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1880 Deaths listed in Mine Inspectors Report

This table is compiled from appendices to the reports of the Inspector of Mines and Collieries - William Alexander for the Western District of Scotland and Ralph Moore for the Eastern District of Scotland. Unless stated otherwise, the additional details are from the main body of the report.

Year Month Day Name of Colliery Where situated Owners name Person(s) killed Occupation Age Category (if given) Cause of death and remarks Extra details
1880 January 7 Overtown Station No 1 Cambusnethan, LKS Brand & Co Bernard Gilligan Collier -- Falls of sides At stooping  
1880 January 16 Woodyetts Denny R Addie & Son Alex McLachlan Miner 32 In ironstone/fire clay mines When preparing to blast and whilst drawing the needle (copper) the shot exploded Happened in a mine being driven in "whin." The deceased and his neighbour had just completed a bore hole, which they had charged with powder, and inserted the usual stemming. I understand they were in the act of withdrawing the "needle" - a copper one - when the shot exploded, the deceased was fatally injured, but singularly his companion escaped. The mode of withdrawing the "needle" was by putting a "jumper" or iron rod through the eye of the "needle," and whilst the deceased struck it - the jumper - with a hammer, his neighbour held it in position.
1880 January 20 Bothwell Park No 1 Bothwell, LKS Wm Baird & Co John Fee Drawer 14 Miscellaneous underground- by tubs and trams Tub went over him on a drawing road  
1880 January 25 Ferryton Clackmannan Clackmannan Coal Co Wm Hall Collier -- Falls of roof At face, long wall. Died 14th February  
1880 January 27 Arden No 2 New Monkland, LKS Wm Black & Sons Jas. Waddell Sinker -- Miscellaneous in shafts Fell with a scaffold which was insecurely lashed  
1880 January 28 Foulshiels Whitburn, Linlithgow Robt. Henderson Edward Devlin Bottomer 32 Miscellaneous in shafts The engineman felt something jamming the cage and stopped it. Deceased was found squeezed between the cage and the door heads. There was no one else at the pit bottom  
1880 January 31 Gartness New Monkland, LKS Gartness Mineral Co Ltd Henry Hewitt Locomotive brakesman 26 On surface – miscellaneous Jammed between buffers while passing out after coupling a wagon to the engine  
1880 January 31 Glenclelland Dalziel, LKS Kerr & Mitchell Pat. Monaghan Collier -- Falls of sides While taking down head coal. Died 3rd April  
1880 January 31 Kilgrammie Girvan Cowper & McHarrie Wm Gallacher Collier 29 In coal mines Fall of roof at face  
1880 January 31 Kirkwood Coatbridge Summerlee Iron Co Francis Nicholas Collier 24 In coal mines Fall of roof at face  
1880 February 9 Hallcraig Carluke, LKS Coltness Iron Co Wm Cadzow Drawer 13 In ironstone mines Fall of roof on drawing road 8 yards from face. Long wall  
1880 February 9 Ibrox Govan W S Dixon William Fleming Miner 17 In ironstone/fire clay mines Fall of roof whilst engaged putting up wood  
1880 February 10 Allanshaw Hamilton, LKS Allanshaw Coal Co Robt. Kelso Collier 24 Falls of sides At stooping  
1880 February 13 Garriongill No 1 Cambusnethan, LKS Coltness Iron Co John Paul Collier 73 Falls of roof At face on entering in the morning, stoop and room  
1880 February 20 Cowdenbeath Beath, FIF Cowdenbeath Coal Co John Morgan locomotive brakesman 19 On surface – miscellaneous Crushed between buffers of locomotive and waggon  
1880 February 23 Cronberry Lugar Eglinton Iron Co John Richmond Miner 36 In ironstone/fire clay mines Fall of roof  
1880 February 25 Kirkwood Coatbridge John Hendrie James Higgins Collier 36 In coal mines Fall of coal  
1880 February 26 Dunsyston No 2 Shotts, LKS Summerlee Iron Co Mich. Connelly Collier -- Falls of roof At face while holing  
1880 February 28 Pennyveenie Dalmellington Dalmellington Iron Co Alex Jones Fireman 44 In coal mines Explosion of fire damp Happened to a fireman, who it appears had gone into an abandoned road in search of a “sleeper” when a slight explosion took place. There is some uncertainty as to how the explosion happened, the ordinary shift was at work, and from all accounts no one was aware of the presence of fire damp at that time.
1880 March 2 Niddrie No 11 Portobello, Edinburgh Benhar Coal Co Ltd William Grainger Collier 33 In shafts – whilst ascending or descending by machinery The spur gear of the winding engine broke, and they fell with the cage to the bottom  
Phillip Braidy Collier 17
1880 March 14 Blantyre No 4 Blantyre. LKS Wm Dixon Ltd And. McLean Collier 21 Miscellaneous underground- suffocation by gases Supposed to have been suffocated by an underground fire. His body was found on the 12th January 1881 Newspaper report - Blantyre pages
1880 March 18 Broxburn Uphall, Linlithgow Broxburn Oil Co Ltd Henry Black Miner 55 In shale mines Fall of shale while holing. Stooping  
1880 March 20 Greenhead No 3 Cambusnethan, LKS Coltness Iron Co James Rae Collier 18 Falls of roof At face  
1880 March 20 Wellwood Lugar Eglinton Iron Co Joseph Muir Fireman 42 In ironstone/fire clay mines By falling part way down shaft Took place in a shaft, where a rope working in the pumping division for the purpose of haulage, caught the “buntens” which separate the pumping from the winding division, part of it projected in to the latter division, and the ascending cage got entangled with it about 20 fathoms from the bottom of the pit. The oversman being at the pithead at the time was lowered to the cage by means of a steam crab, and with an assistant was disengaging the rope, when the deceased, who was fireman in the mine, went to a midworking eight fathoms above the bottom, but 12 fathoms under where the cage was stopped, and commenced to climb up the "slides" in order to assist in relieving the cage. It is supposed that he had climbed to within four fathoms of the cage when he lost his hold and fell to the bottom. The injuries, though not supposed to be serious at the time, caused death six days after.
1880 March 23 Lassodie No 9 Beath, FIF Lassodie Colliery Co Wm. Penman Collier 2 - Falls of sides At face  
1880 March 29 Annockledge Irvine Annocklodge Oil Co Thomas Welsh Collier 18 In ironstone/fire clay mines Fall of shale at face  
1880 March 29 Blantyre No 1 Ell Blantyre. LKS Wm Dixon Ltd Hugh Sherry Collier 21 Falls of sides At face while holing  
1880 March 30 Auchinharvie Saltcoats M & Cunningham Thomas Jones Collier 40 In coal mines Fall of roof  
1880 April 3 Fernigare No 2 Hamilton, LKS Archd. Russell Patrick Curran Collier 16 Explosion of fire damp Died 12th April – see report There as one explosion of firedamp which resulted in injury to three persons, one of whom died a week afterwards. A collier and his two sons were commencing stooping operations, and were driving the first “lift” alongside of an old room which was standing at a hitch 8 yards up. The roof in this room had fallen after the props had been taken out a day or two previously, and some firedamp collected in it which the fireman had failed to observe in the morning. A further fall shortly after they began work brought the gas out upon the men's naked lights.
1880 April 5 Huttonhill No 1 Bothwell, LKS Huttonhill Coal Co Wm. Chalmers Brusher 40 Miscellaneous underground- explosions of gunpowder While charging a hole the powder exploded  
1880 April 8 Caprington Kilmarnock W S Cunningham James Stewart Collier 16 In coal mines Fall of roof  
1880 April 10 Misk Kilwinning Eglinton Iron Co Alex Blane Brusher 50 In coal mines Fall of roof while engaged taking it down  
1880 April 12 Dalziel Dalziel, LKS John McAndrew & Co John Hinshelwood locomotive brakesman 18 On surface – miscellaneous Fell off train of wagons and was run over  
1880 April 14 Tillicoultry Tillicoultry, CLK Alloa Coal Co Wm. Patterson Collier 64 Falls of roof At face  
1880 April 30 Dalquharran Maybole T F Kennedy Jas Galloway Collier 37 In coal mines Fall of coal  
1880 May 3 Stonecraigs No 4 Cambusnethan, LKS Coltness Iron Co Wm. Bryson Collier 25 Falls of sides At face, head coal  
1880 May 5 Cardonald Govan James Dunlop & Co William Carle Miner 17 In ironstone/fire clay mines Explosion of fire damp, injured 21st April, died 5th May Took place in an ironstone mine, and was occasioned by the deceased, who, while passing to his work with his lamp on his head, ignited a small quantity of gas which had collected in the upper part of one of the roadways, and by which he was injured about the face and arms. The injuries caused by the explosion were at the time supposed to be slight, but death ensued two weeks after.
1880 May 5 Quarter Denny Wm Baird & Co James Stewart Collier 33 In coal mines Fall of coal and roof  
1880 May 13 Balgray Beith James Dunsmuir James Dunsmuir Owner 30 In coal mines Fall of roof  
1880 May 13 Swineridgemuir Beith M & Cunningham John Mullen Miner 18 In ironstone/fire clay mines Whilst engaged blasting shot exploded before he got out of its way The second also occurred whilst blasting. The deceased was alone at the time in one of the ordinary "walls" of the mine, and after boring a hole at the face, he charged it with powder in the customary way, using a straw filled with powder for a fuse. It is not known how the accident happened, but the shot must have gone off before he had time to leave the place; he was severely injured and died in consequence of the injuries about three weeks after.
1880 May 15 Garscadden Duntocher M & Cunningham James Johnstone Labourer 57 In ironstone/fire clay mines Fell from a scaffold, a distance of 20 feet Took place in an ironstone mine and was occasioned by a “hutch runner” falling about 20 feet from a scaffold, whilst attempting to relieve a hutch he was in the act of emptying, and which had got jammed on the front of the tip.
1880 May 17 Gauchalland Galston Gauchalland Coal Co Wm Brown Roadsman 17 In coal mines Fall of roof  
And. Robertson Roadsman 50 In coal mines Fall of roof
1880 May 25 Newbattle, Bryans Newbattle, Edinburgh Marquis of Lothian Wm. Robertson Assistant bottomer 63 Miscellaneous in shafts A loaded tub slipped out of top deck and some coals struck him. Died 27th May  
1880 May 26 Parkead No 2 Dalziel, LKS John Watson Matthew Kennedy Collier 30 Falls of sides While taking down coal. Stooping  
1880 May 30 Carronhall No 5 Bothkennar, STI Carron Co James Sharp Engineman 54 On surface – miscellaneous Scalded by hot water and steam while cleaning out the overflow pipe from hot-well during the time the engine was working  
1880 June 1 Wellwood Muirkirk Eglinton Iron Co James Park Collier 32 In coal mines Fall of coal  
1880 June 11 Blantyre No 3 Ell Blantyre. LKS Wm Dixon Ltd Wm Gardiner Brusher 25 Falls of roof On drawing road while taking down loose stone  
1880 June 15 North Motherwell No 2 Dalziel, LKS Merry & Cunningham John Smith Stone miner 39 Miscellaneous underground- explosions of gunpowder Premature explosion of a shot. He lighted the straw instead of the match  
1880 June 18 Gilmilnscroft Auchinleck Gilmour, Wood & Anderson Michael Curdie, sen Collier 43 In coal mines Explosion of fire damp Occurred in a mine where fire damp had not been reported for at least four months before the accident. The deceased and his son had been at work for about 8 hours on the day of the explosion, and the latter, while returning from the pit bottom t the place where his father was at work, ignited some fire damp, by which he was burned. Though the explosion was slight the effect was to derange the ventilation, and three hours elapsed before it could be sufficiently restored to enable them to recover the bodies. In both cases death resulted, I believe, from the effects of the after damp.
Michael Curdie, jun Collier 17
1880 June 25 Dalziel Dalziel, LKS Wishaw Coal Co James Kelly Collier 14 Falls of sides While “holing”  
1880 June 25 Gartshore Kilsyth Wm Baird & Co Pat Dunnery Pony driver 16 In ironstone/fire clay mines Was run over by hutches Happened to a pony driver; it was his duty to draw the hutches from a lye or siding, where the colliers delivered them, to the pitbottom in races of 6 hutches. Before removal, however, he had to arrange the “race” that is, attach the hutches together by short coupling chains, insert a “snibble” in each, and remove a block placed upon the road for security until the load was about to be removed. It appears that on the day of the accident, he started a “race” of full hutches in the ordinary way, but before proceeding more than 30 yards he in some way got entangled with the hutches and was run over by them. It was found on after investigation that he had neglected to put in the snibbles before staring, and it is supposed that on discovering this overlook he had attempted to disengage his horse and so missed his footing, and was run over by the hutches.
1880 June 25 Grougar Hurlford Eglinton Iron Co John Hopkins Pony driver 13 In coal mines Fell before a “race” of hutches Took place upon a “dook.” The deceased, a pony driver, was in the act of taking a “race” of empty hutches from the pit bottom to dispatch it down the dook, but having neglected to complete the coupling, as soon as the front part of the race passed over the brow of the dook, it got rapidly into motion, and capsized about 50 yards down. The deceased who sat upon the front overturned with it, and was found lying under the first hutch dead.
1880 June 25 Kerse Patna M & Cunningham John Skillen Bottomer 22 In ironstone/fire clay mines Was caught by the cage when crossing the shaft Occurred when the deceased, one of the bottomers, was crossing the shaft, by the cage being lowered upon him.
1880 June 25 Lucknow Stevenston Eglinton Iron Co Chas. Sharky Brusher 50 In coal mines Fall of roof  
1880 July 1 Longrigg No 1 New Monkland, LKS James Nimmo & Co Robert Heaps Collier 37 Falls of roof At face  
1880 July 1 Souterhouse Coatbridge Souterhouse Coal Co Charles Lusk Collier 50 In coal mines Fall of roof  
1880 July 2 Muiredge No 1 Leven, FIF Bowman and Co Archd. Izatt Contractor -- Miscellaneous underground- on inclined planes While riding on hutches he attempted to jump off at a level and was jammed  
1880 July 7 Hill Dalserf, LKS McLean, Dalzell & Co John Copeland Roadsman 40 On surface – miscellaneous While disloading a fly wheel from a wagon by a crane the chain slipped and the wheel jammed him  
1880 July 9 Raith, Lady Pit Auchtertool, FIF Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co Ltd Alex. Todd Labourer 55 On surface – miscellaneous Jammed between a boiler and the chimney while assisting to get the former from a wagon to its seat  
1880 July 16 Farme Rutherglen A Fairie Jas Turkentine Brusher 50 In coal mines Fall of roof whilst about to take it down  
1880 July 28 Balbardie Bog Pit Bathgate, Linlithgow Henry Walker & Son Henry Philips Roadsman 44 Sundries underground Jammed by a pump rod which he was lifting. Died 4th August  
1880 August 2 Quarter Denny Wm Baird & Co James Muir Collier 23 In coal mines Fall of coal and roof  
1880 August 3 Quarter No 4 Hamilton, LKS Colin Dunlop & Co David White Collier 20 Falls of roof At face  
1880 August 7 Addiewell No 11, Polbeth West Calder, Edinburgh Youngs Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co Ltd Jas Campbell Miner 23 In shale mines Fall of shale while holing. Long wall  
1880 August 9 Kelty No 1 Beath, FIF Fife Coal Co Ltd Peter Robertson Collier 33 Falls of roof At face  
1880 August 16 Redburn Irvine Eglinton Iron Co Wm Donaldson Fireman 35 In coal mines Explosion of fire damp Happened to two experienced firemen. I understand that on the Saturday evening before the the accident a shift of men discovered, in an exploring mine in which they were working, a small accumulation of fire damp, I presume, from having laid open a “cutter” or “rent”. The gas did not prevent them completing their shift, but it had been of such importance as to induce them to call the oversman's attention to it, and according to his explanation he afterwards saw the fireman who had charge of the mine, and requested him to be careful on Monday morning while making his examination, in case the gas should continue to be given off and so accumulate during the cessation of labour on Sunday. Apparently some attention had been paid in consequence of this warning, for the deceased had taken the precaution to get his neighbour, who was fireman in another seam, to accompany him. So far as is known they descended the shaft shortly after midnight, or early on the morning of the accident, taking their safety lamps and open lights with them. Their usual time of returning having passed, those at the pithead began to fear for their safety, and the oversman and others descended the shaft in search of them; they ultimately went towards the place where firedamp had been discovered, and where evidence existed of a recent explosion. The ventilation was deranged, and after repeated attempts to enter the mine the sufferers were reached in the evening. They were burned, but it is more than probable that death was caused by inhaling the vitiated air of the mine. Notwithstanding that the deceased were experienced men, and specially cautioned in this particular case, they had inconsiderately gone into the mine with one or more open lights and come in contact with the gas, which under the circumstances, they ought to have anticipated.
Jas Carswell Fireman 53 In coal mines
1880 August 21 Blackstone Paisley Blackstone Mineral Co John Beveridge Miner 28 In ironstone/fire clay mines Fall of roof Newspaper report - Renfrewshire pages
1880 August 25 Garscube Maryhill R Addie & Son David Allan Sinker 24 In ironstone/fire clay mines Fall of roof  
1880 August 28 Lumphinnans Ballingry, FIF Lumphinnans Coal Co David Ross locomotive brakesman 17 On surface – miscellaneous Run over by wagons while attempting to sprag them  
1880 September 1 Hill Dalserf, LKS McLean, Dalzell & Co Daniel Watson Collier -- Falls of sides While “holing”  
1880 September 10 Blantyre No 2 Blantyre. LKS Wm Dixon Ltd Jno. Nichol Apprentice mason 14 On surface – miscellaneous Run over by a wagon while attempting to sprag it  
1880 September 14 Portland No 8 Hurlford Eglinton Iron Co John Ross Collier 31 In coal mines Fall of roof  
1880 September 15 Raith, Lady Pit Auchtertool, FIF Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co Ltd Michael Miller Roadsman 45 Falls of sides While holing props which had been taken out to allow the head coal to fall. The props should have been placed outside of the unsupported head coal. Stooping  
1880 September 17 Lochhead Dunfermline, FIF Alex Wilson & Son Robt. Ditchburn Miner 45 In fire clay mines Fall of fire clay while holing. Stoop and room  
1880 September 20 Blair Dalry Eglinton Iron Co David Massey Miner 52 In ironstone/fire clay mines Crushed by hutches on engine dook Took place on an engine plane, and was occasioned by the deceased attempting to get on to a train while passing the end of the roadway which led in to his working place.
1880 September 21 Trees No 1 Bathgate, Linlithgow Wm Torrance Adam Spalding Collier 34 Falls of sides While “holing” in a 10 feet place  
1880 September 22 Twechar Kilsyth Wm Baird & Co Robert Rankine Chain runner 20 In ironstone/fire clay mines Found run over by hutches on a dook Occurred upon an engine plane, the sufferer was the person engaged as chain runner, who after signalling the race away, sat down, between the rails, in front of it, and was run over. No one saw the accident take place, but a drawer who had been at the foot of the incline shortly before the accident, stated that after the deceased signalled the train away, more than once, he sat down between the rails about 5 yards in front of it, and that he himself sat for a short time beside him, but finding the race was not drawn away at the time, he returned to his working place leaving the deceased sitting between the rails; upon going to the lye, at the foot of the incline, some time after, he found the deceased lying dead under one of the hutches about three yards further up the “dook” than where he left him. At the time of the accident the deceased was working an extra shift, and it is supposed that after he was left alone he had been overcome by sleep.
1880 September 24 Polton No 2 Cockpen, Edinburgh Polton Coal Co Ltd Archd McNeil Sinker 36 Falling from part way down Fell off scaffold while repairing pump rods  
1880 September 25 Boig N. Cumnock Lanemark Coal Co James Harper Collier 28 In coal mines Fall of roof  
1880 September 30 Barrwood Kilsyth Wm Baird & Co James Willans Roadsman 42 In coal mines Fall of roof  
1880 October 1 Canobie Canobie Duke of Buccleuch James Murray Collier 48 In coal mines Fall of coal. Injured 17th July  
1880 October 2 Aitkenhead Mount Florida G Crookston and son John Dagnet Collier 35 In coal mines Fall of coal  
1880 October 9 Auchenheath No 4 Lesmahagow, LKS Nitshill & Lesmahagow Coal Co Robt. Morton Collier 48 Falls of roof At face  
1880 October 11 Rosehall Coatbridge R Addie & Son John Cummock Collier 25 In coal mines Fall of coal  
1880 October 14 Bathville No 4 Bathgate, Linlithgow James Wood James Frame Collier 20 Falls of roof At face  
1880 October 14 Fergushill Kilwinning A Finnie & Son John Campbell Brusher 33 In coal mines Fall of roof. Died 14 days after the accident  
1880 October 19 Longlee No 2 Dalserf, LKS Wm Barr & Sons ---- Stewart Collier 13 Falls of roof On drawing road 6 yards from face. Stooping  
1880 October 22 Drumbow No 2 New Monkland, LKS James Gemmell Archd McNeil Collier 14 Falling from part way down Fell from a mid-working. He had been allowed to act as bottomer for his grandfather, who had not come out that morning  
1880 October 26 Blairhall No 1 Culross, PER Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co Ltd Thos. Cant Engineman -- Boilers bursting See report There was a steam boiler exploded at Valley Field Colliery, near Dunfermline, by which one man, the engineman, was killed. The accident happened about 5 o'clock in the morning while he was raising steam to begin work at seven. The only other person present was a tramp who escaped unhurt. He heard the engineman on the top of the boiler when it exploded. It was a Cornish boiler and was one of a range of four which had been at work for ten years at a pressure of 40lb on the square inch, and it appeared to have given way solely from weakness, the outside shell for a distance of 10 feet, near the wall on which it rested, having been reduced by corrosion from the original thickness of 7/16 inch to a thickness varying from 1/8 to 1/16 inch. It did not appear to have been regularly examined, for the flues around the outside shell of the boiler had been very dirty, and the drainage so bad that occasionally water lay along the outside shell where it rested on the mid-wall, and this water and damp had corroded the plates for the distance stated. The machinery and plant were being removed and in less than a fortnight there would have been no steam needed.
1880 October 28 Southfield No 1 Slamannan, STI Wm Black & Sons Jane Winning Pit head worker -- Falling into shaft from surface Ran a hutch into pit when cage was not there. There was a gate, in terms of General Rule 14, which she had not fastened up.  
1880 November 11 Westfield West Calder Wm Baird & Co John Hayden Miner --   Fall of limestone at face  
1880 November 12 Sandlodge Shetland Sumburgh Mining Co Ltd Mat. Tulloch Miner --   Crushed by a pump-rod while passing under it  
1880 November 15 Hill Dalserf, LKS McLean, Dalzell & Co John Wardrop Collier 21 Falls of roof At face. Stooping  
1880 November 22 Shawfield Carluke, LKS John Wilson James Allan Collier 14 Miscellaneous underground- on inclined planes Crushed by bogie and tubs on endless rope incline  
1880 November 25 Greenfield No 1 Hamilton, LKS Hamilton Coal Co Thos. Wyper Drawer 15 Falls of roof On drawing road  
1880 November 26 Loanhead Lasswade, Edinburgh Shotts Iron Co Mich. Donnachy Drawer 16 Falling from part way down Fell from a level onto the incline. Edge seam  
1880 November 29 Blantyre No 3 Splint Blantyre. LKS Wm Dixon Ltd James Neilson Brusher 50 Falls of roof In a road while redding a fall  
1880 November 26 Grangemouth Grangemouth, STI Grangemouth Coal Co Peter Bennet Wagoner 50 On surface – miscellaneous Jammed between wagons  
1880 December 3 Springside Dreghorn A Kenneth & Son Thomas Mackie Collier 21 In coal mines Fall of coal  
1880 December 4 Penicuik Penicuik, Edinburgh Shotts Iron Co Alex Cairns Miner 36 In ironstone mines Fell down a steep travelling way while building the sides. Edge seam, angle 58 degrees. Long wall  
1880 December 6 Addiewell No 2 West Calder, Edinburgh Youngs Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co Ltd Hugh Lawlor Trimmer 21 In shale mines Struck by a train of empty wagons which were passing the screens  
1880 December 15 Hartwoodhill     David Neil     Not listed   Newspaper report
1880 December 15 Craigneuk     James Rox     Not listed   Newspaper report
1880 December 19 Muiredge No 1 Leven, FIF Bowman and Co James Braid Reddsman -- In shafts – ropes and chains breaking Breakage of wire rope. It was supposed that the rope went off the pulley and the fall of the cage, about 13 feet, snapped the rope where it struck the axle. It was a very stormy morning with snow falling heavily at the time.  
James Matheson reddsman --
1880 December 21 Garriongill Cambusnethan, LKS Coltness Iron Co Pat Wilson Labourer 19 On surface – miscellaneous Run over by a wagon while attempting to sprag it  
1880 December 21 Portland No 8 Hurlford Eglinton Iron Co Wm Gray Collier 38 In coal mines Fall of coal  
1880 December 25 Craighead No 2 Blantyre. LKS Wm Baird & Co Henry Gardner Brusher -- Miscellaneous underground- explosions of gunpowder Struck with stones from a shot  
1880 December 27 Stonelaw Rutherglen F R Reid John Yuile Collier 52 In coal mines Fall of roof  

 

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