 1915 | September | 18 | No 12 Pit, Donibristle | Thomas | Young | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1915 | September | 20 | Whitburn | James | Healy | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | September | 21 | Rosehall | James | Timminey | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1915 | September | 22 | Dolly pit, Tollcross | William | Brown | FAI record & death cert |
| 1915 | September | 27 | Shawfield | Alexander | Porter | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1915 | September | 29 | St Germains Pit, Tranent | Thomas | Faulds | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | October | 4 | Cockenzie | John | MacLeod | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | October | 7 | Bailliesmuir Colliery | William | Geddes | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1915 | October | 9 | Arniston | William | McGeadie | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | October | 15 | Foulford | John | Allan | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1915 | October | 16 | Oakbank Shale | Robert | Dudgeon | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | October | 19 | Glencraig Colliery | Laurence | Duffy | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1915 | October | 20 | Bothwell Park Colliery | Andrus | Waitukaitis | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1915 | October | 22 | Wellesley | Robert | Birrell | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1915 | October | 26 | Kinneil | Robert | Forrester | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | October | 27 | Glencraig Colliery | John | McCudden | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1915 | November | 2 | Carberry | Alexander | Murray | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | November | 2 | Snab, Kinnneil | John | Watt | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | November | 2 | Leven Colliery | Andrew Clark | Hunter | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1915 | November | 4 | Rimmon Colliery | William Fleming | Morris | Fall of stone - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 20 Nov 1915, death cert & RCE |
| 1915 | November | 5 | Muirkirk | James Roxburgh Dickson | Cringan | Newspaper Report - Muirkirk pages |
| 1915 | November | 8 | No 3 pit, Polmaise Colliery | Peter McAusland | Stewart | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1915 | November | 12 | No 8 Quarter Colliery | Mitchell | Fleming | Injuries from fall of fireclay and ironstone from roof - Death Notice - Hamilton Advertiser 20 Nov 1915, FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 20 Nov 1915, death cert & RCE |
| 1915 | November | 13 | Emily Pit, Arniston | David Nicol Ross | Golder | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | November | 19 | Harburn | John | Girdwood | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1915 | November | 22 | Hamilton Palace | Alexander | Neilson | Newspaper report - Bothwellhaugh pages |
| 1915 | November | 24 | Bedlay | John | Hunter | New Monkland accidents |
| 1915 | November | 24 | No 1 Earnock Colliery | Jonas | Sonaitis | Fall of stone & coal - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 20 Nov 1915, death cert & RCE |
| 1915 | November | 29 | Fordell Colliery | David | Russell | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1915 | November | 30 | Employed by Arniston Coal Company,resided Eskbank | David Nicol Ross | Golder | Death cert & FAI report, Edinburgh Evening News 23 December 1915 |
| 1915 | December | 4 | Brownlee | Thomas | Robertson | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1915 | December | 6 | NK Newtongrange area | James Neill | Park | Fall of stone - Death cert & FAI report, Edinburgh Evening News 23 December 1915 |
| 1915 | December | 7 | Klondyke | Daniel | Kerr | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1915 | December | 11 | Leven | Alexander | Martin |
Leven, Fife, December 11th, Accident due to electric shock.
An apprentice electrician opened the door of a switch panel where the
pressure of the current was 2,750 volts, and touching live metal was
electrocuted. [From Mines & Quarries General Report with Statistics for 1915
By HM Chief Inspector of Mines, Table of fatal accidents due to use of
electricity in and about mines] |
| 1915 | December | 15 | Glencraig | Thomas | Paterson | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1915 | December | 18 | Bothwellpark Colliery | Bernard | Lukas | Fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 8 Jan 1916, death cert & RCE |
| 1915 | December | 20 | Westwood | James | Ramsay | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1915 | December | 22 | Busbiehead Pit | James | Mitchell | FAI and death cert |
| 1915 | December | 31 | Boghead | Elizabeth Paterson | Bell | FAI record – NAS "Elizabeth Paterson Bell, pithead worker, 19 Paulville Rows, Bathgate, died on 31 December 1915 at Boghead Colliery, Bathgate, when she was caught by a revolving shaft" |