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| Year | Month | Day | Name of Colliery | First Name | Surname | Extra information/ Source |
| 1924 | January | 8 | Douglas Castle | Robert | Bulloch | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1924 | January | 8 | Newton Pit | William | Primrose | Dunfermline Journal 12 January 1924 - not yet transcribed |
| 1924 | January | 9 | Snab, Bo'ness | Michael | Welsh | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1924 | January | 10 | Whitehill Colliery | Thomas | Gray | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | January | 10 | Bent | Richard | Glass | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1924 | January | 13 | Clydeside | Thomas | Payne | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1924 | January | 15 | Dechmont | Christopher | Burns | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | January | 16 | Herbertshire | Michael | O'Boyle | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1924 | January | 18 | Auchlochan | James | Clark | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1924 | January | 21 | Knowton | Thomas | Dearie | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1924 | January | 23 | Roslin Colliery | Robert | Meek | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | January | 26 | Niddrie Colliery | Nicholas | Gearty | FAI record - NAS & death cert. [not confirmed mining accident] |
| 1924 | February | 2 | Deans | John | McDonald | Newspaper report - Lothians pages NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: John McDonald, miner's drawer, 96 Main Street, Livingston Station, died on 2 February 1924 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 1 February 1924 in No. 4 Shale Mine, Deans, when a large quantity of material fell upon him |
| 1924 | February | 2 | Cronberry Moor Colliery | James | Mair | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | February | 2 | Wellesley | James | Templeton | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | February | 4 | Lumphinnans | Robert Henderson | Beattie | Dunfermline Journal 9 February 1924 - not yet transcribed |
| 1924 | February | 4 | Gateside | David | Lorimer | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
| 1924 | February | 5 | Westwood | William | Carr | Newspaper report - Lothians pages NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: William Carr, chain runner, 3 May Terrace, Blackburn, died on 5 February 1924 in Westwood Shale Mine, Livingston Parish, Linlithgowshire, when he was knocked down and run over by a rake of hutches |
| 1924 | February | 7 | Greenfield | Isaac | Callison | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1924 | February | 7 | Victoria | William | Marshall | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1924 | February | 9 | Douglas Colliery | John | Greenshields | Death certificate - natural causes |
| 1924 | February | 12 | Kingshill | Edward | McFadyen | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1924 | February | 12 | Moat Colliery, Roslin | William | McGregor | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | February | 12 | Canderside | Thomas | Wilson | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1924 | February | 16 | Gateside | Joseph | Boyce | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| Arthur | Donnelly | |||||
| 1924 | February | 16 | Orbiston | Peter | Davies | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | February | 18 | Springhill | Robert | Cook | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | February | 19 | Allanton | Alexander | Anderson | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1924 | February | 20 | Haugh Colliery | Daniel | McBride | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | February | 26 | Robroyston | Thomas | Rowan | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1924 | February | 26 | Blairenbathie | John | Johnson | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1924 | February | 26 | Gunnie Mine, by Airdrie | William Cairns | Buchanan | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | February | 28 | Donibristle | Robert | Hunter | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1924 | February | 29 | Dewshill | David | Anderson | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1924 | February | 29 | Blairhall | William | Kerr | Dunfermline Journal 8 March 1924 - not yet transcribed |
| 1924 | March | 1 | Shale Mine, Duddingston | James | Walker | FAI record - NAS "James Walker, shale miner, 10 Church Row, Dalmeny, died on 1 March 1924 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 29 February 1924 in No. 3 Shale Mine, Duddingston, when a quantity of shale fell upon him" |
| 1924 | March | 2 | Allanton | Alexander Dobbie | Wells | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | March | 3 | Kames, Muirkirk | George | Loggie | Newspaper Report - Muirkirk pages |
| 1924 | March | 6 | Dalkeith colliery | George | Smith | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | March | 7 | Clyde | Donald | McAuley | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1924 | March | 7 | Fauldhead | Robert | Wilson | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
| 1924 | March | 13 | Barglachan | John | Toal | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | March | 14 | Bowhill Colliery | David | Morrison | Natural causes |
| 1924 | March | 17 | Newcraighall | Joseph | Boyle | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1924 | March | 17 | Muiravonside | William | Henderson | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | March | 18 | Ladyha' Colliery | Hugh | McLaughlin | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | March | 22 | Balgonie | William Raeburn | Ireland | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | March | 24 | Batonrigg | Richard | Clark | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | March | 24 | Bourtreehill | William | Skeoch | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | March | 28 | Robroyston | Kazmiras | Yutinskis | Newspaper report - Robroyston page |
| Francis | McGeoch | |||||
| Robert | Woolley | |||||
| Francis | Henry | |||||
| Antanas | Stuksis | |||||
| 1924 | April | 2 | Drumley | Thomas | Robertson | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1924 | April | 6 | Thornlie | David | Parker | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | April | 9 | Cadzow | Archibald | Brownlie | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1924 | April | 10 | Calderbank | Felix | Reynolds | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | April | 11 | Rimmon Colliery | Daniel | Stewart | Fall of stone from roof. Headstone & death cert. |
| 1924 | April | 11 | Thankerton | Michael | Donnelly | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1924 | April | 11 | Fauldhead | John | Mains | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
| Thomas | Tervit | |||||
| 1924 | April | 12 | Bellside Colliery | Alec | Baird | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1924 | April | 13 | Home farm | Alexander | McEwan | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | April | 13 | Southfield | James | Howieson | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | April | 15 | Dumbreck | John | Haggerty | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | April | 16 | No 1 Pit, Bowhill Colliery | Robert | Hunt | Fall of material (two tons) from roof - article in Dunfermline Journal 24 May 1924 - not yet transcribed |
| 1924 | April | 17 | No 7 Pit, Cowdenbeath | Robert | Curran | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1924 | April | 17 | No 1 Pit, Bowhill Colliery | Andrew | Keir | Electric shock while using coal cutting machine - article in Dunfermline Journal 24 May 1924 - not yet transcribed |
| 1924 | April | 17 | Pennyvenie | William | Blaney | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | April | 18 | Bandeath | Thomas | Steel | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1924 | April | 19 | NK (Baillieston area) | Felix | Reynolds | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | April | 22 | Kinglassie Colliery | Francis | Farmer | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
| 1924 | April | 24 | Foulshiels | Joseph | Edgar | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1924 | April | 25 | Blairhall | Andrew | Malcolm | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1924 | April | 25 | Burniebrae | James | Jack | New Monkland accidents |
| 1924 | April | 29 | Auchincruive | William | Sloan | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | April | 30 | Jawcraig | Robert | McAllister | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1924 | May | 2 | Banknock | William | Adams | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | May | 3 | Parkhead | Edward Thomas | Eathorne | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1924 | May | 6 | Polquhairn | Robert | Johnstone | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1924 | May | 6 | Leven | Peter | Smith | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | May | 15 | Ellismuir | William | Jack | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1924 | May | 15 | Dewshill | John | McLusky | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1924 | May | 17 | Polmaise | David Andrew | Perry | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1924 | May | 19 | Fordel Mains | Walter | Brown | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1924 | May | 20 | No 1 Blantyre | Andrew | Frew | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | May | 23 | Niddrie Colliery | George Bowie | Smith | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | May | 23 | Shotts Colliery | James | Robertson | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | May | 27 | No 1 Valleyfield Colliery | William | Potter | Natural causes. FAI reported in Dunfermline Journal 19 July 1924 - not yet transcribed |
| 1924 | May | 28 | Old Orbiston Pit | Thomas | Stewart | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1924 | June | 4 | Riddochill | John Rodgers | Garnock | FAI record - NAS " John Rodgers Garnock, miner's drawer, 75 Engine Street, Bathgate, died on 4 June1924 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on the same day in Riddochhill Colliery, Blackburn, when he was crushed between a hutch and the girder of a bridge" |
| 1924 | June | 4 | Woolfords | Charles | Crorkin | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | June | 6 | Prestongrange | James | Adam | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | June | 7 | No. 6 Dixon’s Pits, Carfin | Annie | Onaarminas | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1924 | June | 11 | Frankfield Colliery | Andrew | McEwen | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | June | 12 | Birkrigg | Alexander | Kerr | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | June | 16 | Glencraig Colliery | William John | Cunningham | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1924 | June | 20 | Arbuckle Colliery | Alexander | McComb | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | June | 21 | Lady Veronica Pit, Blairhall | John | Paterson | FAI & death cert - Fall of stone from roof. FAI reported in Dunfermline Journal 19 July 1924 - not yet transcribed |
| 1924 | June | 24 | Deans | James | Struth | Newspaper report - Lothians pages NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: James Struth, shale miner, 63 Seafield Rows, by Bathgate, died on 24 June 1924 in No. 5 Shale Mine, Deans, Bathgate Parish, Linlithgowshire, when he was struck on the back of his head by a piece of shale |
| 1924 | June | 24 | East Plean | John | Blair | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | June | 25 | Gilmilnscroft | John | McLelland | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | June | 30 | Motherwell Colliery | James | Bett | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | July | 2 | Calderrig | William | Black | New Monkland accidents |
| 1924 | July | 3 | Garscube Colliery | John | O'Brien | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | July | 7 | No 6 Law Colliery | Adam | Bryson | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | July | 7 | Westmains | Thomas | Laffy | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1924 | July | 7 | Haugh Colliery | James | Martin | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | July | 12 | No 10 Cowdenbeath | William Thomson | Kelly | Injured on 8 May 1924 by race of loaded hutches. Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1924 | July | 30 | New Cumnock | Robert | Carruthers | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1924 | August | 1 | Logans Pit | Alex. | Hepburn | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1924 | August | 5 | No 10 Auchinlea | Robert | Spence | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1924 | August | 5 | Smeaton | James | Steele | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1924 | August | 6 | Canderigg | James | Stewart | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | August | 6 | Carberry | James | Urquhart | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| James | Morrison | |||||
| William | Purves | |||||
| 1924 | August | 7 | Cowdenbeath | Richard | Smith | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1924 | August | 12 | Doctor’s Pit, Broomside Colliery | Adam | Galloway | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1924 | August | 12 | Palace Colliery | John | Duffy | Newspaper report - Bothwellhaugh |
| 1924 | August | 23 | Priory | James | Wright | Newspaper report - Blantyre pages |
| 1924 | August | 23 | Clydeside | James | Murray | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1924 | August | 28 | Swinhill Colliery | John | Robertson | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | September | 1 | Niddrie Colliery | John | Farrell | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | September | 3 | Caprington & Auchlochan | Martin | Keltie | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1924 | September | 3 | Dunnet | David | Givan | Newspaper report - Lothians pages NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: David Given, miner's drawer, 79 Stewartfield Rows, Broxburn, died on 3 September 1924 in Dunnet Shale Mine, Broxburn, Linlithgowshire, when a piece of shale fell upon him |
| 1924 | September | 3 | Dumbreck Colliery | William | Baird | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | September | 4 | Bowhill | John James | Johnston | Dunfermline Journal 30 August 1924 - not yet transcribed |
| 1924 | September | 8 | Carberry | John | Williamson | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1924 | September | 10 | Cameron | James | Walker | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | September | 11 | Milnwood | Laurence | Winters | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1924 | September | 14 | Lady Pit, West Wemyss | Drummond | Wilson | Headstone |
| 1924 | September | 20 | Lassodie | Andrew | Dobbie | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1924 | September | 25 | Dunnet | George | Sibbald | Newspaper report - Lothians pages NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: George Sibbald, mine roadsman, 6 Shrine Place, Broxburn, died on 25 September 1924 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 24 September 1924 in Dunnet Shale Mine, Broxburn, when he was struck by a piece of shale from a shot |
| 1924 | October | 1 | Lumphinnans | Peter | Mooney | With thanks to Stephanie Edwards for this information [NB Original information supplied gave date of death as 30 Sept 1924. Per death certificate, we have use 1 October] |
| 1924 | October | 2 | Dundonald Colliery | Andrew | Greig | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
| Samuel | Marshall | |||||
| 1924 | October | 2 | Wallyford | David | Drylie | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1924 | October | 4 | Craigend | Robert | Sharp | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | October | 4 | Elphinstone | Alexander | Logan | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | October | 7 | Quarter | Alexander | Dunn | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1924 | October | 7 | Ross Colliery | William | Nisbet | With thanks to James Dunn for providing this information |
| 1924 | October | 9 | Woodend | Joseph | Nimmo | FAI record - NAS " Joseph Nimmo, miner, 68 East Main Street, Armadale, died on 9 October 1924 in No. 5 Woodend Colliery, Torphichen Parish, Linlithgowshire, when a stone fell upon him" |
| 1924 | October | 10 | Manor Powis | Joseph | Hodson | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1924 | October | 10 | Pennyvenie | James | Bryce | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | October | 13 | Ellismuir | James | Jack | Scotsman 17 July 1925 - to be transcribed |
| 1924 | October | 13 | NK (Glasgow area) | Benedictus | Galminus | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | October | 14 | Bardykes | William James | Wallace | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | October | 16 | Allanton Colliery | Patrick | Kelly | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | October | 20 | Lady Victoria Colliery | William | Shaw | Natural causes |
| 1924 | October | 21 | Haughhead Colliery | John | Keenan | FAI record - NAS & death cert.- Natural causes |
| 1924 | October | 21 | Tulligarth | Thomas S. | Fraser | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | October | 24 | Bothwell Park | James | Hunter | With thanks to Tom Boyd for this information |
| 1924 | October | 24 | Kinglassie Colliery | Alexander | Wallace | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | October | 30 | Cornsilloch Colliery | James | Inglis | Headstone |
| 1924 | November | 4 | Prestongrange | James | Russell | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | November | 7 | Elphinstone | James | Stevenson | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | November | 9 | Bank, New Cumnock | Alexander | McNaught | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1924 | November | 12 | Woolmet Colliery | Donald Wright | Yorkston | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | November | 12 | Rosehall | James | Cassidy | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1924 | November | 14 | Montgomeryfield | Peter | Hynd | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | November | 18 | Highhouse | James | Lindsay | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | November | 19 | Lady Blanche | Alexander | McKay | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1924 | November | 25 | Garallan Mine | Peter | Devline | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1924 | November | 26 | Whitehill | Henry | Steel | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | November | 28 | No 9 Pit, Auchlochan | Andrew | Cairney | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | November | 28 | Craigend | John | Sharp | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | November | 29 | Clyde | Arthur | Roadnight | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| Philip | Cundelan | |||||
| 1924 | December | 5 | Kenmuirhill | John | Ramsay | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1924 | December | 6 | Muircockhall | Charles | Finlay | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1924 | December | 6 | Polquhairn | James | Parkins | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1924 | December | 8 | No 1 Mary Pit | James Chisholm | McGalloway | Article in Dunfermline Journal 31 Jan 1925 - not yet transcribed |
| 1924 | December | 10 | Woodmuir | George | Murray | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | December | 11 | Ardenrigg | William | McCracken | New Monkland accidents |
| 1924 | December | 11 | Shewalton | Adam | Gillies | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | December | 11 | Kingshill | William | Clemenson | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | December | 17 | Manor Powis | John | Kirkpatrick | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | December | 17 | Valleyfield Colliery | Donald | Malcolmson | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1924 | December | 17 | Blackie Pit, New Stevenston | Wincas | Dawnarawicus |
Newspaper report - Bothwell pages AKA William Downie |
| 1924 | December | 19 | Dechmont | Edward | McVey | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | December | 20 | Aitken Colliery | Robert | Bauld | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1924 | December | 23 | Law Colliery | William | Quinton | Mine Inspectors report |
| 1924 | December | 24 | No 1 Lumphinnans Colliery | James | McConnell | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1924 | December | 26 | Dalkeith Colliery | Robert Pearson | Duncan | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1924 | December | 26 | Annandale Colliery | William | Mushet | Register of FAI -took ill while nailing down a hutch turning plate |
| 1924 | December | 30 | Earnock | Alexander | Brown | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1924 | December | 30 | Aitken Colliery | Archibald | McGill | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1924 | December | 31 | Arniston Colliery | John | Reid | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |