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Fatal Accidents 1915

Accidents listed in the NAS catalogue, or death certificates, for which we have no further information are highlighted by a shaded background.

If you can assist in identfying the men killed in the accidents from the Mine Inspectors report, please contact us.

Year Month Day Name of Colliery First Name Surname Page
1915 January 1 Shale Mine, Deans Thomas Gray FAI record – NAS
1915 January 8 Baton David Blackley Newspaper report - Shotts pages
1915 January 11 Shale Mine, Deans Joseph Roy Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 January 12 Glencraig Alexander Gray Newspaper report - Ballingry pages
1915 January 14 Gateside Peter McCourt Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages
1915 January 18 Gilbertfield John Jackson Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages (died 25 Jan 1915)
1915 January 25 Burleyside, Falkirk James Walker Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages
1915 January 26 Rosshill Shale Mine Patrick Tierney FAI record – NAS
1915 February 5 Mossbeath James Burns Newspaper report - Beath pages
1915 February 15 Dewshill James Marshall Greenshields Newspaper report - Shotts pages
1915 February 15 Fortrigg George Denholm Newspaper report - Shotts pages
1915 February 17 Grangepans Hugh Chalmers Bell Newspaper report - Lothians pages
Robert Sneddon Smellie
1915 February 19 Snab Pit, Kinneil Joseph McLean Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 February 22 Bogfield John Coyle Old Monkland accidents
1915 February 25 Breich Shale pit John Hickie Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 March 2 Millhall, Stirling John Martin Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages
John Malloy
1915  March 6 Hamilton Palace John Brown Newspaper report - Bothwellhaugh pages
1915 March 13 Glencraig John Reilly Newspaper report - Ballingry pages
1915  March 27 Blairmuckhill James Jeffrey Hawson Newspaper report - Shotts pages
Richard Sommerville
1915  March 28 Newton James Murgatroyd Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages
1915  April 11 Bardykes Robert Alexander Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages
1915 April 12 Moat Pit, Roslin Richard Horsburgh Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 April 15 Carberry John Mairs Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 April 16 Thankerton Hugh Turney Newspaper report - Bothwell pages [natural causes]
1915 April 16 Prestongrange Andrew Gilchrist Todd Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 April 19 Dennyloanhead John Stirling Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages
1915  April 23  Holytown James Halliman Newspaper report - Bothwell pages
1915 April 26 Cadzow Andrew Falconer Newspaper report - Hamilton pages
1915 April 29 Duddingston Alexander Haddow Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 April 30 Fauldhouse Henry Hardie Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915  May 7 Baton James Maxwell Newspaper report - Shotts pages
1915 May 8 Skellyton John Rodger Newspaper report - Dalserf pages
1915 May 10 Mosside, Bathgate John Martin Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 May 11 Prestonlinks Alexander McLuckie Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 May 15 Pumpherston Thomas Tafs Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 May 18 Muirbeath Fergus Ferguson Newspaper report - Beath pages
1915 May 20 Riddochill George Campbell FAI record – NAS
1915 June 10 Fauldhead, Kirkconnel Duncan Brodie Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages
William Campbell Blair
1915 June 14 Machar John Ramage Newspaper report - Dalserf pages
1915 July 10 Bedlay James Adamson New Monkland accidents
1915 July 10 Kames Daniel Baird Death certificate
1915 July 22 Hattonrigg Esider Lapinsky Newspaper report - Bothwell pages
1915  July 28 Blackhill Henry Anderson Information kindly supplied by Robert Caldwell
1915  July 28 Thankerton Alexander Brown Newspaper report - Bothwell pages
1915 July 30 Cowdenbeath Thomas Ferguson Newspaper report - Beath pages
1915 August 1 Wester Moffat Thomas Henry Dewar New Monkland accidents
1915 August 17  Bardykes John McDougal Following upon a fall of roof in a roadway in which a cable was run, two repairers were sent to remove the debris. The current was not cut off the cable and one of the repairers received a fatal shock owing to his shovel coming in contact with a bared conductor. [Mine Inspectors Report 1915] Newspaper report - Blantyre pages
1915 August 19 Broomrigg, Bonnybridge NK NK A fault occurred inside the motor of a coal cutting machine which, owing to the absence of a locking pin to connect the earth conductor in the trailing cable in the frame of the machine, caused the frame to be live, and the machineman so to receive a shock which proved fatal. [Mine Inspectors Report 1915]
1915 August 20 No 7 Portland Pit Michael Campbell NAS
1915 August 25 Lumphinnans John Macniven Newspaper report - Beath pages
1915 August 29 Polton David Hogg Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 August 30 Greenfield James Hunter Newspaper report - Hamilton pages
1915 August 30 Westmains David Ellis Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 August 30 Foulshiels William Martin FAI record – NAS
1915 September 3 Auchencruive Alexander Davidson Ayrshire accidents
1915 September 5 Bowhill George Bowman Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages
1915 September 6 Fauldhead David Shankland Source – list published by Kirkconnel Parish Heritage Society
1915 September 8 Aitken Mitchell Collins Newspaper report - Beath pages
1915 September 9 Rosehall John Smeaton Newspaper report - Bothwell pages
1915 September 20 Whitburn James Healy Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 September 21 Rosehall James Timminey Newspaper report - Bothwell pages
1915 September 27 Shawfield Alexander Porter Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages
1915 October 4 Cockenzie John MacLeod Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 October 9 Arniston William McGadie Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 October 15 Foulford John Allan Newspaper report - Beath pages
1915 October 16 Oakbank Shale Robert Dudgeon Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 October 19 Glencraig Colliery Laurence Duffy Newspaper report - Ballingry pages
1915 October 22 Wellesley Robert Birrell Newspaper report - Fife pages
1915 October 26 Kinneil Robert Forrester Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 November 2 Carberry Alexander Murray Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 November 2 Snab, Kinnneil John Watt Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915 November 5 Muirkirk James Roxburgh Dickson Cringan Newspaper Report - Muirkirk pages
1915 November 8 No 3 pit, Polmaise Colliery Peter McAusland Stewart Fractured skull sustained in pit accident (Fallin memorial list)
1915 November 19 Harburn John Girdwood Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1915  November 22 Hamilton Palace Alexander Neilson Newspaper report - Bothwellhaugh pages
1915 November 24 Bedlay John Hunter New Monkland accidents
1915 November 29 Fordell Colliery David Russell Newspaper report - Beath pages
1915 December 4 Brownlee Thomas Robertson Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages
1915 December 7 Klondyke Daniel Kerr Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages
1915 December 11 Leven NK NK An apprentice electrician opened the door of a switch panel where the pressure of the current was 2,750 volts, and touching live metal was electrocuted. [Mine Inspectors Report 1915]
1915 December 15 Glencraig Thomas Paterson Newspaper report - Ballingry pages
1915 December 20 Westwood James Ramsay Newspaper report - Shotts pages
1915 December 31 Boghead Elizabeth Paterson Bell FAI record – NAS
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