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1852 Accidents

Notes - The information in this page is mainly sourced from the appendix to the Mine Inspectors report for this year. Many accidents are not listed in these reports and additional names have been added from newspaper reports and other sources - these are indicated by a shaded gray background.

Information from Appendix to Inspectors Report
Extra Information
Year Month Day Name of Colliery Near where situated Owners name Person(s) killed Cause of death
1852 March 12 Lochgelly Fife NK Robert Suttie   Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages
1852 April 17 Wellwood Fife   Grace Russell   Fife accidents
1852 May 7 Kilmux Colliery Fife    James Laing    Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths
1852 July 2 No 2 Pit Carnbroe Coatbridge Merry & Cunningham James Berry Fall of roof  
1852 July 6 Kingshaw Carluke Shotts Iron Co James Cooper Piece of propwood falling on him  
1852 July 7 No 1 Mingle Pit Kinniel, near Bo'ness Messrs Wilson & Co John Somerville Piece of ironstone falling from cage asceding pit  
1852 July 7 Victoria Pit Nitshill, near Glasgow Messrs Coats & Co Joseph Finn Crushed by cage in pit Renfrewshire accidents
1852 July 27 No 1 pit Dundyvan Iron Works Lanarkshire Messrs John Wilson & Co Michael Carr Fall of roof  
1852 July 27 No 4 pit, Fordell Inverkeithing, Fifeshire G M Henderson Esq John Hannigan Falling from one seam to another  
1852 July 28 No 1, Blackland Eglington Ironworks Ayrshire Messrs Bairds Thomas Woods Fall of coal  
1852 August 3 No 1 pit Corsehead Dalry, Ayrshire Messrs Bairds Edward Ritchie Falling down pit  
1852 August 5 Alloa Colliery Clackmannanshire Alloa Coal Company Alexander Fyfe Fall of roof  
1852 August 12 No 7 Pit Thankerton Bothwelll, Lanarkshire Messrs Bairds James Hart Fall of roof  
1852 August 21 Bartonshill Near Glasgow Messrs Neilson & Paterson James Barrowman, oversman Crushed by cage in pit  
1852 August 23 Rochsoles No 4 pit New Monkland, Lanarkshire Rochsoles Coal Co William Martin Cage running down shaft by neglect of engineman  
1852 August 24 Eastfield Colliery Near Glasgow James Dunn - Pumping machinery below ground  
1852 August 28 Calder Ironworks Airdrie William Dixon John Muir Fall of roof  
1852 September 6 Stobbs Pit Kilwinning Messrs Bairds John Laird Fall of coal  
1852 September 14 No 5 pit, Langloan Old Monkland Messrs Addie Miller & Ranken John Rollo Fall of roof  
1852 September 17 No 2, Snab Pit Kinniel, near Bo'ness Trustees of late John Wilson James Davidson Falling from one seam to another  
1852 September 22 Penston Gladmuir, East Lothian John Deans William Hogg Fall of roof  
1852 September 23 Braehead Pit Baillieston Trustees of R H Simpson William Simpson Fall of roof  
1852 September 24 Brandyhill Pit Sauchie, near Alloa Alloa Coal Company Robert Mitchell Drowning in old opening shaft Newspaper report
John Bain 
William Paterson
Robert Hunter
1852 October 14 No 13 pit Legbrannock Bothwelll, Lanarkshire Monkland Iron & Steel Co Robert Russell Fell down the pit  
1852 October 16 No 1 pit, Woodhill Kilmarnock Merry & Cunningham John Brown Crushed in shaft  
1852 October 16 No 2, Annick Lodge Dreghorn Glengarnock Iron Co John Kelly Fall of roof  
1852 October 18 Crofthead Whitburn Coltness Iron Co John Young Struck by chain falling down  
1852 October 22 No 10 Hawkhill Dalry Messrs Bairds Patrick McInnes Fall of ironstone  
1852 October 27 No 3 Carnbroe Lanarkshire Merry & Cunningham James Farry Stone falling on him  
1852 October 27 No 8, Stevenson Pit Holytown Stevenson Coal Co Robert Cross Fall of coal  
1852 October 27 Polkemmet Colliery Whitburn John White George Strong Earth falling on him  
1852 November 3 Perceton Colliery Ayrshire P B M Macredie Hugh Martin Fall of stone from roof  
1852 November 5 No 1 Carnbroe Lanarkshire Merry & Cunningham William Calligan Falling down shaft  
1852 November 6 Dalmellington Ironworks Ayrshire Dalmellington Iron Co Robert Haldam Fall of roof  
1852 November 8 No 2, Annick Lodge Ayrshire Glengarnock Iron Co Andrew Calligan Struck by piece of wood from surface  
1852 November 15 Mount Melville Ironstone Works St Andrews _ David Pearson Fall of stone on him  
1852 November 16 Cuttlehill Fife Henderson, Wallace & Co David Hunter Sinking of road and falling of old waste Newspaper Report
1852 November 17 Newton Colliery Cambuslang Newton Colliery Co William Vicars Falling of cage  
1852 November 20 No 2 Redding Colliery Falkirk Duke of Hamilton James Miles Fall of roof Newspaper Report
1852 November 24 Summerhouse Stirlingshire John Wilson William Thompson Struck by coal falling down shaft Newspaper Report
1852 November 25 Crofthead Whitburn Coltness Iron Co John Stevenson Struck by piece of stone  
1852 December 1 No 6 pit Kinniel, near Bo'ness Trustees of late John Wilson Richard Paterson Fall of ironstone Newspaper report
1852 December 15 Lochtyside Pit Balgonie Charles Balfour William Furguson Rope breaking  
1852 December 18 No 5 Eastfield Colliery Rutherglen James Dunn William McKenna Fell from one seam to another  
1852 December 20 Dalzelly Colliery Lesmahagow James Cowper Andrew Davidson Fall of coal [accident actually occurred 29 Nov, he died 20 Dec]
1852 December 22 No 9 Fordell Dalgety, Fife Fordell Colliery Co Thomas Wishart Fell down shaft Newspaper report - Beath accidents
1852 December 25 Victoria Colliery Dalzell Colliery, Lanark John Watson, jun Duncan McGuiness Hutch falling on them from surface Lanarkshire accident pages
John Millar
1852 December 27 No 15 pit Courie Culross Forth Iron Co Edward McCutchen Explosion  
1852 December 27 Titwood Colliery Pollokshaws Sir John Maxwell, Bart Barnard Flanagan Explosion  
1852 December 28 No 1 pit Cambuslang Archibald Russell Robert Neilson Fell from one seam to another  
1852 December 30 No 6 pit Chapel Hall, Lanarkshire Monkland Iron Co John Nelson Fall of coal  

 

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