Year | Month | Day | Colliery | District | First Name | Surname | Age | Occupation | Cause | Extra information/ Source |
1937 | January | 1 | NK (Prestonpans area) | Lothian | William | Hanratty | 49 | Coal Miner | Pit accident | With thanks to Mark Cameron (great great grandson) for this information |
1937 | January | 2 | NK (Wilsontown area) | Lanarkshire | Edward | McCornick | 17 | Pithead worker | Arm caught by coal crushing machine | FAI NAS & death cert |
1937 | January | 3 | Mossbeath | Fife | George McNeil | Peacock | 46 | Coal miner | Roof fall on 6 July 1932 | |
1937 | January | 6 | Blantyreferme | Lanarkshire | James | Brown | 49 | fireman | suffocated | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
1937 | January | 7 | Blantyre | Lanarkshire | Alexander | Holmes | 30 | Miner | Crushed by hutches | Newspaper report - Blantyre pages |
1937 | January | 8 | Lindsay Colliery | Fife | Francis | McMorrow | mine worker | Possibly due to inhalation of fumes from redd bing | Newspaper report - Beath pages | |
1937 | January | 8 | Loganlea | Midlothian | George | Grieve | 31 | Coal miner | NK | |
1937 | January | 9 | Easton | Lothian | Robert Jamieson | Brown | Coal miner | Fall of stone | FAI NAS "Robert Jamieson Brown, coal miner, West Mains, Bathgate, died on 9 January 1937 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained earlier that day in Easton Pit, Bathgate, when a stone fell from the roof on him" | |
1937 | January | 10 | Vogrie | Lothian | William Patrick | Egan | 36 | Shunter | Caught between engine and waggon buffers | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1937 | January | 19 | Rosehall | Lanarkshire | John | Hamilton | Miner | Fall from roof | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages | |
1937 | January | 21 | Nellie | Fife | Robert | Virtue | 27 | Miner | Fall of stone | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
1937 | January | 22 | Auchengeich | Lanarkshire | Alexander | Lumsden | 64 | Pit pumpsman | Fall down pit shaft | With thanks to an anonymous contributor for this information Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
1937 | January | 23 | Southrigg | Lothian | William | McMaster | Labourer | Fell from the screening plant to the ground level | FAI NAS "William McMaster, labourer, 3 Greenrigg Cottages, Whitburn, died on 23 January 1937 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 21 January 1937 in Southrigg Colliery, Whitburn, when he fell from the screening plant to the ground level" | |
1937 | January | 25 | Manor Powis | Stirlingshire | David | Lauder | 33 | Miner | Run over by hutch | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
1937 | February | 2 | Duddingston Shale Mine | Lothian | James | Hunter | Shale miner | Fall of roof |
Newspaper
report - Lothians pages NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: James Hunter, shale miner, 48 Farquhar Terrace, South Queensferry, died on 2 February 1937 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on the same day in Duddingston Shale Mine, Abercorn Parish, West Lothian, when material fell from the roof on him |
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1937 | February | 11 | Redd bing at Wellesley Colliery | Fife | John | Cumming | 44 | unemployed colliery labourer | Swept into sea by hot ashes | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1937 | February | 13 | Auchengeich | Lanarkshire | William | Duffy | 53 | miner | Fall of stone | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
1937 | February | 17 | Michael Colliery | Fife | Levi | Westwood | 21 | coal miner | Struck by runaway hutch | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1937 | February | 20 | Whitehill | Lothian | David | Graham | 33 | Coal miner | NK | |
1937 | February | 20 | Aitken, Kelty | Fife | William | Brown | 30 | Pithead worker | Crushed by hutches | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
1937 | February | 23 | Prestonlinks Colliery | Lothian | William | Stevenson | 27 | coal miner (hewer) | Fall of stone | |
1937 | February | 25 | Wellesley Colliery | Fife | James Peters | Kinnear | 47 | coal miner | Fall of roof | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1937 | February | 27 | Millhall | Stirlingshire | Charles | Nicol | 48 | Miner | Fall of stone from roof | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
1937 | March | 1 | Bothwell Castle | Lanarkshire | George | Mitchell | 22 | Fall of roof | Newspaper report - Blantyre pages | |
1937 | March | 2 | Jenny Gray | Fife | William | Aitken | 48 | coal miner | Natural causes | |
1937 | March | 4 | Burghlee | Midlothian | Patrick | Monaghan | 26 | Surface worker | NK | |
1937 | March | 19 | Polkemmet | Lothian | Patrick | Cadden | Coal miner | Fall of stone | FAI record NAS "Patrick Cadden Junior, coal miner, 108 Glebe Road, Whitburn, died on 19 March 1937 in Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn, when a stone fell from the face of his working place on him" | |
1937 | March | 21 | Southfield | Lanarkshire | William | Boland | 56 | Shotfirer | NK | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
1937 | March | 28 | Bridgeness | Lothian | William Moreland | Bell | 65 | Oncost worker | Struck by hutch | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1937 | March | 29 | Polmaise No 2 | Stirling | Andrew | O'Connor | 23 | Colliery Oncost worker | Compression fracture of spine - Pit accident - 1 month | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
1937 | March | 30 | Easton Pit | West Lothian | George | McCallum | 34 | Coal cutter | Struck by steel prop | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
1937 | March | 31 | Bardykes | Lanarkshire | Neil | McInally | 57 | Jammed by jib while cutting coal | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages | |
1937 | March | NK | Tasmania (native of Kilsyth) | NA | John | Hardie | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages | |||
1937 | April | 1 | Blantyre Ferme | Lanarkshire | Alexander | Walker | 18 | Miner | NK | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
1937 | April | 5 | Gartshore | Stirlingshire | Dermott | Curran | 60 | Miner's brusher | Natural causes | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
1937 | April | 6 | Frances | Fife | Robert Blackhall | Dorward | Newspaper report - Fife pages | |||
1937 | April | 7 | NK Kilsyth area | Stirlingshire | Peter | Stevenson | 51 | Mining Contractor | Myocarditis as a result of injuries received in course of his employment | NAS FAS & death cert |
1937 | April | 12 | Whitrigg | Lothian | William | Adamson | Coalcutting machineman | Fall of stone | Newspaper report - Lothians pages | |
1937 | April | 14 | Gateside | Lanarkshire | Edward | McLaughlin | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages | |||
1937 | April | 19 | No 2 Kingshill | Lanarkshire | William John | Gardiner | 36 | coal cutting machineman | NK | NAS FAS & death cert |
1937 | April | 19 | Herbertshire | Stirlingshire | William | Crawley | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages | |||
1937 | April | 22 | Easter Gartshore | Dunbartonshire | John | Sneddon | 16 | Colliery bencher | Struck by runaway hutch | Newspaper Report - Dunbartonshire accidents |
1937 | April | 23 | Dykehead Colliery | Lanarkshire | John Bell | McCutcheon | colliery machineman | Accidental compression of head & neck | Death cert | |
1937 | April | 26 | Michael | Fife | George | Rushford | 14 | Hutch attendant | Crushed between two hutches | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1937 | April | 26 | Millhall | Stirlingshire | James | Cowan | 42 | Brusher | Fall of stone | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
John | McKenna | 36 | Brusher | |||||||
1937 | May | 1 | Frances | Fife | William | Rothwell | Miner | Fall of roof | Newspaper report - Fife pages | |
1937 | May | 2 | Gateside | Lanarkshire | Alexander | Russell | 46 | Miner | Struck by rock | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
1937 | May | 5 | Michael | Fife | James | Laing | colliery banksman | Newspaper report - Fife pages | ||
1937 | May | 11 | Prestongrange | Lothian | Archibald McKay | Smith | 20 | coal miner (oncost) | Crushed by derailed hutch | |
1937 | May | 13 | No 2 Dixons Colliery, Blantyre | Lanarkshire | John Donald | MacAulay | 66 | colliery bottomer | Cage lowered on him | Newspaper report - Blantyre pages |
1937 | May | 27 | Leadhills | Lanarkshire | Thomas | Marr | 48 | pit bottomer | NK accident in lead mine | NAS FAI & death cert |
1937 | May | 29 | Lochhead Colliery | Fife | Andrew | Sinclair | 42 | Fireman | Struck by runaway hutch | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1937 | May | 31 | Rosie | Fife | James | Rollo | 59 | Miner | crushed by pulley | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1937 | June | 2 | Lochside Mine | Fife | William Hugh | Drysdale | 53 | pithead worker | Fell with hutch down chute | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1937 | June | 3 | Duddingston | Lothian | Neal | Hanlon | Shale miner | Fall of shale |
Newspaper
report - Lothians pages NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: Neal Hanlon, shale miner, 49 Abercorn Place, Winchburgh, West Lothian, died on 3 June 1937 in No.3 Duddingston Shale Mine, Abercorn, West Lothian, when a quantity of shale fell on him |
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1937 | June | 10 | Carriden | West Lothian | Albert Henry | Menzies | Pit bottomer | Crushed by cage | Newspaper report - Lothians pages | |
1937 | June | 18 | Mary Colliery | Fife | Robert | Ferguson | 40 | Miner | Fall of coal | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
1937 | June | 19 | Douglas Castle Colliery | Lanarkshire | John | Cornelius | 36 | Motorman | Fell down shaft | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
1937 | June | 19 | Gateside | Dumfries | John | Thirlwell | 26 | Fall of stone | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages | |
1937 | June | 20 | NK Harthill area | Lanarkshire | Thomas | McMaster | Not clear if this was mining accident | |||
1937 | June | 21 | Plean Colliery | Stirlingshire | Andrew | Cross | 26 | Bencher | Struck by hutch | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
1937 | June | 24 | Mary Colliery | Fife | Robert Laughtamour | Kay | Colliery supervisor | Fall of stone from roof | Many thanks to Marion Adams for providing these details Newspaper report - Ballingry pages | |
1937 | June | 25 | Furnaceyard | Lothian | John | Blair | 24 | Miner | Caught in conveyor | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1937 | June | 30 | Devon | Clackmannan | James | Cook | Struck by hutch | Clackmannan pages | ||
1937 | July | 1 | Garscube | Lanarkshire | Matthew | Reid | 20 | Miner | Crushed by runaway hutch | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
1937 | July | 22 | Plean Colliery | Stirlingshire | John | McGowan | 52 | colliery by-products worker | Asphyxia due to benzole fumes | Article in Evening Telegrah 30 Sept 1937 - not yet transcribed |
1937 | July | 24 | NK (Stirling area) | Stirlingshire | John | Craig | 19 | colliery oncost worker | Struck by hutch 17 June 1937 | Death cert only |
1937 | July | 29 | Ormiston | Lothian | John | Ogg | 50 | Miner | Fall of stone | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1937 | July | 29 | Furnaceyard | Lothian | Robert Skinner | Storrar | Coal miner | Fall from roof | Newspaper report - Lothians pages | |
1937 | August | 4 | Spalehall Coal Co, disused mine | Lanarkshire | James | Loudon | director | Explosion in colliery offices | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages | |
1937 | August | 9 | Glencraig | Fife | George | Allan | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages | |||
1937 | August | 23 | Lumphinnans Colliery | Fife | Robert | Baillie | 16 | Pithead worker | Caught in machinery | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
1937 | August | 26 | Meta Colliery | Clackmannan | Mungo | Syme | 36 | Miner | Fall of stone | Clackmannan pages |
1937 | August | 26 | Lethans Colliery | Fife | Daniel | Morrison | 48 | Colliery wagon runner | Crushed between 2 railway waggons | |
1937 | August | 31 | Dykehead Colliery | Lanarkshire | Robert | Farrell | 35 | coal miner (hewer) | Asphyxia | Death cert |
1937 | September | 5 | Earnock | Lanarkshire | Archibald | Campbell | 45 | Fall of stone | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages | |
1937 | September | 6 | Blairhall | Fife | William | Hynd | 25 | Miner | Fall of coal | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1937 | September | 15 | Newtongrange | Lothian | Antanas | Wincuskas | Newspaper report - Lothians pages | |||
1937 | September | 16 | Overtown | Lanarkshire | Michael | Kilmurray | 52 | Colliery brusher | Fall of stone | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
1937 | September | 18 | Coatspark | Lanarkshire | Thomas | Kelly | 52 | coal cutting machineman | Carbon monoxide poisoning | With thanks to the anonymous contributor of this information |
1937 | September | 22 | NK Larkhall area | Lanarkshire | John Mylchreest | Clarke | 16 | colliery worker | Slipped and wheel of hutch passed over him | NAS FAI and death cert |
1937 | September | 23 | NK - Falkirk area | Stirlingshire | Daniel | Mills | 43 | miner | Fall of stone | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
1937 | September | 23 | Kinneil | Lothian | Christopher | Roache | Oncost worker | Crushed by tub | Newspaper report - Lothians pages | |
1937 | October | 12 | Gateside | Lanarkshire | Joseph | Johnstone | 29 | Miner | Fall of roof | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
1937 | October | 19 | Burghlee | Midlothian | David John Henderson | Currie | 37 | Coal cutter attendant | Fall of stone from roof | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1937 | October | 21 | Lindsay | Fife | William Black | McDonald | 38 | Colliery labourer | Crushed between hutches | |
1937 | October | 22 | Skellyton | Lanarkshire | David | Baxter | 51 | Colliery manager | Explosion | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
Charles Laird | Lyle | 52 | Fireman | Explosion | ||||||
1937 | October | 25 | William Pit | Stirlingshire | Robert | Kemp | 54 | Miner | Fall of roof | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
1937 | October | 26 | Easter Gartshore | Dunbartonshire | Edward | Gribbon | 17 | Bencher | Knocked down by runaway hutches | Newspaper Report - Dunbartonshire accidents |
1937 | October | 28 | Cameron Colliery | Lanarkshire | Francis | Gallagher | 42 | coal miner (machineman) | Fall of stone from roof | |
1937 | October | 30 | Valleyfield | Fife | Alexander | Scott | 30 | miner | Fall from roof | |
1937 | November | 7 | NK (Kilsyth) | Stirlingshire | Peter | Stevenson | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages | |||
1937 | November | 13 | Deans | Lothians | Robert | Kerr | Shale miner | Fall of rock | NAS FAI index "Robert Kerr Senior, shale miner, 46 Main Street, Livingston Station, died on 13 November 1937 in No. 4 Mine Deans, Bathgate Parish, West Lothian, when a roof fell in and a large stone struck him" | |
1937 | November | 22 | Kames, Muirkirk | Ayrshire | Alexander | Summers | 66 | Miner | Fall of stone | Newspaper Report - Muirkirk pages |
1937 | November | 23 | Woodend | Lothian | David | Marshall | oncost worker | Run over by waggons | Newspaper report - Lothians pages | |
1937 | November | 23 | Whitehill Colliery | Lothian | Thomas | McNeill | 36 | Machineman | Fall of stone | |
1937 | November | 26 | Meta Colliery | Clackmannanshire | Thomas | Harrower | Fall of stone | Newspaper report - Clackmannan pages | ||
1937 | November | 27 | Earnock | Lanarkshire | Thomas | Wilson | 33 | Fall of roof | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages | |
1937 | November | 28 | Lingerwood | Lothian | William | Dickson | 18 | Surface worker | Electrocution | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1937 | December | 2 | Arniston Colliery | Lothian | Matthew | Douglas | 30 | Gas explosion ( died 10 December 37) | Newspaper report - Lothians pages | |
1937 | December | 2 | No 26 Shale Mine, West Calder | Lothian | Henry | Hunter | 27 | Shale miner | Fall of roof | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1937 | December | 11 | Lochside Mine | Fife | Robert | Wilkie | 50 | mine inspector | Shot firing accident | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
1937 | December | 15 | Mossbeath | Fife | Hugh | Love | 61 | Run over by waggons | Newspaper report - Beath pages | |
1937 | December (died in 1938) | 25 | Earnock | Lanarkshire | John | Lowe | Fumes from underground fire | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages | ||
Alexander | Young | |||||||||
1937 | December | 30 | Fleets Colliery | Lothian | John | Torley | Knocked down and crushed by hutch | Newspaper report - Lothians pages | ||
1937 | December | 31 | NK (Lesmahagow area) | Lanarkshire | William | Brown | 40 | hewer | Fall of stone from roof | NAS FAI and death cert |