| Year | Month | Day | Name of Colliery | Where situated | Owners name | Person(s) killed | Occupation | Age | Category (if given) | Cause of death and remarks | Extra Information |
| 1874 | July | 1 | Espieside | Coatbridge, LKS | Wm Baird & Co | John Gillespie | Collier | 25 | Falls of roof and sides | Fall of roof | Newspaper report |
| Wm Forsythe | 26 | ||||||||||
| 1874 | July | 10 | Allanton | Hamilton, LKS | Austine & Co | Pat McFadyen | Collier | 20 | Falls of Roof | At face (stoop and room) | |
| 1874 | July | 13 | Bredisholm | Bothwell, LKS | Provanhall Coal Co | Stephen Gemmell | Fireman | -- | Explosion of Firedamp | A small quantity of firedamp had gathered in a bratticed place standing “up stoop” and he went in amongst it with his naked light when examining the place. He ought to have used a safety lamp. | |
| 1874 | July | 16 | Longlee | Dalserf, LKS | Lesmahagow & Longlee Coal Co | George Smith | Bottomer | 35 | Miscellaneous in shaft | Crushed by cage against “door heads”. It was supposed he was about to cross the cage seat instead of going round the edge of the pit where there was a passage | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1874 | July | 21 | Barkip No 10 | Dalry | Merry & Cunningham | John Connolley | Sinker | 43 | In Ironstone mines | Fell down the shaft while engaged lifting a scaffold | |
| 1874 | July | 21 | Stravenhouse | Carluke, LKS | James Thornton | John Cullen | Collier | 60 | Sundries underground | The coal from a “shot” fell upon him before he was clear | Newspaper report |
| 1874 | July | 23 | Barkip No 7 | Dalry | Merry & Cunningham | James Miller | Drawer | 15 | In Ironstone mines | Fall of roof | |
| 1874 | July | 23 | Shieldmuir | Dalziel, LKS | Summerlee Iron Co | James Patrick | Roadsman | 50 | Falls of Roof | At “stoops” while assisting to draw timber | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1874 | July | 28 | Glenlogan No 11 | Lugar | Eglinton Iron Co | Mattw Patrick | Miner | 46 | In Ironstone mines | Fall of roof | |
| 1874 | July | 31 | Burnfoot, No 11 | Dalmellington | Dalmellington Iron Co | Robt. Stevenson | Boy | 13 | In Ironstone mines | Fall of ironstone | |
| 1874 | August | 5 | Balmulloch | Kilsyth | Brown & Rennie | Crawford Fleming | Collier | 22 | Miscellaneous underground | Injured by an explosion of gunpowder 25th July | |
| 1874 | August | 10 | Bellsdyke | New Monkland, LKS | Bellsdyke Coal Co | David Speedy | Collier | 30 | Falls of Coal | At face (Long wall) | |
| 1874 | August | 12 | Rochsolloch | New Monkland, LKS | Geo. Cowie & Son | Hector McAllister | Roadsman | -- | Miscellaneous in shaft | He was standing under the cage and it came down on him. The engineman mistook his signal to stop it | |
| 1874 | August | 14 | Drumpeller | Coatbridge, LKS | Summerlee Iron Co | Wm Jenkins | Collier | 35 | Falls of roof and sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1874 | August | 18 | Burnt Broom | Tollcross | Dunn Brothers | Jas. Calwhoola | Collier | 55 | Falls of roof and sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1874 | August | 20 | Knownoble | Shotts, LKS | James Dick | William Holms | Bottomer | 35 | Falling from part way down | Fell from a mid-working with a loaded hutch. He neglected to shut the gate | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1874 | August | 20 | Sundrum | Ayr | J T Gordon | Wm Neville | Collier | 45 | Falls of roof and sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1874 | August | 25 | Tannochside | Bothwell, LKS | Monkland Iron & Coal Co Ltd | Michael Deoine | Drawer | 15 | Sundries underground | In coming down a brae in front of a loaded hutch his head caught a crowntree | |
| 1874 | August | 27 | Barrwood | Kilsyth | Wm Baird & Co | Alex Patrick | Bottomer | 53 | Explosions of fire-damp | Explosion of fire damp. | Took place at a pit lately sunk, 146 fathoms deep. It is known as one of the most fiery pits in the district. The work being performed at the time was of a preparatory nature, and principally confined to forming a connection with a shaft to the " rise." There were only three places in the course of extension, and the fireman in making his examination in the morning had discovered an unusual accumulation of gas in one of them. The workmen were prevented from going to their work; and it was about midday, while exertions were being made to dislodge the gas, that it is supposed to have been ignited at the pit bottom. The bottomer who was the sufferer, and reported to be a careful man, was alone at the bottom of the pit at the time; his lamp, a gauze one, was I understand, found entire after the accident, and the question is, whether the gas ignited at his lamp or at an open light. The overman and fireman were in the pit at the time, in the neighbourhood of the accumulation, but the effects of the explosion were entirely confined to the shaft and pit-bottom. |
| 1874 | August | 28 | Kippbyre | New Monkland, LKS | James Nimmo & Co | William Paterson | Collier | 22 | Falls of Roof | At face (Long wall) | |
| 1874 | September | 7 | Burnt Broom | Mount Vernon | Dunn Brothers | Jas Donnelly | Fireman | 47 | Explosions of fire-damp | Explosion of fire damp. | Happened at a new working, also in the act of being opened out. The fireman was alone, and was at the time of the accident making his examination. It is conjectured that he was using an open or unprotected light when the explosion took place. |
| 1874 | September | 7 | Hillhead No 7 | Kilmarnock | J & M Craig | Robert Walker | Collier | 16 | Falls of roof and sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1874 | September | 9 | Harthill | Whitburn, Linlithgow | Coltness Iron Co. | John Johnston | Brusher | 33 | In Ironstone mines | Firing of a shot. He failed to get away from it | Newspaper report |
| 1874 | September | 12 | Shankston | Cumnock | Eglinton Iron Co | Matthew Weir | Contractor | 33 | In Ironstone mines | While engaged in making alterations, a beam and a wallplate fell upon them | Newspaper Report |
| Michael Hughes | Labourer | 40 | |||||||||
| 1874 | September | 17 | Balquatstone | Slamannan, STI | John Watson | Robert Forbes | Joiner | 35 | Miscellaneous on surface | Jammed between the buffers of two wagons while shifting them by hand | |
| 1874 | September | 21 | Hurlford | Hurlford | John Howie | Jas Mitchell | Collier | 27 | Falls of roof and sides | Fall of roof at face. | |
| 1874 | September | 23 | Twechar No 1 | Kilsyth | Wm Baird & Co | Wm Aitken | Oversman | 33 | In Ironstone mines | Fell down the shaft while engaged putting the cage into the guides | Newspaper report |
| 1874 | September | 28 | Caledonian Fire Clay Works | Paisley | Speirs, Gibb & Young | Robert Newton | Oversman | 50 | In fire-clay mines | Fall of roof while engaged taking it down | |
| 1874 | September | 29 | Dunnikier | Kirkcaldy, FIF | Walter Herd | John McLeish | Sinker | 40 | Suffocation by gases | Fell out of the kettle while ascending a sinking pit 8 fathoms deep. He was overpowered with choke damp. No mid-wall in. | One man was suffocated by choke damp in a sinking pit. It was only 8 fathoms deep, and was worked with a windlass. There was no mid-wall in it. Some choke damp was found in the bottom of the previous shift; deceased was not aware of this, and when he descended next morning he was overcome with it. His companions at once raised him, but he fell off the rope before reaching the surface. Water was thrown down, and the bad air displaced, but before assistance reached him he was dead. It was found that no examination of the place had been made before he commenced work, and you authorised a prosecution of the manager for breach of the 1st and 3rd General Rules, which resulted in his being fined £5 for each offence. Fife accidents |
| 1874 | October | 2 | Brownieside | New Monkland, LKS | ----- | A Pettigrew | Collier | -- | Falls of Roof | At face (Long wall) | |
| 1874 | October | 4 | Drumpeller | Coatbridge, LKS | Henderson & Dimmack | John Mitchell | Collier | 30 | Explosions of fire-damp | Injured by an explosion of fire damp 14th August | Occasioned by a workman going in to a place, not at the time being worked, by creeping over a fall of roof, where a small quantity of gas had accumulated. He ignited it and was burned, and though it was considered not dangerously, he died from the effects about six weeks after |
| 1874 | October | 6 | Ballochnie | New Monkland, LKS | John Robertson & Son | Murdoch McNab | Collier | 57 | Falls of Coal | At face (stoop and room) | |
| 1874 | October | 12 | Hill | Dalserf, LKS | Jas Smith & sons | Peter Lees | Drawer | 18 | Falling from part way down | Fell from a mid-working Was crossing on cage buntons | |
| 1874 | October | 12 | South Arnloss | Slamannan, STI | James Watt | Andrew Baxter | Brusher | -- | Falls of Roof | While widening a road (Long wall) | |
| 1874 | October | 15 | Fauldhouse | Whitburn, Linlithgow | Wm Dixon Ltd | Hugh Ferrie | Miner | 26 | In Ironstone mines | Fall of roof at face (Long wall) | |
| 1874 | October | 18 | Douglas No 3 | Johnstone | Merry & Cunningham | Francis Maldoun | Boy | 15 | In Oil Shale Mines | Was caught by the cage at the pit bottom | |
| 1874 | October | 20 | Garnkirk | Garnkirk | Garnkirk Fire clay Co | Hugh Gordon | Bottomer | 30 | In fire-clay mines | A piece of clay fell from a hutch while being raised and struck him at the pit bottom | |
| 1874 | October | 22 | Craigston No 4 | Lugar | Eglinton Iron Co | James Oates | Miner | 29 | In Ironstone mines | Fall of roof | |
| 1874 | October | 24 | Cuttlehill | Dunfermline, FIF | Henderson, Wallace & Co | Thos. Cunninghame | Fireman | 50 | Falls of Roof | A loose stone fell, which he and another were endeavouring to take down (Long wall) | |
| 1874 | October | 26 | Lanemark No 2 | N Cumnock | Lanemark Coal Co | Robert Ross | waggon shifter | 19 | Above ground | Crushed between the buffers of two waggons | |
| 1874 | October | 31 | Drumchapel | Maryhill | Merry & Cunningham | Henry Murphy | Collier | 37 | Falls of roof and sides | Fall of roof at face. | |
| 1874 | November | 3 | Greenfield | Hamilton, LKS | Hamilton Coal Co. | Owen O'Hare | Labourer | 40 | Miscellaneous on surface | Five wagons ran away from the man who was braking them down to the screens, and coming in contact with the one on which deceased was standing, he fell off and was run over. | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1874 | November | 4 | Foulshills | Whitburn, Linlithgow | Robt. Henderson | John McKenzie | Engineman | 42 | By machinery on surface | Crushed by a bell crank, which he carelessly sat too near while steadying a crane rope during repairs | |
| 1874 | November | 14 | Callendar | Falkirk, STI | Callendar Coal Co | Wm Dalgliesh | Labourer | 55 | Falling into shaft from surface | He ran a hutch into the pit when the cage was not there, and the gate standing open | |
| 1874 | November | 28 | Hill of Beath | Beath, FIF | Ord Adams | John Morris Muir | Driver | 17 | Falls of Roof | By hutches getting off the rails and knocking out props (Long wall) | |
| 1874 | December | 1 | Niddrie | Liberton, Edinburgh | Niddrie Coal Co Ltd | David Anderson | Collier | 19 | Falls of Coal | At “stoops” (Edge coal workings) | |
| 1874 | December | 2 | Stonecraigs | Cambusnethan, LKS | Coltness Iron Co. | John Shaw | Collier | 21 | Falls of Coal | At “stoops”. Head coal fell while filling a hutch | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1874 | December | 2 | Westburne | Cambuslang | Robert Forrester | Joseph Robertson | Sinker | 23 | In Shafts | Was caught between the midwall and kettle when being raised in the shaft | Newspaper report |
| 1874 | December | 3 | Law | Carluke, LKS | John Wilson | Henry Radcliffe | Contractor for “stooping” | 27 | Falls of Roof | At “stoops” while drawing props | |
| 1874 | December | 5 | Auldton | Dalserf, LKS | Andrew Spencer | David Wilson | Collier | 50 | Falls of Coal | At “stoops” | |
| 1874 | December | 7 | Bartonholm | Kilwinning | Eglinton Iron Co | Alexander Cupples | Collier | 16 | Falls of roof and sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1874 | December | 7 | Benhar | Shotts, LKS | Benhar Coal Co Ltd | George Martin | Brusher | 26 | Falling into shaft from surface | He came up the shaft with an unwell man at 12.30am and on returning about 10 minutes afterwards he walked into the shaft. Apparently the man expected the cage would be waiting where he left it. Gate standing open | Newspaper report |
| 1874 | December | 11 | Ashyard | Galston | James Eaglesham | John Gray | Collier | -- | Falls of roof and sides | Fall of coal and roof | |
| 1874 | December | 12 | Chalmerston | Dalmellington | Dalmellington Iron Co | John Turnbull | Collier | 43 | Falls of roof and sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1874 | December | 12 | Hardcroft | Dalry | Merry & Cunningham | Jas Johnstone | Bottomer | 56 | In Ironstone mines | Died from the effects of injuries received in November by the cage crushing him at the pit bottom | |
| 1874 | December | 12 | Milnwood | Bothwell, LKS | John Christie | James McLuckie | Driver | 14 | By trams & tubs | Fell in front of a “race” of hutches, one of which rested on him | |
| 1874 | December | 17 | Sanquhar | Sanquhar | Misses Whigham | John Dargavel | Collier | 32 | Falls of roof and sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1874 | December | 21 | Baljaffray | New Kilpatrick | James Young & Sons | Andrew McSherry | Collier | 20 | Falls of roof and sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1874 | December | 22 | Brunstane | Penicuik, Edinburgh | Sir Geo. Clerk, Bart. | James Watson | Collier | 46 | Falls of Coal | While straightening a road (Long wall) | |
| 1874 | December | 30 | Souterhouse | Coatbridge, LKS | Pettigrew & Spencer | John Sophir | Sinker | 50 | In Shafts | Fell from the kettle while being lowered |
The pit was originally sunk to the position of the Blackband
ironstone, but has been abandoned for a number of years. The
present lessees have of late re-opened the shaft, and at present
they are extending it to the "under seams " of coal.
The shaft was fitted up with guide rods as far as the position
of the ironstone, but not beyond it. Since sinking has been resumed,
the kettle is guided between the guides by a skeleton cage, which
works into the guides much in the same way as a cage, but below
the guides (the shaft is now extended four fathoms under them)
the kettle is suspended in the usual way. In practice, when the
kettle is raised from the bottom to within fifteen feet or thereby
of the skeleton, a muzzle or projection upon the rope catches
the skeleton and raises it between the guides to the pit mouth.
In this way the kettle is kept steady and clear of the guides,
and when it requires to be returned, the skeleton resting on
the muzzle or projection upon the rope, is lowered to the bottom
of the guides, where it rests, and the rope working through an
opening in the skeleton is lowered as required. I understand that the deceased, who was contractor for sinking the shaft, had on the night of the accident, in company with one of the workmen, been raised to the surface. The frost at the time was very severe, and in consequence of the falling water (in the shaft) ice collected at different parts of the shaft. This was known to all. The accident happened while the deceased and his companion were being lowered, and was occasioned by the skeleton from some cause catching, and afterwards falling away upon them, before the kettle had passed below the bottom of the guides. The projection upon the rope did not altogether stop the descent of the skeleton, and the deceased, who was standing upon the kettle, was struck by it, and fell to the bottom, a distance of twelve fathoms or thereby. Apparently sufficient precaution had not been taken to clear away the ice from the sides of the shaft or the guides. I am of opinion that it was an accumulation of ice upon the guides which checked the skeleton and was the direct cause of accident. |