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1882 Deaths listed in Mine Inspectors Report

This table is compiled from appendices to the reports of the Inspector of Mines and Collieries. Unless stated otherwise, the extra details are from the main body of the report.

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Year Month Day Name of Colliery Where situated Owner or Company Person(s) killed Surname Occupation Age Category Cause of accident and remarks Extra details
1882 January 1 Parkhead Dalziel, Lanark Glasgow Iron Co Robert Hendry Sinker 43 In shafts – whilst ascending or descending by machinery While riding on the scaffold they came in contact with a cross-beam at the surface and were knocked off  
Andrew Hamilton Sinker 56
1882 January 10 Loanhead Lasswade, Midlothian Shotts Iron Co Thomas Jardine Bottomer 18 Miscellaneous underground – on inclined planes Struck by a piece of stone while descending an incline. Edge seam.  
1882 January 13 Misk Kilwinning Eg. Iron Co. John Baird Boy 14 Explosion of fire damp Explosion of firedamp The single case [of firedamp explosion] which falls to be noticed should not have happened with ordinary care and attention. The deceased, a young lad, had on the day of the accident been engaged with his father, who was a roadsman, laying rails in one of the ordinary roadways. He, the deceased, had been sent to an abandoned road for rails, which were known to be lying there, and on his way to it, he ignited with his naked light some firedamp by which he was fatally injured. The abandoned place was not fenced as required by general rule 4, and special rule 38, and if not an abandoned place it ought to have been examined by the fireman in terms of general rule 2. Under the circumstances the oversman and fireman were charged with failing to observe general rule 4, which provides that “ all entrances to any place not in actual course of working and extension shall be properly fenced. After proof before the sheriff they were convicted and fined 40s each or suffer one month's imprisonment.
1882 January 24 Eddlewood Hamilton, Lanark Eddlewood Coal Co Ltd Jas. Harper Sinker 40 In shafts – things falling from part way down Struck by a stone which fell from the side of shaft. Newspaper report
1882 January 31 Bothwell Castle Bothwell, Lanark William Baird & Co James Docherty Fireman 40 Explosion of fire damp A door at the foot of a room had been left open. When the fireman shut it the current brought the gas out on his naked light. Died 11th Feb. Newspaper report
1882 February 1 Clackmannan Clackmannan Clackmannan Coal Co Alex. M. Hunter Bottomer 49 Miscellaneous in shafts Crushed by cage, which he appeared to have allowed to descend upon him.  
1882 February 1 Greenfield Hamilton, Lanark Hamilton Coal Co David Lees Collier 31 Falls of roof At face; stooping  
1882 February 1 Wellshot Cambuslang James Dunn John Morrison Miner 35 Falls of roof & sides Fall of roof  
1882 February 3 Brora Brora, Sutherland John Crowe James Murray Collier 19 Falls of roof At face; long wall  
1882 February 12 Nitshill Nitshill Eg. Iron Co. Samuel Kerr Joiner 31 In ironstone/fire clay mines Cut his foot when cutting or fitting a plank on the 24th January A joiner got his foot injured whilst cutting or fitting a plank upon a scaffold which he was in the act of erecting. The injury at the time was not considered serious, but he died from the effects therof three weeks after.
1882 February 15 Earnock Hamilton, Lanark John Wilson John McClements Brass picker 20 Miscellaneous on surface Jammed between two empty waggons Newspaper report
1882 February 17 Millburn Dalserf, Lanark Cornsilloch Coal Co George McEwan Collier 38 Falls of roof On horse road; hutches got off rails and knocked out a prop; stoop and room  
1882 February 24 Southhook Kilmaurs Merry & Cunninghame Jos. McCluskie Miner 45 In ironstone/fire clay mines Fall of roof  
1882 February 25 Barbauchlaw Bathgate, Linlithgow James Wood John Brown Collier 47 Falls of roof At face; long wall  
1882 February 27 Shields Dalzeil, Lanark James Wood John Bullock Joiner 22 Miscellaneous on surface In jumping into a waggon he landed on a nail, which pierced his foot; died 12th March  
1882 March 1 Newton Cambuslang Jas. Dunlop & Co. William Samson Collier 38 Falls of roof & sides Fall of roof  
1882 March 1 Pennyvenie Dalmellington Dalmellington Iron Co William Naylor Collier 30 Falls of roof & sides Fall of roof. Injured on 27th Jan  
1882 March 4 Kerse Patna Merry & Cunninghame Henry Sibbald Bottomer 38 In shafts Was caught by the cage when removing a piece of coal from the cage seat Happened through neglect or a misapprehension of signals, and resulted in the death of a bottomer, who was crushed by the cage while in the act of removing a piece of coal which had fallen from the “cage seat”. The engineman was charged with neglect of the special rules, he pled guilty, and was fined two pounds with the alternative of one months imprisonment.
1882 March 6 Balbardie Bathgate, Linlithgow Henry Walker Pat. Tinney Collier 47 Falls of sides At stooping while holing without sprags  
Hugh O'Donnell Collier 40
1882 March 6 Bartonshill Baillieston Wm Baird & Co John Owens Oversman 36 In shafts Supposed to have got in contact with the shaft fittings while being lowered

The deceased, who was the overman, a careful and experienced official, was at the time of the accident being lowered down the shaft. When about 40 fathoms from the surface, it appears that the engineman felt a sudden jerk or vibration of the rope, and he immediately stopped the engine. Those at the bottom of the shaft suspected that some mishap had occurred, and after a time two of them climbed up the shaft, by the buntons, to the cage, where they found the deceased lying upon it severely injured; he was raised to the surface but died soon after. As to the cause of the accident, there were no marks on the guides or shaft fittings to indicate how it had taken place.

Newspaper Report
1882 March 10 Springside Kilmarnock A Kenneth & Sons Hugh Spence Collier 25 Falls of roof & sides Fall of roof whilst engaged putting in a building  
1882 March 13 Cleland Townhead Bothwell, Lanark P & R Wyper & Co James McLarg Bottomer 51 Miscellaneous in shafts While lifting coals from the cage seat he allowed the cage to come down upon him.  
1882 March 16 Camp Dalziel, Lanark J Williams & Co Mathieson Rennie Drawer 17 In shafts – whilst ascending or descending by machinery The cage was raised about 8 feet above the landing. While hurriedly jumping off the deceased's foot got entangled with the cage and he fell back into the shaft. Newspaper Report
1882 March 22 Haugh Kilsyth Wm Baird & Co George Shaw Roadsman 47 Falls of roof & sides Fall of roof. Injured on the 13th  
1882 March 29 Woodend Torphichen, Linlithgow Coltness Iron Co Ltd Mich. McLean Bricklayer 23 Miscellaneous on surface A gust of wind blew down a wall and scaffold, and he was buried in the debris.  
1882 March 30 Gilmerton Liberton, Midlothian Glasgow Iron Co John Hutcheson Dookhead man 45 Miscellaneous underground – on inclined planes Fell off the carriage while descending an incline at an angle of 50 degrees Newspaper report
1882 April 4 Bredisholm Bothwell, Lanark Provanhall Coal Co John Donaldson Labourer 40 Miscellaneous on surface Fell over the scaffold while emptying a hutch of stones over screen. Newspaper report
1882 April 11 Balbardie Bathgate, Linlithgow Henry Walker Peter Anderson Sinker 33 On surface – by machinery Struck by handle of crane which had run amain  
1882 April 14 Nappyfaulds Slamannan, Stirling A & G Anderson George Graham Engineman -- In shafts – falling from part way down Fell of a ladder while descending a shaft 12 fathoms deep  
1882 April 15 Merryton Hamilton, Lanark Merryton Coal Co. George Shaw Bogie boy 13 Miscellaneous underground – by tubs and trams Fell off bogie and was run over by loaded hutches. The train had just started and it is supposed the jerk had caused him to fall off.  
1882 April 17 Udston Hamilton, Lanark Udston Coal Co Ltd Simon Taylor Collier 26 Falls of sides A piece of coal burst off side while filling a hutch. At stooping. Died 3rd May  
1882 April 19 Townhill Dunfermline, Fife Townhill Coal Co William Allan Collier 53 Falls of sides At face; long wall  
1882 April 21 Crindledyke Cambusnethan, Lanark Coltness Iron Co Ltd David Gray Brusher 52 Falls of roof At face of brushing; long wall. Died 7th May  
1882 April 22 Auchinraith Blantyre, Lanark Merry & Cunninghame John Conelly Driver 16 Falls of roof On main road; long wall  
1882 April 24 Grougar Hurlford Eg. Iron Co. James Jones Collier 51 Falls of roof & sides Fall of coal whilst engaged taking it down  
1882 April 29 Hopetoun Kirkliston, Linlithgow Uphall Coal Co Ltd Dan. Dougan Miner 27 In shale mines Fall of shale while holing. Stooping  
May 2 1882 Joseph McKillop killed at Skerrington, Ayrshire - see Newspaper Report
1882 May 6 Carronhall Bothkennar, Stirling Carron Co Alexr. Wilison Brusher 27 Falls of roof At face of brushing; long wall  
1882 May 9 Woodend Torphichen, Linlithgow Coltness Iron Co Ltd James Kerr Collier 33 Falls of roof At face; long wall. Died 21st May  
1882 May 13 Govan Glasgow W S Dixon & Co Saml. Wilson Screenman 21 Above ground Got crushed between railway waggons  
1882 May 15 Udston Hamilton, Lanark Udston Coal Co Ltd William Archibald Manager 52 Explosion of fire damp The manager holed on a place containing gas while the men were in the pit Newspaper Reports
Charles Morrison Collier 35
William Morrison Collier's boy 14
1882 May 16 Glenclelland Dalziel, Lanark Kerr & Mitchell Edward Russell Roadsman 57 Falls of roof On road while redding a fall; stoop and room  
1882 May 18 Home Farm Hamilton, Lanark Hamilton McCulloch & Co James Cowan Collier boy 13 Miscellaneous underground – by machinery underground Crushed by wheel at end of endless rope. The wheel was fenced and he must have gone through it. No person saw the accident.  
1882 May 18 Lady Pit Glenbuck Cairntable Gas Coal Co John Hutchison Collier 22 Falls of roof & sides Fall of coal  
1882 May 20 Haughhead Hamilton, Lanark John Macdonald James Black Brusher 23 Falls of roof At face of brushing; long wall. Died 2nd June  
1882 May 27 Blair Dalry Eg. Iron Co. Thomas McAwe Roadsman 19 In ironstone/fire clay mines Fall from the side whilst engaged redding Newspaper report
1882 June 1 Govan Glasgow W S Dixon & Co James Hanna Boy 14 Above ground Was run over by waggons whilst engaged shifting them  
1882 June 2 Wellshot Cambuslang James Dunn John McGorgan Collier 23 Falls of roof & sides Fall of coal  
1882 June 5 Newbattle Newbattle, Midlothian Marquis of Lothian Alexr. Allan Collier 58 Falls of roof At face; long wall Newspaper report
1882 June 14 Kirkwood Coatbridge Summerlee Iron Co Neil McMillan Waggon shifter 36 Above ground Was crushed between railway waggons whilst engaged coupling them Newspaper report
1882 June 21 Glespin Douglas, Lanark James Swann Hugh Rodger Collier 34 Falls of sides At face of stooping while filling a hutch 9 feet seam  
1882 June 29 Cornsilloch Dalserf, Lanark Cornsilloch Coal Co James Mathie Collier 27 Explosion of fire damp He went into another man's place for tools. The fireman had stopped the man who worked in it until he had cleared out the gas  
1882 June 30 Bankhead Galston Eg. Iron Co. Alex. Finlay Collier 27 Falls of roof & sides Fall of roof  
1882 July 1 Capringstone Dreghorn Bourtreehill Coal Co. Edw. Docherty Collier 35 Falls of roof & sides Fall of roof at face  
1882 July 1 Grangemouth Bothkennar, Stirling Grangemouth Coal Co John Laing Collier 42 Falls of roof At face; long wall  
1882 July 4 Dunmore Bannockburn Moyes & Murray James Thomson Boy 15 Falls of roof & sides Fall of roof  
1882 July 19 Lambhill Dollar, Perthshire D. W. Anderson Peter Fraser Collier -- Falls of sides At face; stoop and room  
1882 July 20 Barblue New Monkland, Lanark A & W Weir James Torley Collier 18 Falls of roof At face; long wall Newspaper report
1882 July 25 Bothwell Castle Bothwell, Lanark Wm Baird & Co Patrick Whyte Collier 15 Falls of roof At face; long wall  
1882 July 27 Stepends Cumnock Eg. Iron Co. John Pollock Miner 37 In ironstone/fire clay mines Fall of roof  
1882 July 29 Maryville Bothwell, Lanark John Hendrie Robt. Hamilton Driver 16 Miscellaneous underground – by tubs and trams Fell in front of loaded train and was run over. Newspaper Report
1882 August 1 Fence (? very poor copy) Lesmahagow, Lanark Nitshill & Lesmahagow Coal Co John Waddell Collier 37 Falls of roof At face of stone drift; long wall  
1882 August 4 Bredisholm Bothwell, Lanark Provanhall Coal Co Peter Buchan Brusher 29 Falls of roof At face of brushing; long wall  
1882 August 6 Newbattle Newbattle, Midlothian Marquis of Lothian Wm. Baxter Roadsman 42 Falls of roof On main road while repairing; long wall Lothian accidents
1882 August 12 Hopetoun Kirkliston, Linlithgow Uphall Coal Co Ltd Thos. Hasson 18   In shale mines Boiler explosion. The boiler was old and unfit for its work. It was to have been taken off in a week. There was one boiler explosion which killed one man and injured two others. A detailed report was sent to you. Many colliery boilers are now insured at one or other of the insurance companies. I think this an excellent precaution, it insures a regular examination of the boiler and fittings by practical boiler makers, when defects are pointed out. Some of the larger iron companies have a boiler inspector of their own, who goes systematically through the boilers without the responsibility of doing the work of repairs, and acts in every way as that of an inspector of the company.
1882 August 13 Quarter Denny Wm Baird & Co John Faggan Pony driver 18 Miscellaneous underground Was run over by hutches Happened upon the main roadway of the mine. In this particular case it was the business of the deceased to haul the coal from a given landing upon the horse road to the pit bottom. Between this landing and the pit bottom there is a declivity in this roadway, and it it the practice on approaching it to unyoke the pony and allow the load or “race” to move on uncontrolled to the foot of the incline, where the pony is again yoked and the load is drawn to the pit bottom. As to the cause of the accident, no one saw it happen, but it is conjectured that deceased was taking out a loaded race from the landing described, and when nearing the head of the incline, where the pony should have been unyoked, he in some way failed to undo the coupling, and in endeavouring to relieve the pony, got entangled with the “tail chain” by which he was thrown down in front of the “race” and partly run over by it. Some time after, probably ten minutes, when one of the workmen was passing out towards the pit bottom he found the deceased lying under the foremost hutch of the “race” dead.
1882 August 14 Common Lugar Eg. Iron Co. Wm. Caldwell Miner 27 In ironstone/fire clay mines Fall of roof  
1882 August 15 Enterkine Ayr Geo. Taylor & Co. Robt. McCrookin Pony driver 16 Miscellaneous underground Was run over by hutches Took place whilst the deceased was drawing a loaded hutch out of one of the ordinary working places. Owing to the inclination of the seam it is necessary to “snibble” the full hutches before removing them. I understand that after having attached the pony's “tail chain” to the full hutch, the hind wheels of which were over the ends of the rails, he, the deceased, was in the act of stretching round from the front of the hutch to insert a “snibble” in the hind wheel, when before he got this done the pony suddenly started to go down the road. It appears that deceased in following kept in front of the hutch for a distance of 20 yards when he tripped over a “sleeper” and fell, and the hutch was drawn over him, injuring him so severely that he died a few hours after.
1882 August 19 Bankhead Sanquhar Misses Wigham Robert Turner Collier 25 Falls of roof & sides Fall of roof  
1882 August 22 Netherhouse Baillieston John Young & Sons Adam Steven Collier 56 Falls of roof & sides Fall of roof Newspaper Report
1882 August 23 Broxburn, Hayscraig mine Uphall, Linlithgow Broxburn Oil Co Ltd Francis Danks Overman 48 In shale mines Explosion of firedamp. Danks and Neil, without thought, went with naked lights into a place which they knew was unventilated. They all lived more than a week after the accident, and could explain how it happened. Newspaper report
John Steven Miner 18
John Immery Miner 24
John Neil Fireman 26
1882 August 25 Devon Clackmannan Alloa Coal Co James Cook Stone miner 31 Miscellaneous underground – explosions of gunpowder &c. Struck by stones from a shot which he thought had missed fire.  
1882 August 29 Millburn Dalserf, Lanark Cornsilloch Coal Co James Robertson Collier 26 Falls of roof At stooping, while drawing timber Newspaper report
1882 September 1 Cowdenbeath Beath, Fife Cowdenbeath Coal Co Jas. Borthwick Labourer 55 Miscellaneous on surface Run over by waggons  
1882 September 8 Drumsmudden Dalmellington Dalmellington Iron Co Thomas Milroy Sinker 40 Miscellaneous underground Were precipitated from a scaffold by the kettle being lowered upon them Happened in a shaft upwards of 400 yards deep which had just been completed. It appears that on the day of the accident the oversman and three sinkers were engaged upon a fixed scaffold near midshaft, taking out a beam of wood which had been temporarily placed there whilst the pit was being sunk. The work had been carried on safely, the kettle being lowered to, and raised from the scaffold when required till about midday, when the kettle, which was being lowered by the engineman from the surface, instead of being stopped when it reached the scaffold was unaccountably lowered with such violence that in its descent it carried away part of the scaffold, and two of the workmen who were engaged upon it were precipitated to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 200 yards, and when reached, life was found to be extinct. The other two, who held on by what remained of the scaffold, were rescued uninjured. This accident was occasioned by neglect or want of care on the part of the engineman, in failing to stop the kettle at the fixed scaffold. He was charged with cuplable homicide and tried at Ayr by Sheriff Paterson and a jury, when he was found guilty, but recommended on account of previous good character to the leniency of the court, and the Sheriff taking into consideration the recommendation, sentenced him to one month's imprisonment.
William Smith Sinker 25
1882 September 11 Bredisholm Bothwell, Lanark Provanhall Coal Co Jas. Somerville Ostler 59 Miscellaneous underground – on inclined planes Run over by a bogie  
1882 September 13 Glenboig New Monkland, Lanark Glenboig Union Fireclay Co Ltd John McAvoy Miner -- In fire clay mines Fall of side. Stoop and room Newspaper report
1882 September 18 Common Lugar Eg. Iron Co. Thomas Lockhart Collier 26 Falls of roof & sides Fall of coal at face  
1882 September 27 Bankhead Hurlford Eg. Iron Co. Thomas Fair Collier 50 Falls of roof & sides Fall of roof  
1882 October 9 Largoward Kilconquhar, Fife Thos. Brown & Sons James Pryde Engineman -- In shafts – falling from part way down Knocked off a platform by a pump rope  
1882 October 10 Solesgirth Kirkintilloch Kilsyth Coal Co. John Ford Collier 41 Falls of roof & sides Fall of roof  
1882 October 11 Craighead Blantyre, Lanark William Baird & Co Alexr. Dobbins Collier 45 Explosion of fire damp The fireman in passing along a road, kindled gas lying in a hole above the air current Newspaper Report
1882 October 13 Newbattle Newbattle, Midlothian Marquis of Lothian James Reid Labourer 63 On surface – by machinery Cage of hydraulic hoist came down on him. Newspaper report
1882 October 13 Whitehill Lasswade, Midlothian Archibald Hood John Coole (? very poor copy) Collier 34 Falls of roof At face of stooping Newspaper report
1882 October 14 West Gartshore Kirkintilloch J & J Wallace John McGuigan Assistant pitheadman 18 Above ground Got jammed between a waggon and the pithead scaffold Newspaper Report
1882 October 16 West Longrigg New Monkland, Lanark James Gemmell Robt. Martin Bottomer 31 In shafts – falling from part way down He pushed a loaded hutch, and fell after it into the shaft while the cage was at the surface. There was a gate, but he had neglected it. Newspaper report
1882 October 18 Muiravonside Muiravonside, Stirling Jas. Nimmo & Co. Thos. Frater Collier 14 Miscellaneous underground – on inclined planes Run over by a hutch on dook. The hook at end of rope was attached to the drawbar of hutch and it slipped off.  
1882 October 21 West Burn Cambuslang R Forrester Edw. Cunningham Pony driver 18 Miscellaneous underground Run over by a hutch Happened in a similar way to the first [Aug 13 Quarter]. The deceased at the time of the accident was proceeding with a “race” of loaded hutches, five in number, on one of the main roadways. The race appeared to have been nearing a point on the roadway where the snibbles used to control it were taken out. No one witnesses the accident, and what occasioned it can only be guessed at. The sufferer when discovered was found lifeless under the second hutch; his cap and lamp lying 15 feet behind, and the first hutch of the “race” which had got disconnected was a few feet on advance, with the pony attached to it. The theory is that the deceased's light had accidentally gone out., and that whilst moving in the dark he had stumbled and fallen before the “race” in motion, and the pony advancing had drawn the first hutch over him, and the resistance which his body presented had in some way been the cause of the “race” getting disconnected.
1882 October 25 Eglinton Irvine Eg. Iron Co. John Milloy Sinker 28 In shafts Fell out of the kettle while being lowered Took place at a shaft in the process of being sunk. Owing to the nature of the surface a considerable width had to be cleared away before a safe foundation for the masonry could be obtained. Below this foundation the shaft was continued at a reduced size, and barred with wood in the ordinary way. I understand that the deceased was at the time of the accident being lowered by a windlass in a kettle, and when about 25 feet from the surface, he fell from it to the bottom, a distance of 6 fathoms or thereby. Though no one could state with certainty how the accident happened, it appeared to me to have been occasioned by the kettle striking against the midwall or side of the shaft where the contraction commenced.
1882 October 25 Woodend Torphichen, Linlithgow Coltness Iron Co Ltd John Armour Collier 20 Falls of roof At face; long wall  
1882 October 27 Whitehill Lasswade, Edinburgh Archibald Hood John Tait Roadsman 60 Falls of roof On main road; stoop and room. Died 23rd Dec  
1882 November 2 Cowdenbeath Beath, Fife Cowdenbeath Coal Co Andrew McGill Brusher 42 Falls of roof While repairing level road; long wall Newspaper report
1882 November 3 Enterkine No 9 Ayr Geo. Taylor & Co. William Little Drawer 24 Miscellaneous underground Supposed to have come in contact with a prop or the roof Happened to a drawer, and apparently was occasioned by a want of “snibbles”. The road upon which he was drawing was at one part so steep as to require a “snibble” in each wheel of a loaded hutch. It is doubtful as to whether the necessary preparation had been taken in this case: it was stated however by a boy who was near to the deceased at the time, that he saw him insert a “snibble,”and afterwards go in front of the hutch and proceed down the road with it, but he had not gone far when he heard him cry out and his light disappeared. Two neighbouring workmen went immediately to his assistance when they found him lying with his skull fractured. It is supposed that when his light went out he had struck against the roof or a prop on the side of the road.
1882 November 8 Hopetoun Bathgate, Linlithgow James Wood James Strang Fireman 48 In shafts – falling into shaft from surface He pushed an empty hutch into the shaft when the cage was not there, and fell after it. He had left the gate open a few minutes before.  
1882 November 10 Garscadden Bearsden Merry & Cunninghame John Currans Miner 37 In ironstone/fire clay mines Fall of roof  
1882 November 13 Clydeside Bothwell, Lanark Provanhall Coal Co Mich. McGuire Brusher -- Falls of roof At face, while putting in a building; long wall  
1882 November 14 Ferniegare Hamilton, Lanark Arch. Russell Alex Aitken Shaftsman 38 In shafts – falling from part way down While repairing the cage slides he rested his foot on a bunton which fell away with him Newspaper report
1882 November 21 Bog Hamilton, Lanark Hamilton McCulloch & Co Robt. Nesbit Collier 20 In shafts – whilst ascending or descending by machinery Fell down the pit. The rope slipped off the drum and the cage fell 30 feet. Newspaper report
Daniel Gardiner Collier 50
1882 November 22 Bothwell Castle Bothwell, Lanark Wm Baird & Co Daniel McAuley Wagon shifter 15 Miscellaneous on surface Run over by waggon while attempting to sprag it.  
1882 November 22 Enterkine No 10 Ayr Geo. Taylor & Co. John Wilson Collier 34 Falls of roof & sides Fall of coal  
1882 November 23 Bartonshill Baillieston W Baird & Co John Dougan Collier 40 Falls of roof & sides Fall of roof  
1882 December 1 Easter Moffat Shotts, Lanark Monkland Iron Co Ltd Peter Connachie Brusher 56 In ironstone mines Fall of roof which he was preparing to take down Newspaper report
1882 December 2 Limerigg Slamannan, Stirling Limerigg Coal Co Ltd Thomas Heaps Collier 24 In shafts – falling from part way down Fell from a mid-working. Instead of going round the shaft he attempted to cross it with an empty hutch when the cage was not there. It was said he had opened the gate. Newspaper report
1882 December 6 Cronberry Lugar Eg. Iron Co. John Collins Drawer 15 In ironstone/fire clay mines Fall of roof  
1882 December 8 Gartshore Kilsyth W Baird & Co John McDade Collier 54 Falls of roof & sides Fall of roof. Injured 4th November  
1882 December 13 Newlands Bothwell, Lanark Dunn Brothers John McKinlay Reddsman 42 Miscellaneous underground- suffocation by gases While taking pipes out of an old dook he ventured in amongst some choke damp and fell  
1882 December 20 Braidhurst Dalziel, Lanark Gavin, Addie & Son Thomas Spence Drawer 18 Explosion of fire damp He kindled gas lying in the face of the brushing  
1882 December 20 Tillicoultry Tillicoultry, Clackmannan Alloa Coal Co Robt. Allan Haulageman 36 Falls of roof On engine-plane, while riding on the train. Stoop and room Newspaper Report
1882 December 21 Blantyre Blantyre, Lanark Wm Dixon Ltd James Clark Collier 27 Falls of sides While holing at stooping  
1882 December 21 Glencrieff mine Wanlockhead Duke of Buccleuch Thomas Russell Miner 36 In metalliferous mines Fall of roof  
1882 December 26 Grougar Hurlford Eg. Iron Co. Wm. Hillhouse Collier 21 Falls of roof & sides Fall of coal  
1882 December 28 Common Lugar Eg. Iron Co. Walter Greenshields Engineman 42 In ironstone/fire clay mines Caught by machinery whilst oiling it An engineman employed on a night shift pumping water, whilst engaged oiling the machinery, in motion, got caught between the crosshead on the end of the piston rod and the stuffing box of the cylinder. His leg was broken. At the time no serious result was anticipated, but he died from the effects of his injury five weeks after.

 

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