| Year | Month | Day | Name of Colliery | Where situated | Owners name | Person(s) killed | Occupation | Age | Category (if given) | Cause of death and remarks | Additional Information |
| 1875 | January | 6 | Knightswood | Maryhill | Summerlee Iron Co | James Wilson | Miner | 16 | In Ironstone mines | Fell from a mid-working | |
| 1875 | January | 13 | Drumpeller | Coatbridge, LKS | Henderson & Dimmack | Hugh Smith | Collier | 25 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of roof. Was injured 13th Jan 1875, and died 8th January 1876 | |
| 1875 | January | 14 | Bredisholm | Bothwell, LKS | Provanhall Coal Co | James McEwan | Collier | 20 | Falling from part way down | He pushed a tub into a “blind” pit and fell along with it a depth of 13 fathoms. It was the first day of the pit being used, and the gate had not been put on. Gates have since been put on. | |
| 1875 | January | 15 | Cronberry No 2 | Lugar | Eglinton Iron Co | James Blair | Roadsman | 42 | In Ironstone mines | Fall of roof | |
| 1875 | January | 19 | Lucknow | Stevenston | Merry & Cunningham | John Ross | Roadsman | 29 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of roof while engaged securing it | |
| 1875 | January | 20 | Lochore | Ballingry, FIF | Lochore & Capledrae Cannel Coal Co Ltd | Walter Sneddon | Collier | 22 | Falls of Roof | At face. Soft “blaes” roof (Long wall) | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1875 | January | 22 | Lochknowe Ironstone and Limestone Pit | LKS | James Shaw | Not listed | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper reports - Lanarkshire pages | |||
| 1875 | January | 25 | Stanerigg | Slamannan, STI | Matt. Hay & Son | John Gillies | pitheadman | -- | Miscellaneous on surface | Run over by an empty wagon on a branch railway while going from his work | |
| 1875 | February | 1 | Whitehill | Lasswade, Edinburgh | Arch. Hood | Thos. Hannan | Sinker | 31 | Things falling from part way down | A piece of stone fell out of the side of a sinking pit and struck him. The walling was 11 fathoms back | |
| 1875 | February | 3 | Braehead No 5 | Baillieston | Dunn Brothers | Wm Clelland | Collier | 22 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of roof at face. | |
| 1875 | February | 5 | Lanemark (Afton) | N Cumnock | Lanemark Coal Co | Wm Mayberry | Collier | 30 | Miscellaneous Underground | Was run over by his hutch when coming down a heading road in front of it | |
| 1875 | February | 8 | Bankend | Lesmahagow, LKS | Monkland Iron & Coal Co Ltd | Robert Brown | Engineman | -- | In Ironstone mines | Explosion of boiler of a pumping engine. The boiler was worn out. It exploded some time during Sunday night and no one but deceased was near. It was supposed he had fallen asleep after firing the boiler and allowed the steam to get too high. From Main body of report: The boiler supplied steam to a pumping engine at a pit which stood in an isolated position, and out of sight from any houses. The engine did not require to go continuously. Deceased was the engineman; he commenced work at 6 a.m.. on Sunday morning, and was standing his "long shift." No one was near him or had seen him from that time until about 4 o'clock on the following morning (Monday), when his body was found in the engine house, and the boiler exploded. It was conjectured that deceased had fallen asleep after firing the boiler, and before he had started the engine after one of its pauses, thus unduly raising the pressure of the steam, and the explosion was the result. The boiler was pressed at about 20 lbs. to the square inch, and had all the appliances required by the statute, but it was at least 10 years old. | |
| 1875 | February | 8 | Gartshore, No 6 | Kilsyth | Wm Baird & Co | Wm Smith | Sinker | 50 | In Shafts | By running a hutch into the pit and falling with it to the bottom | |
| 1875 | February | 10 | Ellismuir No 2 | Baillieston | Provanhall Coal Co | Mich. McDonegal | Trimmer | 48 | Above Ground | Was crushed between two loaded waggons while shifting one of them | |
| 1875 | February | 10 | Garrion Gill | Cambusnethan, LKS | Coltness Iron Co. | Stephen Kennedy | Driver | 16 | On inclined planes | Crushed between tubs and a prop at the top of an engine plane while detaching rope. He had no duty there | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1875 | February | 10 | Overtown | Cambusnethan, LKS | John Wilson | James Mullen | Collier | 25 | Falls of Coal | He was working off a pillar and a piece of coal fell over upon him. The seam was 9 feet thick | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1875 | February | 11 | Woodside | Dalserf, LKS | Jas Smith & sons | John Barr | Switch keeper | 15 | On inclined planes | Crushed on engine plane. He was found under the tubs. It was supposed he had been riding on the train which was against orders | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1875 | February | 17 | Wellwood No 11 | Muirkirk | Eglinton Iron Co | Robert Geddes | Bottomer | 17 | In Ironstone mines | Fall of roof | |
| 1875 | February | 20 | Rigside | Douglas, LKS | James Swann | George Gold | Collier | 30 | Falls of Roof | At face, caused by a “long wall” break at a “lipe” | |
| Jas Hamilton | Collier | 20 | |||||||||
| 1875 | February | 23 | Carfin | Bothwell, LKS | Wm Dixon Ltd | John McLean | Collier | 17 | Falls of Roof | In a “long wall” drawing road | |
| 1875 | February | 26 | Dalharco No 2 | Patna | Dalmellington Iron Co | David Stevenson | Oversman | 32 | Miscellaneous Underground | Suffocated by gases whilst engaged putting out an underground fire From Main body of report: About the end of December 1874 an underground fire was discovered, not far from the bottom of the outlet pit. Several attempts were made to put it out, and after a time it was subdued, though not completely extinguished. At this stage it was thought advisable to endeavour to reach the extreme of the fire, and with that view a mine was commenced in the pillar of coal known as "pitbottom stoop." The fire was encountered near to the pit, and kept under control by water led in by a hose from the surface. As the mine advanced the ventilation was maintained by bratticing carried along the centre of it. On the day of the accident a fall of roof occurred about thirty feet from the face, where at the time four men were engaged. This (fall) broke the brattice, deranged the ventilation, and cut off the means of egress. The air which before the accident swept round the front of the brattice, carrying off the noxious gases, now reached no farther than the fall, and the deceased being entirely shut in by the fall were slowly suffocated. Of the four persons who were at work when the fall of roof took place, one was rescued from under the broken roof by a second shift of men, but nearly three hours had elapsed before the others could be reached, when they were found dead. The survivor who had charge of the shift was a thoroughly practical man, and one of the demised was the oversman of the pit. | Newspaper reports - Ayrshire pages |
| Wm Bell | Collier | 37 | |||||||||
| Francis Cunninghame | Collier | 23 | |||||||||
| 1875 | February | 26 | Rochsolloch | New Monkland, LKS | Geo. Cowie & Son | Thos McGowan | Brusher | 40 | Falls of Roof | He was taking down the stone which fell upon him (Long wall) | |
| 1875 | March | 3 | Redburn No 2 | Kilwinning | Eglinton Iron Co | Joseph McLaren | Brusher | 30 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of roof in a drawing road whilst repairing it | |
| 1875 | March | 8 | Annandale No 9 | Kilmarnock | Arch. Finnie & Son | James Rorison | Collier | 49 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of coal | |
| 1875 | March | 11 | Polkemmet | Whitburn, Linlithgow | Shotts Iron Co | Thomas Welsh | Miner | 52 | In Ironstone mines | Fall of roof at face of long wall while holing | |
| 1875 | March | 15 | Law | Carluke, LKS | John Wilson | George Gorden | Collier | 18 | Falls of Roof | At face (stoop and room) | |
| 1875 | March | 18 | Thankerton | Bothwell, LKS | Monkland Iron & Coal Co Ltd | Robt. McGowan | Wagonman | 20 | Miscellaneous on surface | Run over by a wagon on a branch railway | Newspaper report- Bothwell pages |
| 1875 | March | 19 | Hallhill No 1 | Baillieston | Ferrier & Strain | Robert Gibson | Collier | 18 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of roof at face. | |
| 1875 | March | 22 | Newlands | Lanarkshire | Henry Sharp | (not work accident) | Death not listed in Inspectors report | With thanks to Elizabeth Sharp for supplying the date of this accident - Newspaper reports - Lanarkshire pages | |||
| 1875 | March | 22 | Blairadam | Blairadam, Kinross | Fife Coal Co | D Fotheringham | Pony driver | 14 | Falling into shaft from surface | He ran a tub into the shaft when the cage was not there, and there was no self acting fence to stop it | |
| 1875 | March | 27 | Benhar East | Whitburn, Linlithgow | Benhar Coal Co Ltd | Thomas Gillies | Set rider | 15 | On inclined planes | He fell off train and was run over on an engine plane | |
| 1875 | March | 27 | Morningside | Cambusnethan, LKS | Shotts Iron Co | John Griffiths | Labourer | 60 | Miscellaneous on surface | Fell down a screen in front of a loaded hutch | |
| 1875 | March | 30 | Carnbroe | Bothwell, LKS | Merry & Cunningham | Wm Murrie | Screenman | 18 | Miscellaneous on surface | Run over by a wagon at screens | |
| 1875 | April | 1 | Wellington | Lanarkshire | Andrew Pringle | Death not listed in Inspectors report (not work accident) | Newspaper reports - Lanarkshire pages | ||||
| 1875 | April | 5 | Arden | New Monkland, LKS | Shotts Iron Co | Wm Jeffrey | Contractor | 26 | In Ironstone mines | Fall of roof in a stone mine | |
| 1875 | April | 11 | Garthamlock | Lanarkshire | William Campbell | Death not listed in Inspectors report (not work accident) | Newspaper reports - Lanarkshire pages | ||||
| 1875 | April | 15 | Gartshore, No 5 | Kilsyth | Wm Baird & Co | Wm Cruthers | Roadsman | 35 | Above Ground | By falling off a scaffold at pithead 15ft high | |
| 1875 | April | 28 | Drumpeller No 4 | Coatbridge, LKS | Henderson & Dimmack | John Weir | Collier | 20 | Explosions of Firedamp. Died 10th May | Explosion of fire damp.
From Main body of report: Happened in a limited working lately win by a stone mine, and in the act of being opened up. The deceased had worked a day shift and left about midday. On their return in the afternoon they were the only persons in the pit, and after having been engaged for about three hours brushing their roadway, they proceeded to a wall a short distance from their own, and ignited some firedamp which had collected in it from the time of the day workmen leaving, about three hours and a half before. Both were burned, and though not supposed to be dangerously ill, they died from the effects of their injuries two weeks after.The deceased who were engaged in a limited working had left off work on the day of the accident about midday, but returned in the evening (5 o'clock) to "brush" their roadway. Their working place was situated at A on hand sketch, but it appears that they had left it at 8 o'clock and gone into the heading B, to obtain the use of some tools which they knew to be lying there, when their lights ignited a small accumulation of firedamp. They were both burned, and died two weeks after from the effects of the injuries. It appears that the oversman and others had worked with open lights in the heading B on the day of the accident, and had left it only half an hour (at 4.30) before the deceased returned to their work, and I understand were not aware of the presence of firedamp. |
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| And. Blakely | Collier | 24 | Explosion of fire damp. Died 2nd May | ||||||||
| 1875 | April | 30 | Gartshore, No 5 | Kilsyth | Wm Baird & Co | Robt. Barrowman | Miner | 35 | Explosions of Firedamp | Explosion of fire damp. From Main body of report: The deceased was a miner, and I understand that he had a contract for forming a stone mine to prove the seam of coal to the west of a dislocation not far distant from the shaft. It appears that the contract had expired, and other arrangements had not been made. In consequence of which the mine had been abandoned, or was standing for nine days previous to the accident. On the day of the accident the deceased applied to the oversman for liberty to go into the mine to remove his "graith," or tools, which had been left there when the contract expired. He was referred to the fireman, who would first examine the mine and see that it was safe for persons to enter. The deceased, however, apparently trusting to his previous experience, descended the shaft, and without waiting for the fireman recklessly went into the mine with an open light and ignited some gas which had collected in it. The blast displaced the brattice, deranged the ventilation, and it was two hours after the explosion before the deceased could be relieved, when he was found dead or dying. | |
| 1875 | May | 3 | Clackmannan | Clackmannan | Clackmannan Coal Co. | Caleb Bridgeman | Sinker | 28 | Whilst ascending or descending | In ascending sinking pit from a shot he was caught by the mid-wall and fell to the bottom, a depth of 16 fathoms | |
| 1875 | May | 9 | Greenfield | Hamilton, LKS | Hamilton Coal Co. | John Stewart | Driver | 13 | By trams & tubs | Fell off his tub and was run over | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1875 | May | 10 | Blair No 8 | Dalry | Eglinton Iron Co | John Muskalby | Sinker | 55 | In Ironstone mines | Was injured by a plank falling upon him n a sinking shaft | |
| 1875 | May | 13 | Holmes No 4 | Galston | John Horne & Sons | Jas. McKail | Engineman | 21 | Above Ground | Got entangled with the pumping machinery | |
| 1875 | May | 14 | Picon No 6 | Dalry | Eglinton Iron Co | Wm Phillips | Miner | 60 | In Ironstone mines | Fall of roof at working face | Newspaper reports - Ayrshire pages |
| 1875 | May | 19 | Law | Carluke, LKS | John Wilson | John Winning | Collier | 27 | Falls of Coal | He was working away a pillar when the coal which he was holing and about to blast came over upon him. | Newspaper reports - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1875 | May | 20 | Corby Craigs No 5 | Dalmellington | Dalmellington Iron Co | Wm McGhee | Drawer | 24 | In Ironstone mines | Was run over by his hutch upon a rise road or incline | |
| 1875 | May | 24 | Enterkine No 7 | Ayr | George Taylor & Co | Wm Livingstone | Assistant pithead | 17 | Above Ground | Was run over by full waggons at the colliery siding or byre | |
| 1875 | May | 25 | Barrwood No 1 | Kilsyth | Wm Baird & Co | Peter Gairdner | Collier | -- | Explosions of Firedamp | Explosion of fire damp. Injured on the 17th From Main body of report: Took place in one of the ordinary working places, and while the workmen were engaged at their work. Attributable, it would appear, to a fall of roof in the aircourse, which occurred a short time before, the accident, interrupting the air and thus allowing firedamp to collect. The explosion was reported to be slight, but the deceased died from the effects of his injuries eight days after. The deceased was engaged with others on the day of the accident in one of the ordinary working places of the mine. I understand that a fall of roof took place during the shift, which interrupted the circulation of the air. It is stated that the workmen on the "dip" side of the fall left off work immediately after it happened, and called upon their neighbours, of whom the deceased was one, to leave also. They, however, continued to work, when soon after a slight explosion took place; more than one was injured, but the deceased died a week after from the effects of the injuries. | |
| 1875 | May | 31 | Lucknow | Stevenston | Merry & Cunningham | Mich. Deverick | Roadsman | 41 | In Shafts | Caused by the cage being lifted without a proper signal | |
| 1875 | May | 31 | Swineridgemuir | Beith | Merry & Cunningham | Wm Sheddon | Collier | 24 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of coal in working place | |
| 1875 | May | 31 | Auchenheath | Lesmahagow, LKS | Nitshill & Lesmahagow Coal Co. | John Prentice | Drawer | -- | By trams & tubs | Tub ran away while he was in fron of it, and knocked him against side | |
| 1875 | June | 3 | Ellismuir No 3 | Baillieston | Provanhall Coal Co | James Liddell | Joiner | 50 | Above Ground | In consequence of the breakage of the fly wheel of the pumping engine, the deceased was strck by part of it whilst engaged on the pithead frame | |
| 1875 | June | 4 | Alloa, Holton | Alloa, CLK | Alloa Coal Co | Alex. Fyfe | Bottomer | 33 | Miscellaneous in shaft | He was found in the bottom of the shaft with the cage resting on his body | |
| 1875 | June | 4 | Loganlea | West Calder, Edinburgh | Loganlea Coal Co | James Lind (sen) | Collier | 58 | Falls of Coal | The fall of the piece of coal he was working at knocked out a prop, and the roof (coal) fell upon him (stoop and room) | |
| 1875 | June | 7 | Gadgirth No 1 | Ayr | George Taylor & Co | Wm Kerr | Collier | 46 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of coal | Newspaper reports - Ayrshire pages |
| 1875 | June | 8 | Muircockhall | Dunfermline, FIF | West of Fife Coal Co | ----- | Collier | -- | Sundries underground | Failed to get away from a shot | Newspaper reports - Fife pages (Newspaper report gives name as Robert Sinclair) |
| 1875 | June | 10 | Carfin | Bothwell, LKS | A.G. Simpson | John Vallalay | Drawer | 19 | By trams & tubs | Crushed between top of tub and roof on a brae | |
| 1875 | June | 11 | Ballochmyle No 4 | Auchinleck | Wm Walkers Trustees | Mungo Nimmo | pitheadman | 54 | In Shafts | Was struck with the descending cage whilst looking down the shaft | |
| 1875 | June | 15 | Denend | Lochgelly, FIF | Denend Coal Co | Robt. Smith | Engineman | -- | Miscellaneous on surface | Fell off the engine beam while screwing a bolt. He landed on some part of the machinery and was injured internally | |
| 1875 | June | 28 | Garturk No 1 | Coatbridge, LKS | Rochsoloch Iron Co | John Maule | Fireman | 55 | Explosions of Firedamp | Explosion of fire damp. From Main body of report: Happened to a night fireman who, after examining the working places with a safety lamp, went incautiously into a mine connected with an old working, where "waste" water was being run off, with his open light and kindled some firedamp, by which he was fatally injured.The deceased was fireman, and acted as foreman brusher, that is, he superintended the brushing during night. It appears that he went to his work on the morning of the accident about 12.30 a.m., and was accompanied by three of the workmen. As explained by one of them he made the required examination, and afterwards left to shut off water which was occasionally drained off an old "waste." In about ten minutes after his leaving there was an explosion of firedamp, and on search being made the deceased was found at the entrance leading into the old waste, where unquestionably he had encountered firedamp whilst using an open light. The ordinary lamp, which apparently he had been using, was found near to him, but his safety lamp was got at the face of one of the working places about twenty yards farther off. It would appear that after examining the working places the deceased had laid aside his safety lamp, and at the time of the accident was imprudently using an open light. It is difficult to account for such inconsistency, for certainly the place where the accident happened was one where firedamp was more likely to accumulate than in any of the working places. | |
| 1875 | June | 29 | Orchard, Giffnock | Pollokshaws | Baird & Stevenson | Jonathan Polland | Quarrier | 38 | In Metalliferous mines | Fall of roof | |
| 1875 | July | 4 | Phoenix | Coatbridge, LKS | John Spencer | James Lindsay | Brusher | 66 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of roof while engaged taking it down. Injured 24th June | |
| 1875 | July | 6 | Wilsontown | Carnwarth, LKS | Gavin Paul | Robert McKirdy | Pumper | 30 | Falling from part way down | While foolishly attempting to climb up during night time. He could have gone a nearer way to a stair pit | |
| 1875 | July | 7 | Pather | Cambusnethan, LKS | Coltness Iron Co. | John McKinnon | redsman | 35 | Falls of Roof | While redding across an old road (stoop and room) | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1875 | July | 12 | Wellwood | Dunfermline, FIF | Thos Spowart & Co | John McQueen | Collier | 53 | Falls of Coal | The coal which he was taking down came over upon him | Newspaper reports - Fife pages |
| 1875 | July | 14 | Blacktongue | New Monkland, LKS | Wm Baird | Thos Carrick | Collier | 26 | Falls of Coal | At face of “long wall”. Want of “sprags” | |
| 1875 | July | 17 | Drumpeller No 4 | Coatbridge, LKS | Henderson & Dimmack | Chas Richardson | Oversman | 30 | Miscellaneous Underground | Suffocation by gases (fire damp) From Main body of report: There are two seams of coal at present being worked in this pit, the "Kiltongue" and "Splint." It appears that the working of the "Splint" had been abandoned for three or four days previous to the accident in consequence of an accumulation of gas. The direct cause being some defect in the aircourse, from fall of roof, and also an accumulation of water. The Splint coal is win by a cross-cut mine from the " Kiltongue" seam in which is constructed a midwall of brickwork. It was also being overhauled, and after the necessary repairs had been made it appears that the fireman had gone into the face, where the accumulation of gas was known to exist, to see what effect the alterations had produced, or rather to see if the firedamp was being dislodged. The oversman and others, all provided with safety lamps, remained a distance behind, awaiting his return. After a time the oversman, who was the fireman's brother, went into where it was understood that the fireman had gone, and apparently discovered that something was wrong ; he called out for help, and in attempting to reach his brother was also affected by the vitiated air. Two workmen followed to render assistance, but on reaching a given point they also became helpless. Those remaining on discovering the state of things, four of their number struck down, gave the alarm for assistance, and after repeated attempts one of the four was reached, but before the other three could be got out they were dead. It is hard to comprehend what could induce the fireman to proceed so far into a known body of firedamp, where undoubtedly he was suffocated by the irrespirable gas. The others lost their lives from the same cause in attempting to rescue him. | Newspaper Report - Old Monkland pages |
| John Richardson | Fireman | 24 | |||||||||
| Arthur Moffat | Roadsman | 27 | |||||||||
| 1875 | July | 19 | Gartness | New Monkland, LKS | Gartness Mineral Co Ltd | David Woodhead | Collier | 20 | Falling from part way down | Fell through a hole in the scaffold, of which he had got no warning | |
| 1875 | July | 30 | Gartshore, No 10 | Kilsyth | Wm Baird & Co | James Harrison | Sinker | 45 | In Ironstone mines | By the fall of part of the midwall of the shaft driven out by the kettle in its ascent | |
| 1875 | July | 31 | Galston | Galston | John Horne & Sons | John Biggins | Collier | 58 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of coal | |
| 1875 | August | 5 | Kippbyre | New Monkland, LKS | James Nimmo & Co | Alex. Pender | Incline boy | 18 | On inclined planes | Fell off before the wheels and was run over by tubs on an engine plane. He was riding on the train against orders | Newspaper report - New Monkland pages |
| 1875 | August | 5 | Rosehall | Bothwell, LKS | Robert Addie & Sons | Matthew Lindsay | Collier | 51 | Falls of Roof | A piece of stone fell from the roof upon him, which caused the pick he was working with to enter is groin (Long wall) | |
| 1875 | August | 6 | Gartgill No 7 | Coatbridge, LKS | Wm Baird & Co | Robert Douglas | Trimmer | 17 | Above Ground | By falling among waggons being shunted by a locomotive | |
| 1875 | August | 19 | Merryton | Hamilton, LKS | Merryton Coal Co | John Sommerville | Collier | 40 | Falls of Roof | At face. Strong post roof (stoop and room) | |
| 1875 | August | 23 | Newlands | Bothwell, LKS | Dunn Brothers | James McInally | Fireman | 35 | Explosion of Firedamp | He was examining the place and had a naked light as well as a Davy lamp From Main body of report: The first on the list was a fireman in Newlands pit. He went in to examine a mine, followed within 50 yards by three workmen. He carried a naked light as well as a safety lamp. It appears that from some cause or other fire damp had accumulated outside of where he usually left his naked light, and when he met the gas the explosion took place. He was killed and two of the others were injured. This accident was caused by the gross neglect of the sufferers in failing to observe the General and Special Rules. The deceased was the person, appointed in terms of the 2nd General Rule, whose duty it was to "inspect with a safety lamp that part of the mine," and also to see that " a workman shall not go to work in such part" until the same ... " are stated to be safe." The other three persons neglected the 53rd Special Rule, which states " they shall not proceed into travelling roads and working places until it shall have been reported by the fireman that they are safe to be entered.'' | |
| 1875 | August | 25 | Parkhead | Dalziel, LKS | John Watson | Alex. Coats | Wagonman | 56 | Miscellaneous on surface | Jammed between wagons on a siding | |
| 1875 | August | 26 | Polkemmet | Whitburn, Linlithgow | Shotts Iron Co | Robt. Gibson | Roadsman | 34 | In Ironstone mines | Fell out of cage while repairing signal wire | |
| 1875 | August | 31 | Haugh | Kilsyth | Wm Baird & Co | John McClay | Sinker | 35 | In Ironstone mines | By overwinding. McClay fell down the shaft and Kyle was crushed against the pithead framing, between the kettle and the “crosstrees” From Main body of report: The sufferers in this case were sinkers, and at the time of the accident were being raised in a kettle to the surface, but the engineman instead of stopping the kettle at the usual landing at the surface raised it to the pullies and crosshead, and the deceased came violently into collision with them, and were mortally injured. The engineman was charged by the Procurators Fiscal of Stirling with culpable homicide, he was tried at the Autumn Circuit Court held in Stirling in September last and sentenced to three months imprisonment. | |
| Chas Kyle | Sinker | 30 | |||||||||
| 1875 | September | 1 | Balbirnie | Markinch, FIF | John Balfour | James Wilson | Collier | 50 | Falls of Coal | The coal which he was trying to take down fell upon him (stoop and room) | |
| 1875 | September | 1 | Kinneil | Bo'ness, Linlithgow | George Wilson & Co | Jas. Sneddon | Collier | 34 | Falls of Roof | At face. Insufficient propping (Long wall) | |
| 1875 | September | 9 | Greenend | Coatbridge, LKS | W S Dixon | Pat Gilmartin | Miner | 28 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of roof | Newspaper Report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1875 | September | 16 | Blantyre | Blantyre, LKS | Wm Dixon Ltd | D Crawford | Sinker | 24 | Falling into shaft from surface | He was bringing a cistern up a sinking pit, which caught on reaching the surface and pitched him off | Newspaper report - Blantyre pages |
| 1875 | September | 16 | Kirkwood No 1 | Coatbridge, LKS | John Hendrie | Owen Fallen | Collier | 32 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of coal. Was injured 20th August | |
| 1875 | September | 18 | West Limerigg | Slamannan, STI | Lacour & Wilson | John Marshall | Brusher | 36 | Falls of Roof | He was taking down the stone which fell upon him (Long wall) | |
| 1875 | September | 21 | Glengyron No 2 | Cumnock | Eglinton Iron Co | Adam Morris | Brusher | 49 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1875 | September | 23 | Fordell | Dalgety, FIF | GWM Henderson | David Dryburgh | ----- | -- | Falling into shaft from surface | He was pushing a wooden waterbox into the shaft when the cage was not there to receive it | |
| 1875 | September | 24 | Chapelside | New Monkland, LKS | Ferrier & Strain | Sam Simpson | Collier | -- | Falls of Coal | At face (Long wall). Died 11th Nov | |
| 1875 | September | 25 | Shieldhill | Polmont, STI | Carron Co | Thomas Anderson | Sinker | -- | Falling from part way down | They were enlarging the shaft, when the scaffold on which they worked gave way | |
| Robt. Thomson | Sinker | -- | |||||||||
| 1875 | September | 27 | Lightshaw No 2 | Muirkirk | Eglinton Iron Co | Wm Carle | Collier | 47 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of roof. Injured on 23rd | |
| 1875 | October | 1 | Kingseat | Beath, FIF | Henderson, Wallace & Co | James Muir | Collier | 14 | Falls of Coal | While “holing” the wall came over upon him (Long wall) | Newspaper reports - Fife pages |
| 1875 | October | 7 | Stand | Lanarkshire | Hugh Gallocher | Newspaper report - New Monkland pages | |||||
| 1875 | October | 14 | Quarter | Hamilton, LKS | Colin Dunlop & Co | Geo. Campbell | Collier | 50 | By trams & tubs | Crushed between a loaded hutch and roof while riding out on the horse road | |
| 1875 | October | 18 | Kinneil | Bo'ness, Linlithgow | George Wilson & Co | Thos Rae | Collier | 24 | Falls of Coal | The coal which he was trying to take down cam over upon him (Long wall) | Newspaper report - Lothian pages |
| 1875 | October | 18 | Portland No 4 | Hurlford | Allan Gilmour & Co | Wm Wason | Collier | 45 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of coal | Newspaper reports - Ayrshire pages |
| 1875 | October | 25 | Cuttlehill | Beath, FIF | Henderson, Wallace & Co | Thos. Robertson | Driver | 15 | By trams & tubs | He was riding on his hutch and fell off before the wheels and was crushed | |
| 1875 | October | 25 | Rawyards | New Monkland, LKS | Rawyards Coal Co Ltd | William Murray | Oversman | 40 | Explosion of Firedamp | Through his own recklessness in firing a shot when he knew the place contained gas From Main body of report: The other fatal accident was also caused by the gross negligence of the sufferer, who was oversman of No. 7 pit, belonging to the Rawyards Coal Company, near Airdrie. The pit had been newly sunk to the Kiltongue coal, the levels were in about 30 yards from the shaft, and they were breaking off the "long-wall heading." The deceased and four others were blasting down the roof, within 20 feet of the face. They had knocked out the bratticing, and thus prevented the air from reaching the face ; the consequence was that fire-damp accumulated in it and reached them. They persevered, however, boring a hole with the light of a "Davy" lamp, and when it was ready to fire, they ignited the fuze with a piece of match paper. As might have been expected, when the shot went off it fired the gas, and burned him and the four others, who were within 20 yards of him. He died a few days afterwards ; the others, who were not so much burned, recovered. | |
| 1875 | October | 26 | Sunniside | Cambusnethan, LKS | Merry & Cunningham | Jas. Wright | Collier | 40 | Falls of Coal | While taking down the coal he failed to get out of the way (Long wall) | |
| 1875 | October | 29 | Allanton | Cambusnethan, LKS | Morningside Coal Co | John Marshall | Sinker | -- | Whilst ascending or descending | While descending in the cage the drums got out of gear | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1875 | October | 29 | Brownieside | New Monkland, LKS | Wm Black & sons | Thos. Cane | Collier | 19 | Falls of Roof | At face (Long wall) | |
| 1875 | October | 31 | Allanshaw | Hamilton, LKS | Jno Sneddon & Co | Edward Connor | Sinker | 25 | Whilst ascending or descending | Fell off sinking “kettle” while ascending. He got entangled with the signal wire | |
| 1875 | November | 2 | Ellismuir No 2 | Baillieston | Provanhall Coal Co | Thos Peacock | Roadsman | 50 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1875 | November | 5 | Chapelside | New Monkland, LKS | Ferrier & Strain | John Duffie | Brusher | 40 | Falls of Roof | He was taking down the stone which fell upon him (Long wall) | |
| 1875 | November | 8 | Bonnyton | Kilmarnock | John Gilmour & Co | Wm Donnington | Collier | 30 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1875 | November | 10 | Drumlemble | Campbelton | Drumlemble Coal Co | Chas Armour | Collier | 30 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of coal | Newspaper report - Other areas |
| 1875 | November | 12 | Drumchapel No 2 | Duntocher | Merry & Cunningham | Alex. Arnot | Sinker | 20 | In Shafts | Was driven off a scaffold in the shaft by the breakage of a clack piece whilst engaged working at it From Main body of report: The pit is in the act of being sunk and is 46 fathoms deep or thereby. It appears that on the day of the accident the deceased, who was the leading man on the shift, had occasion with others to overhaul or put in a new joint in the ''clack door'' about 11 fathoms above the bottom of the shaft. After making the change it was found that the pumps were not acting, the water was "hanging" in the pumps, and the engineman after driving the pump rods for ten minutes stopped them. After a short cessation the engine was again started when the "clack piece" suddenly burst, and part of it is supposed to have struck the deceased and driven him off the scaffold, at the "clack seat'' upon which he was standing at the time, to the bottom of the pit. The clack piece was well tested, and had been in use for a number of years. There is no evidence to prove it, but I am of opinion that the pump rods and column of water had been allowed to descend at an excessive speed considering the circumstances, and coming violently in contact with the air and water lodged between the bucket and the " clack " produced the result described. | |
| 1875 | November | 12 | Heatheryknowe No 2 | Baillieston | Heathery Knowe Coal Co | John Gibson | Fireman, &c. | 34 | In Shafts | Fell from the cage whilst being raised from the splint coal | Newspaper Report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1875 | November | 24 | Kames | Muirkirk | Eglinton Iron Co | Mich. Cavannah | Sinker | 35 | In Shafts | He was lifted without a signal and getting entangled with the “crab rope” was drawn from the kettle and fell to the bottom From Main body of report: This pit is in the act of being sunk and at present is 328 yards deep. The deceased was at the time of the accident engaged with two neighbouring workmen putting in a set of pump rods. They had the usual tackle and appliances for such work. The rods were lowered by a steam crane and wire rope, and the deceased and his neighbours were raised and lowered in a kettle attached to a wire rope worked by the winding engine. I understand that some time before the accident, the crane or crab rope, when hanging in the shaft, got entangled with the winding rope, at the end of which the kettle, with its occupants, was hanging. Their attention was directed to this, and it appears that several attempts were made by them to disentangle the ropes and free the kettle but without success. The signal wire also had in some way got jammed between the ropes, and during this unfortunate state of things the engineman put the engine in motion and raised the kettle. It had not proceeded far when the heavy "crab" rope, still entangled with the winding rope, forced the kettle against the pumps, or shaft fittings, and the deceased was in some way forced off the kettle and fell to the bottom where he was afterwards found dead. The pitheadman stated that a "slight signal" had been made some time before the engineman raised the kettle ; this was unknown to the persons in the shaft, and if such a signal was made it must have been by accident. However, it is not stated that more than one slight signal was given, and the engineman did not hear it. Under the circumstances the signal to raise the kettle was three, the usual signal for raising men. The accident was in my opinion occasioned by the engineman disregarding this important regulation. | |
| 1875 | November | 27 | Blackstone No 1 | Lugar | Eglinton Iron Co | James Marshall | Miner | 19 | In Ironstone mines | Fall of roof at working face | |
| 1875 | November | 27 | Overtown | Cambusnethan, LKS | John Wilson | Wm Russell | Driver | 14 | Sundries underground | Struck with the chain at the top of a self-acting incline | |
| 1875 | November | 30 | Woodside | Dalserf, LKS | Jos. Hutchison | William Melvin | Roadsman | 34 | Falls of Roof | A stone fell from the roof of a drawing road while he was examining it (stoop and room) | |
| 1875 | December | 1 | Aikenhead | Glasgow | Geo Crookstone | Robert Steel | Collier | 30 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of coal while engaged holing it | Newspaper reports - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1875 | December | 1 | Overtown | Cambusnethan, LKS | John Wilson | Adam Binnie | Driver | 35 | Falls of Roof | At “stoops”. While at the miners face the roof fell upon him unexpectedly | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1875 | December | 2 | Carberry | Inveresk, Edinburgh | Deans and Moore | Alex. King | Collier | -- | On inclined planes | He was travelling up an incline and was met by the truck coming down | |
| 1875 | December | 4 | Glenduffil | Baillieston | Robert Brand | Samuel Taylor | Collier | 28 | In Shafts | Fell from a mid-working whilst engaged with the bottomer putting a hutch upon the cage | Newspaper reports - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1875 | December | 9 | Govan No 5 | Glasgow | W S Dixon | Robert Maxwell | Collier | 55 | Falls of Roof & Sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1875 | December | 10 | Common, No 11 | Lugar | Eglinton Iron Co | John Earl | Miner | 28 | In Ironstone mines | Fall of roof at working face | |
| 1875 | December | 18 | Dalziel | Dalziel, LKS | Jno McAndrew & Co | Robt. Maxwell | Collier | 60 | Falls of Coal | While “shearing” the coal after it was holed it fell upon him (stoop and room) | |
| 1875 | December | 29 | Oakbank | West Calder, Edinburgh | Oakbank Oil Co | Alex. Calderwood | Roadsman | 21 | In Shale mines | The side of the shaft at the surface gave way while he was descending | |
| 1875 | December | 30 | Common, No 2 | Lugar | Eglinton Iron Co | Thos. McInultey | Miner | 40 | In Ironstone mines | Fall of roof at working face | |
| 1875 | December | 31 | Corby Craigs No 5 | Dalmellington | Dalmellington Iron Co | James Lowry | Roadsman | 25 | In Ironstone mines | Was struck by stone whist blasting |
