Year |
Month | Day | Colliery | District | First Name | Surname | Age | Occupation | Cause |
Information on site
or Source |
1943 |
January |
8 |
Prestongrange Colliery |
Lothian |
James Young |
Clapperton |
17 |
coal miner (brusher) |
Knocked down by loaded hutches |
|
1943 |
January | 11 | Lindsay Colliery | Fife | William Hardie | Fowler | | colliery oncost worker | Face fall |
Newspaper report -
Beath pages |
1943 |
January | 14 | Cadzow | Lanarkshire | Hugh | Davies | 41 | Pony driver | Fall of stone |
Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
1943 |
January | 15 | Newbattle | Lothian | Robert Gibson | Pearson | 20 | coal miner | Asphyxiated by poisonous gas |
With thanks to Robert Gibson for this information |
1943 |
January | 17 | Fallin Colliery | Stirlingshire | James | Dawson | 52 | Colliery roadsman | Knocked down by a runaway hutch |
Newspaper report
- Stirlingshire pages |
Alexander | Rennie | 71 | Colliery fireman |
1943 |
January | 26 | Lingerwood | Lothian | Myles | Gillespie | 44 | Miner | Fall of stone |
Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1943 |
February |
1 | NK - Coaltown of Balgonie
area | Fife |
Robert Nelson | Terras |
38 | Coal miner |
Mine accident |
NAS "Fatal
Accident Inquiry: Robert Nelson Terras, coal miner, 71 Lady Nina
Cottages, Coaltown of Balgonie, died 1 Feb 1943" &
death cert. |
1943 |
February |
5 | Blantyre Colliery |
Lanarkshire |
Archibald | McFall |
59 | Underground fireman |
Unknown |
|
1943 |
February | 9 | Redding | Stirlingshire | William | Wood | | | Fall of stone |
Newspaper report
- Stirlingshire pages |
1943 |
February | 11 | Whiteside Colliery | Lanarkshire | Alexander Park | Geddes | | coal miner | Winding rope broke and they fell to the bottom of the said shaft |
NAS FAI gives names as Alexander Patrick Geddes and John Corrigan Byrne
"Alexander Patrick Geddes, coal miner, 22 Gartlea Avenue, Airdrie and
John Corrigan Byrne, coal miner, 247 Main Street, Plains, Lanarkshire,
both died on 11 February 1943 in the shaft of Whiteside Colliery,
Forrestfield, Lanarkshire, when, while standing on the cage and about to
descend, the winding rope broke and they fell to the bottom of the said
shaft" |
John | Corrigan | | coal miner |
1943 |
March | 7 | Loanhead | Lothian | Robert | McLeish | 58 | Mineworker | Fell down a dook |
Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
1943 |
March | 7 |
Wellesley Colliery | Fife |
Robert | Drummond |
49 | Coal miner |
Burst occurred when boring shot hole |
NAS "Fatal
Accident Inquiry: Robert Drummond, coal miner, 83 Alexander Street, East
Wemyss, died 7 Mar 1943" and death cert. & Headstone |
1943 |
March | 16 | Greenrigg | Lothian | John Lewis | Evans | | Overman | Crushed by cage |
Midlothian
Advertiser 19 March 1943 |
1943 |
March | 16 | Blairhall | Fife | Alexander | Brown | | colliery overman | Roof fall |
Newspaper report -
Fife pages |
1943 |
March |
25 | Wellesley Colliery |
Fife | Walter |
Watson | 25 |
Coal miner | Fall of coal |
Newspaper report -
Fife pages |
1943 |
April | 6 | Comrie Colliery | Fife | William | Davidson | | coal miner | Roof fall |
Newspaper report -
Fife pages |
1943 |
April | 20 | Valleyfield Colliery | Fife | Walter | Banks | | coal miner | Roof fall |
Newspaper report -
Fife pages |
1943 |
April | 21 | Westwood | Lothian | John | Cruikshanks | | Roller attendant | Struck by a haulage rope |
Midlothian
Advertiser 30 April 1943 |
1943 |
April | 22 | Bowhill Colliery | Fife | George Fair | Harley | | coal miner | Roof fall |
NAS "Fatal
Accident Inquiry: George Fair Harley, coal miner, 49 Dundonald Park,
Cardenden, died on 22 Apr 1943 at Bowhill Colliery, Parish of
Auchterderran, Fife, by a roof fall" |
1943 |
April |
26 | Frances Colliery |
Fife | George |
Crombie | 42 |
Coal miner | Fractured spine |
NAS "Fatal
Accident Inquiry: George Crombie, coal miner, Alexander Street, Dysart,
Kirkcaldy, died 26 Apr 1943" &
death cert. |
1943 |
May | 10 | Tannochside Colliery | Lanarkshire | Robert | Marshall | | coal cutting machineman | Crushed between pavement and bottom of coal cutting machine |
NAS "Robert
Marshall, coal cutting machineman, 62 Laidlaw Street, Tannochside,
Viewpark, Lanarkshire, died on 10 May 1943 in No. 3 Pit of Tannochside
Colliery, Viewpark, Lanarkshire, when he was crushed between the
pavement and the bottom of a coal cutting machine" |
1943 |
May |
20 | No 2 Loganlea Colliery |
Lothian | William Scoular |
Kidd | 60 |
Coal miner | Crushed between a
hutch and a rake of hutches and dragged along the haulage road |
FAI notice in
Scotsman 24 June 1943 & death cert |
1943 |
May | 30 | Kennox Colliery | Lanarkshire | William | Clark | 60 | |
Asphyxia after being trapped by flood |
Newspaper report |
William Victor | Clark | 22 | |
John | Reid | 21 | |
1943 |
June | 7 | Whitrigg | Lothian | James | Laughlin |
71 | Haulage motor attendant | Struck by a runaway hutches |
Death certificate &
Linlithgow
Gazette 2 July 1943 |
1943 |
June |
14 | Lingerwood |
Lothian | Henry Gordon |
Boyes | 23 |
Coal miner | Fall of stone |
FAI notice in
Scotsman 24 June 1943 & death cert |
1943 |
June | 16 | Bowhill Colliery | Fife | John Kirkcaldy | Grant | | coal miner | Fall of roof |
NAS "Fatal
Accident Inquiry: John Kirkcaldy Grant, coal miner, 8 Eighteenth Street,
Bowhill, Fife, died on 16 Jun 1943 at Bowhill Colliery , Parish of
Auchterderran, Fife, by a fall from the roof of his working place" & death
cert. |
1943 |
June |
25 | NK - Methil area |
Fife | William |
Page | 34 |
coal miner | Fall of coal -
injuries sustained 10 March 1942 |
NAS "Fatal
Accident Inquiry: William Page, coal miner, 78 Den Walk, Methil, died 25
Jun 1943" &
death cert. |
1943 |
July | 6 | Glencraig Colliery | Fife | John | Hutchison | | coal miner | Fall of roof |
NAS "Fatal
Accident Inquiry: John Hutchison, coal miner, 9 Waverley Street,
Lochore, died on 6 Jul 1943 at West Fife Hospital, Dunfermline, from
injuries sustained on the same day at Glencraig Colliery, Ballingry
Parish, Fife, by a fall from the roof of his working place" & death
cert. |
1943 |
July | 13 | Kingshill | Lanarkshire | William | Bowman | 65 | Coal miner | Struck by fall of stone |
|
1943 |
July | 13 |
NK Newtongrange area | Lothian |
James McMurtrie | Herriot |
28 | Coal miner |
Struck by steel prop knocked out by fall of coal |
|
1943 |
July | 20 | Burghlee | Midlothian | Robert | Young | 37 | | Fall of roof |
Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
James | Copeland | 54 | |
1943 |
August | 5 | No 2 Dixon's, Blantyre | Lanarkshire | James | Muir | 34 | colliery roadsman | Crushed by fall of stone |
|
1943 |
August | 7 | Overtown Colliery | Lanarkshire | Terence | Smith | 55 | Coal miner | Fall of stone |
|
1943 |
August |
15 | Balgonie Colliery |
Fife | James |
Todd | 26 |
Coal miner | Crushing accident |
Newspaper report -
Fife pages |
1943 |
August | 25 | Bowhill Colliery | Fife | George Galloway | Forsyth | | colliery worker | Crushed by runaway race of hutches |
NAS "Fatal
Accident Inquiry: George Galloway Forsyth, colliery worker, 40 Denfield
Drive, Cardenden, died on 25 Aug 1943 at Bowhill Colliery, Parish of
Auchterderran, Fife, when he was crushed by a runaway race of hutches" |
1943 |
August | 28 | Polmaise Colliery | Stirlingshire | Francis Bernard | Rooney | 36 | coal miner - brusher |
Fractured spine caused by fall of stone. Died 1 year 4 months after
accident. |
Death cert. & Fallin memorial list |
1943 |
September | 4 | Kingshill Colliery | Lanarkshire | Thomas | Easton | 37 | colliery machineman | Struck by fall of roof |
|
1943 |
September | 14 |
Calderhead Colliery | Lanarkshire | Edward | Sweeney | 44 | Coal miner | Run over by a train of waggons |
Midlothian
Advertiser 24 September 1943 |
1943 |
September | 17 | Bowhill Colliery | Fife | David Izatt | Mitchell | | coal miner | Fall of an iron roof girder |
Headstone &
death certificate |
1943 |
September | 27 | Benhar Colliery | Lanarkshire | George | Sneddon | | colliery oncost worker | Fell from ascending cage |
NAS FAI "George
Sneddon, coalminer (oncost worker), 53 West Benhar Road, Harthill,
Lanarkshire, died on 27 September 1943 in the shaft of No. 19 Pit of
Benhar Colliery, Harthill, Lanarkshire, when he fell from an ascending
cage" |
1943 |
October | 1 | Nellie Colliery | Fife | David Westie | Reid | | colliery machineman | Crushed by moving coal cutting machine |
NAS "Fatal
Accident Inquiry: David Westie Reid, colliery machineman, 73 David
Street, Lochgelly, died on 1 Oct 1943 at Nellie Colliery, Auchterderran
Parish, Fife, when he was crushed by a moving coal cutting machine" |
1943 |
October | 9 | Roslin Colliery | Lothian | William | Robertson | 57 | Oncost worker | Crushed by runaway tub |
FAI notice in
Scotsman 18 November 1943 & death cert. |
1943 |
October | 22 | NK (from Larkhall) | Lanarkshire | James Patrick | Brannigan | 34 | Coal cutting machineman | Explosion |
|
1943 |
October | 23 | Bardykes | Lanarkshire | William | McPheat | 50 | Electrician | Knocked down by engine |
Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
1943 |
October | 23 | Tannochside Colliery | Lanarkshire | Thomas | Mulholland | | coal miner (hewer) | Fall of stone |
NAS FAI "Thomas
Mulholland, coal miner (hewer), 197 Aitkenhead Road, Tannochside,
Lanarkshire, died on 23 October 1943 in No. 2 Pit of Tannochside
Colliery, Viewpark, Lanarkshire, when a stone fell upon him from the
roof" |
1943 |
October | 26 | Gore Pit | Lothian | William Martin | Mitchell | 40 | Mine repairer | Fractured pelvis, cause NK |
FAI notice in
Scotsman 18 November 1943 & death cert. |
1943 |
October | 28 | Arniston Colliery | Lothian | James | Blackie | 36 | Colliery engineer | Fractured skull |
FAI notice in
Scotsman 18 November 1943 & death cert. |
1943 |
November | 3 | NK (from Bothwellhaugh) | Lanarkshire | William Hunter | McSeveny | 56 | Coal miner | Fall of stone |
|
1943 |
November | 4 | Lumphinnans Colliery | Fife | William | McKay | | colliery pitheadman | Fall to the ground ground from the Tippler Platform of the pithead gear |
NAS "Fatal
Accident Inquiry: William McKay, colliery pitheadman, 20 Viewfield
Terrace, Lumphinnans, died on 4 Nov 1943 at Larbert Hospital, Larbert,
Stirlingshire, from injuries sustained on 2 Nov 1943 at Lumphinnans No.
1 Colliery, Ballingry Parish, Fife, by a fall to the ground ground from
the Tippler Platform of the pithead gear" |
1943 |
November |
14 | Frances Colliery |
Fife | James Alexander Barbour |
Forsyth | 20 |
coal miner - stripper |
Extensive lacerations & shock from blast |
Newspaper report -
Fife pages |
1943 |
November | 15 | Wilson Mine, Douglas | Lanarkshire | Frank William | Bonomi | 18 | coal miner (drawer) | Fell from a carriage, down a brae and into a sump |
NAS "Fatal
Accident Inquiry: Frank William Bonomi, coal miner (drawer), 15
Springhill Street, Douglas, died 15 Nov 1943" |
1943 |
November |
23 | Bells Mine, Kames Colliery |
Ayrshire | Thomas Wilson |
Stitt | 28 |
coal miner | Fall of coal |
Muirkirk
memorial & death cert |
1943 |
November |
23 | Castlecary |
Lanarkshire | Thomas |
Moore | 59 |
underground fireman | Fall of
clay |
With thanks to
May McIntyre for this information Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
1943 |
November | 26 | No 42 Coal Mine, West Calder | Lothian | Richard Clelland | Whigham | 16 | colliery haulage attendant | Fall of stone from roof |
FAI and DC |
1943 |
December | 2 | Branchock Mine, Cambuslang | Lanarkshire | John Joseph | Monaghan | 53 | coal miner | Head injuries and asphyxia, buried in debris |
With thanks to Kenny James Monaghan for this information |
1943 |
December |
19 | Hamilton Palace Colliery | Lanarkshire |
James Irvine | Kerr |
40 | Underground fireman |
Explosion of fire damp |
Glasgow Herald
19 May 1944 p3 |
1943 |
December | 20 | Burnhead | Stirlingshire | Peter | Shanks | 28 | Miner | Collapse of pithead |
Newspaper report
- Stirlingshire pages |
1943 |
December |
23 | Skellyton Colliery |
Lanarkshire | William |
Parkinson | 54 |
| Accidentally killed |
Headstone &
death certificate |
1943 |
December | 24 | Fraser Pit, West Calder | Lothian | Hugh | Wilson | 49 | Shale miner | Struck by material from shot |
Midlothian
Advertiser 31 December 1943 |
1943 |
December | 24 |
NK Dalkeith area | Lothian |
James Cunningham | Simpson |
30 | Colliery haulage surfaceman |
Crushed between 2 rakes of hutches |
FAI
notice in Scotsman 3 February 1944 |