The body was removed to the lodgings of the deceased. Terazawa K, Takatori T, Tomii S, Nakano K. South Africa Delayed reaction : Time magazine 22 February 1960 -, List of accidents and disasters by death toll, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Osage Coal & Mining Company’s No. [Scotsman 1 August 1895], Fatal Fall Down a Pit Shaft - Late on Thursday night a man who gave the name of John Holmes, about forty years of age, accidentally fell down the shaft of No. It was several hours before the stone could be broken and the young man extricated. striking him on thei head, crushed him against a loaded hutch. There was no hope for his recovery, and he died at the pithead about eleven, o'clock, fully an hour after the accident occurred. This list may not reflect recent changes . 1 Fauldhead Pit, was attaching a hutch to a haulage when the wire rope broke and the clutch rebounded, with the result that Laird sustained a fractured arm. [47], About 300 people were killed on May 9, 1993 in the Nambija mine disaster in Ecuador. A cage was descending at the time conveying sixteen men for the afternoon shift, and Cunningham was caught. Few detailed employment records exist from the period before nationalisation in 1947. [34] A mining cart on an elevator cage hit an oil pipe and electricity lines, with the resulting fire trapping the miners. [Scotsman 12 December 1927], Kirkconnel Colliery Fatality - Workman Killed While Blasting - A distressing fatality occurred in No. The injured men had to be carried a distance of about one and a half miles underground, and Dr Bowman Edgar was waiting on the surface. He was loading a hutch with coal when, without warning, a stone fell from the roof, struck him on the head, and killed him instantaneously. The accident occurred in Bankhead Stooping section of No. He was a prominent junior footballer. The wall of coal was not thick, but the work was dangerous owing to the state of the roof. When he was away the guard somehow came off and when he returned, the hutch and man fell over the shaft. The following jury was empanelled: Andrew B. Morton, 53 Queen Street, Dumfries; Mrs Margaret MâCreadie, 57 St Michael Street; Frank Tipping, 75 Queen Street; Thomas G. Walker, 99 Queen Street; Mrs Helen Lockerbie, 6 Glebe Street; Mrs Mary J. Swan, Castledykes; and Robert W. MâMinn, 18 Brooke Street. [Dumfries and Galloway Standard 25 August 1897], Fatal Pit Accident - A young lad named Alexander Stitt, aged 15, was at work in Gateside coal-pit, near Sanquhar, yesterday afternoon, when a fall of stone from the roof occurred, and the poor fellow was crushed to death. He was conveyed to Dumfries Infirmary, and his condition was last night stated to be serious [Scotsman 3 September 1930], NB Robert Lorimer died 2 September 1930 in Dumfries Infirmary, Robert Hyslop, who met his death under tragic circumstances in Fauldhead Colliery, was laid to rest in Kirkconnel New Churchyard on Saturday afternoon. This was jammed to the roof with two props or supports. His brother William plays half-back for Chelsea; another brother is the left winger of Ayr United, and another brother, James, formerly played for Chelsea and Queen's Park Rangers. The men employed at the colliery are to remain idle to-day as a mark of respect to their late comrade. When extricated, it was found that life was extinct in all three cases, their bodies being dreadfully crushed and mangled. 3 Fauldhead Colliery, on Wednesday received a heavy electric charge. Death ensued in about ten minutes. M'Lellan did not see him fall until he was just disappearing down the pit-mouth, and no other person was present. [28] The bodies of all those persons were retrieved. The manager, along with some other workmen, immediately descended the shaft, and at the bottom found that a fire-damp explosion had occurred. He sustained a fractured spine and death was practically instantaneous. Barrow Colliery Barnsley, 1907 7 men fell to their deaths down the shaft due to the negligence of the on-setters. It caused the death of 1,099 miners (including many children) in Northern France on 10 March 1906. The jury, after a, short absence from court returned a verdict by a majority, finding the panel not guilty. He was very much respected by his fellow employees, and the sad accident cast a gloom in the village. [76], Another serious incident occurred in the small Ayrshire mining village of Knockshinnoch in September 1950. The funeral took place yesterday and was the most largely attended which has been seen in the district for a number of years, the pit being closed early to allow the members to attend. Both for his young widow and his relations the greatest sympathy is felt. The survivors were trapped in a 1.5m x 1.2m cherry picker cage, which had saved them from being crushed by rocks. For over five hours Dr Edgar and the ambulance men applied artificial respiration, but their efforts proved unavailing. He was found to be suffering from a crushed chest, broken ribs, and several wounds on the head. [Scotsman 26 April 1921], Fatal Accident Inquiries - Cause of Miner's Death - Kirkconnel Railway Fatality - Sheriff Campion and a jury held an inquiry in the Sheriff Court House, Dumfries, on Thursday, into the circumstances attending the death of John Grant Brown, miner, 32 Riverside Terrace, Kellobank, Kirkconnel, who died as the result of an accident in the course of his employment on 2nd October. The deceased man was about forty years of age and resided in MâConnel Street, Kellobank. [Scotsman 7 March 1936], Kirkconnel Miner Killed - Peter Black (17), miner, who resided with his parents at 3 New Buildings, Kirkconnel, was fatally injured by a fall of stone from the roof at No. The shot went immediately off, and Wright was killed instantaneously. 1 Fauldhead Pit, Kirkconnel, during the early hours of Wednesday morning. The roof at that part was soft through the working of water, and additional propping being required, John Wilson left the coal face to get the necessary props. James Milligan, a miner, 28 years of age, who lived in Kirkconnel Village, was engaged working in the morning in the creepie seam, when suddenly a large piece of rock, estimated to weigh from ten to fifteen hundrerweights, fell on top of him and crushed him to the ground. The indictment set forth that the prisoner was employed as overman in No. It was obvious from The debris completely buried him, and his body was only recovered after an hour and a half clearing. Yesterday morning, a lad about 16 named Archibald Burns, met his death in a pit between Broomhouse and Baillieston. Gibb, formerly manager of Heatheryknowe Pit, deponed that he did not think the person in charge of the shaft had anything to do with the fences or " policemen " at the entrance of the seam. [Scotsman 16 June 1888], Yesterday John Davis, a fireman, residing at Nackerty, was killed by a fall from the roof in No 3 pit, Aitkenhead Colliery, near Coatbridge. This was accomplished after some time and considerable labour, but he was dead. [Scotsman 17 September 1942], Kirkconnel Miner Dies From Injuries - Seriously injured through a blasting mishap in Section 29 of No 1 Fauldhead Colliery on Thursday forenoon, Robert Clelland, miner, who resided at Kingsway, Kellobank, died in Dumfries Infirmary early yesterday morning. [Dumfries and Galloway Standard 10 July 1907], Fatal accident at Kirkconnel - An accident occurred in Kirkconnel Collieries on Saturday at No. News of the accident spread quickly throughout the village, and the miners could be seen in groups anxiously awaiting the news. The boy is aged 10 years. Greig the pitheadman was about 50 years of age, and has left a widow and six of a family, but Ferris was only about 20 years of age, and unmarried. The funeral takes place to Kirkconnel Cemetery this afternoon. They were making some repairs in an air course, and were carrying naked lamps, when a quantity of fire damp exploded burning them severely. Some persons who observed the direction the youth was going, called out to take care, but it was too late, he was already on the verge of the abyss , and his motion was too quick to be suddenly restrained; another instant , and he was a mangled corpse. Suddenly a hutch loaded with bricks dashed down on top of the men without warning, and Jas. When using the "deaths per million tons of coal production" measure, on any given day, a Turkish coal miner is 360 times more likely to be killed in a Turkish mine than an American coal miner is in an American mine, and 5 times more likely to die from the lax mine safety standards of the Turkish mines than even a Chinese coal miner, whose country places with a distant second in terms of safety related deaths per million tons of coal produced.[70].
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