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Fatal Accidents 1933
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If the name of the pit is not stated in records, we have recorded this as NK with the miner's usual residence added as an approximate indicator of area

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

Currently this page lists 85 fatalities 
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
Robert Brown
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

Last Updated 1st January 2014