Statistics from the Report of the HM Inspector of
Mines for 1933 - Scottish Division Total 113 accidents resulting in 115 deaths Explosions of firedamp or coal dust – 1 accident/ 1 death Falls of side – 10 accidents/ 10 deaths Falls of roof – 43 accidents/ 45 deaths Shaft accidents – 10 accidents/ 10 deaths Underground haulage accidents – 13 accidents/ 13 deaths Misc. Underground accident – 18 accidents/ 18 deaths On surface: on railways, sidings, or tramways – 8 accidents/ 8 deaths On surface: elsewhere – 10 accidents/ 10 deaths |
Year | Month | Day | Name of Colliery | First Name | Surname | Extra information/ Source |
1933 | NZ (formerly Bellshill) | James | Reid | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages | ||
1933 | January | 9 | No 3 Tannochside | John | Blair | Natural causes. FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
1933 | January | 20 | Minto | James | Hynd | Headstone & death cert - Fall of roof |
1933 | January | 21 | NK - Larkhall area | James Gilluley | Tannock | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
1933 | January | 27 | Douglas Castle | Andrew | Neil | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
1933 | January | 30 | Lindsay | Thomas | Mill | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
1933 | January | 30 | Harthill | John | Ferguson | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
1933 | January | 31 | Aitken | Alexander | Cook | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
1933 | February | 2 | Blairhall | William | Young | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1933 | February | 6 | Rosehall Colliery | William Bain | Yuill | FAI record – NAS & death cert. - Injured on 17 Aug 1931 |
1933 | February | 13 | Aitken | Joseph | Donlevy | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
1933 | February | 14 | 4 & 5 Auchencruive Mine | William | Blakely | With thanks to Iain Silcock for this information |
1933 | February | 21 | Manor Powis | Patrick | McCue | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
1933 | February | 21 | Polmaise Colliery | Joseph Smith | Reilly | Fractured spine after being struck by stone - 9 months (Fallin memorial list) |
1933 | March | 12 | Blackrigg | James | Strang | FAI record NAS " James Strang, miner, Manse View Cottages, West Main Street, Armadale, died on 12 March 1933 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 21 February 1933 in No. 2 Blackrigg Colliery, Blackridge, West Lothian, when several stones fell from the roof on him" |
1933 | March | 24 | Riddochhill | James | Brown | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1933 | March | 26 | Rosehall | William | Eccles | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
1933 | April | 1 | Dailly | Joseph | Lunnie | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
1933 | April | 3 | Woodyett | George | Mullen | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
1933 | April | 4 | Newcraighall | Colin | Methven | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1933 | April | 5 | Kingshill | John Brodie | Watson | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
1933 | April | 7 | Polton | Alexander | Strachan | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1933 | April | 11 | Aitken Colliery | David Alexander | Rodger | Natural causes |
1933 | April | 17 | Brownrigg | Samuel | Hamilton | New Monkland accidents |
1933 | May | 5 | Gartshore | Alexander | Truten | Newspaper Report - Dunbartonshire accidents |
1933 | May | 12 | Burghlee | John | Ross | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1933 | May | 15 | Woodyett | David | Baxter | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
1933 | May | 17 | Aitken, Kelty | Matthew | Cook | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
1933 | May | 19 | No 2 Bowhill | John | Fleming | Death cert & headstone - Roof fall |
1933 | May | 23 | Gateside | Matthew | Ward | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
1933 | June | 5 | Wester Gartshore | Joseph Elliott | Clelland | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
1933 | June | 14 | Glencraig Colliery | James | Nunn | Septicaemia resulting from accident to eye on 28 March 1933 |
1933 | June | 18 | Woolmet | George | Graham | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1933 | June | 20 | Lingerwood | Alexander | Greenhorn | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1933 | June | 22 | Gartliston | John Gardner | Fowler | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
1933 | June | 22 | Lingerwood | John | Thomson | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1933 | June | 23 | Glebe Colliery | David Tweedie | Telfer | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
1933 | June | 30 | Square Pit, Minto Colliery | William | McLeod | Headstone & death certificate - Fall of roof |
1933 | July | 13 | Whitehill | William Adams | Young | FAI listing |
1933 | July | 13 | No 3 Michael Colliery | David | Taylor | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
1933 | July | 17 | Holytown | James | Brown | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
1933 | July | 18 | Greenhill | Thomas | Greenshields | New Monkland accidents |
1933 | July | 19 | Glencraig | Alexander | Westwater | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
1933 | July | 23 | No 2 Bowhill | Donald | Graham | Roof fall |
1933 | August | 3 | Mossblown | Fred | Hopes | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
1933 | August | 5 | South Longrigg Colliery | James | Laird | Headstone |
1933 | August | 6 | Loganlea | James | Currie | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1933 | August | 7 | No 1 Pit Twechar | William Shanks | Reid | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
1933 | August | 18 | Southrigg | Charles Binnie | Stewart | FAI record NAS "Charles Binnie Stewart, mine repairer, 34 Westcraigs Road, Harthill, died on 18 August 1933 in Southrigg Colliery, Whitburn, when he was struck on the head while breaking a steel girder using explosives" |
1933 | August | 19 | Cardowan | James | Kirkwood | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
1933 | August | 21 | Cardowan | James Halliday | Matheson | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
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Thomas | Hall | |||||
1933 | September | 9 | Foulshiels | John | Gardner | FAI record NAS "John Gardner, miner, West End, Blackburn, died on 9 September 1933 in Foulshiels Colliery, Whitburn, when a stone fell from the roof on him" |
1933 | September | 9 | Fordel Mains | John | Bonner | FAI record NAS |
1933 | September | 10 | Woodhall Colliery | Daniel | Stevenson | Septicaemia following knee injury. FAI record - NAS & death cert |
1933 | September | 13 | Glencraig | Alexander Armstrong | Walkinshaw | Crushed between moving bogie and wall of dook road |
1933 | September | 14 | Cadzow Colliery | Robert | Stewart | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
1933 | September | 29 | Cauldhouse, Dalkeith | Patrick | Gillespie | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1933 | September | 29 | Branchal Colliery | Joseph | Duffy | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
1933 | October | 3 | Mary Colliery | Alexander | Jones | Headstone & death cert - Premature explosion of cartridge of explosive |
1933 | October | 5 | Bredisholm | Thomas | Laird | NAS FAI & death cert |
1933 | October | 7 | Easter Gartshore | Hugh | Keegans | Newspaper Report - Dunbartonshire accidents |
1933 | October | 9 | No 3 pit, Polmaise Colliery | Ellis Wairing | McDonald | Fell down pit shaft (Fallin memorial list) |
1933 | October | 9 | No 1 Southhook | Samuel Wiseman | McMaster | NAS FAI & death cert |
1933 | October | 20 | Woodhall | Charles Cowan | Hunter | NAS FAI & death cert |
1933 | October | 22 | Frances | William | Smith | Newspaper report - Fife pages Name on Frances Colliery Memorial |
1933 | October | 30 | Blairhall | John | Cook | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1933 | October | 30 | Viewpark | Joseph | Ritchie | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
1933 | October | 30 | No 3 Wilsontown Colliery | James | Griffin | Headstone |
1933 | November | 3 | Meta Pit, Alloa | W. | Mitchell | Clackmannanshire accidents |
1933 | November | 13 | Gartshore | Peter | Daly | Newspaper Report - Dunbartonshire accidents |
1933 | November | 14 | Michael | John | Penman | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1933 | November | 23 | Bowhill | Michael | Dunn | Natural causes |
1933 | November | 24 | Roslin | Peter Murray | Donaldson | FAI record NAS |
1933 | November | 28 | Michael | Walker | Thomson | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1933 | November | 29 | Kames | James | McCall | Newspaper Report - Muirkirk pages |
1933 | December | 1 | Lord Bruce Pit, Blairhall | John | Nevins | Fall of coal |
1933 | December | 2 | Riddochhill | Patrick | Boyle | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1933 | December | 2 | Kingshill | Peter | Fraser | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
1933 | December | 13 | Blairhall | Francis | Kane | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1933 | December | 21 | Valleyfield | William | Ross | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1933 | December | 24 | Addiewell | David Stevenson | Ellis | FAI record NAS " David Stevenson Ellis, electrical engineer, Beechwood Cottage, Muirhall, by Addiewell, died on 24 December 1933 at the City Hospital, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 8 December 1933 on the haulage road between Breich Pit and Deans Oil Works when he was struck on the right leg by the lever of a hutch" |
1933 | December | 24 | No 1 Aitken Colliery | Robert | Sinclair | Headstone & death certificate. Fall of roof - injured on 15 December 1933 |
1933 | December | 29 | Bredisholm | Hugh Saunders | Logan | NAS FAI & death cert |