1855 Deaths

1855 Deaths listed in Mine Inspectors Report

Names not listed in the mine inspectors reports are highlighted by gray shaded background

Year	Month	Day	Name of Colliery	Near where situated	Owners name	Person(s) killed	Cause of death	Extra Information
1855	January		Springbank	Near Airdrie	John Meason	Samuel Wright	Fall of roof near face when engaged brushing drawing road
1855	January	18	Mount Vernon	Near Glasgow	Andrew Buchanan	James Green	Fall of roof when engaged repairing drawing road
1855	January	22	Glenfair	Near Falkirk	J P Henderson	Charles McCaffeny	Fall of an empty hutch down shaft
1855	January	23	Ayr	Near Ayr	John T Gordon	Patrick Price	Fall of coal when engaged undermining
1855	January	29	Kinniel	Near Linlithgow	Trustees of John Wilson	James Stanners	Falling down shaft while attempting to slide down conductors
1855	January	6	Ayr	Near Ayr	John T Gordon	Charles Flannaghan	Falling down shaft while engaged oiling pithead wheels
1855	February	3	Shotts Iron Works	Near Airdrie	Shotts Iron Co	John Brown	Fall of roof at face of working
1855	February	5	Old Cumnock	Near Ayr	Portland Iron Co	John Gibson	Falling from an upper working to bottom of shaft
1855	February	7	Fairley	Near Kilmarnock	John Gilmour & Co	William McGill	Fall of coal at face of working
1855	February	9	Ayr	Near Ayr	John T Gordon	John Storrie	Fall of roof near face of working	Newspaper Report
1855	February	15	Howglen	Near Glasgow	Robert Patterson	James Patterson	Choke damp whilst exploring old workings
1855	February	17	Govan	Near Glasgow	William Dixon	Thomas Gibson	Crushed by cage when descending shaft
1855	February	20	Tranent	Near Haddington	H F Caddell	George Banks	Fall of roof at face of working
1855	February	22	Legbrannock	Near Airdrie	Monkland Iron & Steel Co	Hugh McKinlay	Struck by something falling down shaft (supposedly a piece of ice)
1855	February	22	Sunnyside	Near Wishaw	Archibald Russell	David Cowan	Explosion of fire damp in old working
1855	March	5	Drumpellar	Near Coatbridge	Trustees of John Wilson	Alexander Mitchell	Falling down shaft by coupling that attached the cage to the rope breaking	Newspaper Report
1855	March	5	Drumpellar	Near Coatbridge	Trustees of John Wilson	James Brand		Newspaper Report
1855	March	7	Nitshill	Near Paisley	George Coats & Co	John Fisher	Crushed at bottom of shaft whilst attempting to get on cage while in motion
1855	March	8	Forth Iron Works	Near Dunfermline	Forth Iron Co	William Hind	Explosion of fire damp (a boy under 10 years)
1855	March	8	Portland Iron Works	Near Kilmarnock	Portland Iron Co	Robert McCourt	Fall of roof undermining a prop
1855	March	9	Ayr	Near Ayr	John T Gordon	Douglas Wisnos	A wagon wheel coming off and falling down shaft	Newspaper Report [NB name should read Wason. Death cert and newspaper reports give date as March 12]
1855	April	10	Garscube	Near Glasgow	James Barclay & Co	Peter McTurk	Explosion of fire damp	Newspaper Report
1855	April	11	Rosehall	Near Coatbridge	Addie and Miller	Barnard Kennedy	Fall of coal at face of working
1855	April	12	Cleland	Near Holytown	William Dixon	Peter Hawson	Falling down a shaft in which he was engaged sinking while ascending
1855	April	15	Kenmuirhill	Near Glasgow	John Horne	David Winning	Falling of a piece of coal in shaft where deceased was a bottomer
1855	April	16	Glencleland	Near Wishaw	Kerr & Pender	Hugh Macfarlane	Falling of a scaffold at pithead
1855	April	18	Rosehall	Near Coatbridge	Addie, Miller & Rankine	Henry McQueen	Explosion of fire damp whilst engaged repairing air course
1855	April	25	Grangemouth	Near Falkirk	Grangemouth Coal Co	Walter Ritchie	Shot exploding accidentally whilst blasting the coal
1855	May	9	Wishaw	Near Wishaw	Robert Bell	Adam Cook	Fall of roof while engaged reducing pillars
1855	May	16	Gateside	Near Sanquhar	Messrs Wigham	Robert Shankland	Fall of roof at face of working
1855	May	16	Darlinth	Near Paisley	Alexander Cunningham	George Hamilton	Fall of stone from pithead whilst deceased was at bottom
1855	May	19	Coltness	Near Wishaw	A G Simpson	John Allen	Falling down shaft whilest attempting to get on cage
1855	June	1	Muirkirk	Near Ayr	Trustees of John Wilson	Alex. Gibson	Fall of coal at face of working	Newspaper Report [NB Death cert and newspaper reports give date as May 31]
1855	June	1	Muirkirk	Near Ayr	Trustees of John Wilson	T. Gibson	Fall of coal at face of working
1855	June	15	Eglington Iron Works	Near Ayr	Eglinton Iron Co	Hugh Connor	Explosion of firedamp
1855	June	17	Wemyss	Near Kirkcaldy	J.H.E. Wemyss	John Nicol	Fall of coal at face of working
1855	June	22	Highland Park	Near Kilsyth	Brown & Remie	David Hoggans	Falling out of bucket whilst ascending shaft in which he was engaged sinking
1855	July	3	Rawyards	Near Airdrie	Gavin Addie	Alexander Cook	Falling down shaft along with a hutch from an upper working	Newspaper Report
1855	July	6	Milfield	Near Airdrie	Robert Levenstone	Joseph Simpson	Fall of roof at face of working
1855	July	10	Comrie	Near Dunfermline	Forth Iron Co	James Meiklejohn	Fall of roof at face of working
1855	July	10	Thornton	Near Kilmarnock	Archibald Finnie	William Murray	Shot exploding whilst engaged boring it out	Newspaper Report (unconfirmed)
1855	July	10	Thornton	Near Kilmarnock	Archibald Finnie	James Wilson	Shot exploding whilst engaged boring it out	Newspaper Report (unconfirmed)
1855	July	13	Blairdirdie	Near Glasgow	Robertson & Harvey	Edward McDownell	Fall of roof at face of working
1855	July	28	Bogleshole			John Smith		Newspaper Report
1855	July	28	Portland Ironworks			Peter Murray		Newspaper Report
1855	July	28	Portland Ironworks			Robert Crawford		Newspaper Report
1855	August	4	West Thornton	Near Kilmarnock	Archibald Finnie	William Kirkland	Falling from upper working to bottom of shaft
1855	August	6	Huntershill	Near Glasgow	William Dixon	Alexander Wilson	Falling of a piece of stone whilst engaged sinking
1855	August	6	Flowerhill			Joseph Simpson	Not listed in Inspectors report	Newspaper report
1855	August	7	No 3 pit, Race Course, Airdrie			Robert Wright	Not listed in Inspectors report	Newspaper report
1855	August	7	Gartsherrie			Edward Nelson	Not listed in Inspectors report	Newspaper report
1855	September	19	Caprington	Near Kilmarnock	Thomas S Cunningham	Alexander Cunningham	Drowned by working through on an old waste where water had accumulated	Newspaper Report
						Francis Reaside
						Wm Sym
1855	September	20	Clifton Hill	Near Coatbridge	Thomas Jackson & Co	William Russell	Falling down shaft	Newspaper Report
1855	September	22	Whitehill			James Boyd	Not listed in Inspectors report	Newspaper report
1855	September	26	Kilgarth	Near Coatbridge	Wilsons & Co	James Qonner	Fall of roof at face of working
1855	September	26	Carron Hall	Near Falkirk	Carron Co	Andrew Rae	Struck whilst ascending shaft by an iron bolt falling down
1855	September	29	Town Hill	Near Dunfermline	Andrew Christie	Owen Welch	Crushed by a hutch on an incline
1855	October	3	Coltness	Near Wishaw	A G Simpson	William Young	Explosion of fire damp where a fall of roof had occurred
1855	October	3	Coltness	Near Wishaw	A G Simpson	Peter Black	Explosion of fire damp where a fall of roof had occurred
1855	October	6	Muirkirk	Near Ayr	Trustees of John Wilson	Thomas Wilson	Falling down shaft by running a hutch into the wrong division at pit head
1855	October	16	Darluith	Near Paisley	Alexander Cunningham	Thomas Moning	Fall of roof at face of working
1855	October	17	Rochsalloch	Near Airdrie	Wilson & Alison	William Hunter	Fall of coal at face of working
1855	October	18	Shottsmyre	Near Airdrie	John Scobbie	Andrew Johnston	Fall of coal at face of working
1855	October	19	Coltness Iron Works	Near Wishaw	Coltness Iron Co	Thomas Martin	Fall of roof while engaged reducing pillars
1855	October	19	Coltness Iron Works	Near Wishaw	Coltness Iron Co	James Cuthbert	Fall of roof while engaged reducing pillars
1855	October	31	Braehead	Near Coatbridge	Charles Tennant & Co	James Carrick	Fall of roof in drawing road
1855	November	17	Lochgelly	Near Dunfermline	Lochgelly Iron Co	William Grosset	Fall of coal at face of working
1855	November	20	Craigie House	Near Ayr	Robert Brown	Alexander Raddox	A pick falling down the shaft whilst deceased was at the bottom	Newspaper Report
1855	November	23	Fruitfield	Near Airdrie	John Hendrie	Abraham Wilson	Fall of roof at face of working
1855	December	1	Auchenwarrock	Near Kilsyth	John Bow & Co	Alexander Jamieson	Fall of roof at face of working
1855	December	11	Souter House	Near Coatbridge	Trustees of John Wilson	Thomas Graham	Fall of roof at face of working
1855	December	21	Bankend	Near Lesmahagow	Wardrope & Moffat	James Davidson	Crushed by cage at bottom of shaft
1855	December	26	Annock Lodge	Near Kilmarnock	Merry & Cunningham	Thomas Cairns	Falling down shaft in attempting to go on cage whilst in motion

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