|
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 |
Shotts accidents |
|
1915 |
January |
11 |
Shale Mine, Deans |
Joseph |
Roy |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
January |
12 |
Glencraig |
Alexander |
Gray |
Ballingry
pages |
|
1915 |
January |
14 |
Gateside |
Peter |
McCourt |
Lanarkshire
accidents |
|
1915 |
January |
18 |
Gilbertfield |
John |
Jackson |
Lanarkshire
accidents (died 25 Jan 1915) |
|
1915 |
January |
25 |
Burleyside, Falkirk |
James |
Walker |
Stirlingshire
accidents |
|
1915 |
January |
26 |
Rosshill Shale Mine |
Patrick |
Tierney |
FAI record – NAS |
|
1915 |
February |
5 |
Mossbeath |
James |
Burns |
Beath accidents
page |
|
1915 |
February |
15 |
Dewshill |
James Marshall |
Greenshields |
Shotts accidents |
|
1915 |
February |
15 |
Fortrigg |
George |
Denholm |
Shotts accidents |
|
1915 |
February |
17 |
Grangepans |
Hugh Chalmers |
Bell |
Lothians
accidents |
|
Robert Sneddon |
Smellie |
|
1915 |
February |
19 |
Snab Pit, Kinneil |
Joseph |
McLean |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
February |
22 |
Bogfield |
John |
Coyle |
Old Monkland
accidents |
|
1915 |
February |
25 |
Breich Shale pit |
John |
Hickie |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
March |
2 |
Millhall, Stirling |
John |
Martin |
Stirlingshire
accidents |
|
John |
Malloy |
|
1915 |
March |
6 |
Hamilton Palace |
John |
Brown |
Bothwellhaugh
pages |
|
1915 |
March |
13 |
Glencraig |
John |
Reilly |
Ballingry
pages |
|
1915 |
March |
27 |
Blairmuckhill |
James Jeffrey |
Hawson |
Shotts accidents |
|
Richard |
Sommerville |
|
1915 |
March |
28 |
Newton |
James |
Murgatroyd |
Lanarkshire
accidents |
|
1915 |
April |
11 |
Bardykes |
Robert |
Alexander |
Lanarkshire
accidents |
|
1915 |
April |
12 |
Moat Pit, Roslin |
Richard |
Horsburgh |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
April |
15 |
Carberry |
John |
Mairs |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
April |
16 |
Thankerton |
Hugh |
Turney |
Bothwell accidents page
[natural causes]
|
|
1915 |
April |
16 |
Prestongrange |
Andrew Gilchrist |
Todd |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
April |
19 |
Dennyloanhead |
John |
Stirling |
Stirlingshire
accidents |
|
1915 |
April |
23 |
Holytown |
James |
Halliman |
Bothwell
accidents page |
|
1915 |
April |
26 |
Cadzow |
Andrew |
Falconer |
Hamilton
accidents page |
|
1915 |
April |
29 |
Duddingston |
Alexander |
Haddow |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
April |
30 |
Fauldhouse |
Henry |
Hardie |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
May |
1 |
Broomside |
John Thomas |
Park |
Cambusnethan
Accidents |
|
1915 |
May |
7 |
Baton |
James |
Maxwell |
Shotts accidents |
|
1915 |
May |
8 |
Skellyton |
John |
Rodger |
Dalserf pages |
|
1915 |
May |
10 |
Mosside, Bathgate |
John |
Martin |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
May |
11 |
Prestonlinks |
Alexander |
McLuckie |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
May |
15 |
Pumpherston |
Thomas |
Tafs |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
May |
18 |
Muirbeath |
Fergus |
Ferguson |
Beath accidents
page |
|
1915 |
May |
20 |
Riddochill |
George |
Campbell |
FAI record – NAS |
|
1915 |
June |
10 |
Fauldhead, Kirkconnel |
Duncan |
Brodie |
Dumfriesshire
accidents |
|
William Campbell |
Blair |
|
1915 |
June |
14 |
Machar |
John |
Ramage |
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 |
Bothwell
accidents page |
|
1915 |
July |
28 |
Blackhill |
Henry |
Anderson |
Information kindly supplied by Robert Caldwell |
|
1915 |
July |
28 |
Thankerton |
Alexander |
Brown |
Bothwell
accidents page |
|
1915 |
July |
30 |
Cowdenbeath |
Thomas |
Ferguson |
Beath accidents
page |
|
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] Blantyre
accidents |
|
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 |
25 |
Lumphinnans |
John |
Macniven |
Beath accidents
page |
|
1915 |
August |
29 |
Polton |
David |
Hogg |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
August |
30 |
Greenfield |
James |
Hunter |
Hamilton
accidents page |
|
1915 |
August |
30 |
Westmains |
David |
Ellis |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
August |
30 |
Foulshiels |
William |
Martin |
FAI record – NAS |
|
1915 |
September |
3 |
Auchencruive |
Alexander |
Davidson |
Ayrshire
accidents |
|
1915 |
September |
5 |
Bowhill |
George |
Bowman |
Auchterderran
pages |
|
1915 |
September |
6 |
Fauldhead |
David |
Shankland |
Source – list published by Kirkconnel
Parish Heritage Society |
|
1915 |
September |
8 |
Aitken |
Mitchell |
Collins |
Beath accidents
page |
|
1915 |
September |
9 |
Rosehall |
John |
Smeaton |
Bothwell
accidents page |
|
1915 |
September |
20 |
Whitburn |
James |
Healy |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
September |
21 |
Rosehall |
James |
Timminey |
Bothwell
accidents page |
|
1915 |
September |
27 |
Shawfield |
Alexander |
Porter |
Lanarkshire
accidents |
|
1915 |
October |
4 |
Cockenzie |
John |
MacLeod |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
October |
9 |
Arniston |
William |
McGadie |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
October |
15 |
Foulford |
John |
Allan |
Beath accidents
page |
|
1915 |
October |
16 |
Oakbank Shale |
Robert |
Dudgeon |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
October |
22 |
Wellesley |
Robert |
Birrell |
Fife accidents |
|
1915 |
October |
26 |
Kinneil |
Robert |
Forrester |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
November |
2 |
Carberry |
Alexander |
Murray |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
November |
2 |
Snab, Kinnneil |
John |
Watt |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
November |
5 |
Muirkirk |
James Roxburgh Dickson |
Cringan |
Muirkirk
accidents page |
|
1915 |
November |
19 |
Harburn |
John |
Girdwood |
Lothians
accidents |
|
1915 |
November |
22 |
Hamilton Palace |
Alexander |
Neilson |
Bothwellhaugh
accidents |
|
1915 |
November |
24 |
Bedlay |
John |
Hunter |
New Monkland
accidents |
|
1915 |
December |
4 |
Brownlee |
Thomas |
Robertson |
Lanarkshire
accidents |
|
1915 |
December |
7 |
Klondyke |
Daniel |
Kerr |
Stirlingshire
accidents |
|
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 |
Ballingry
pages |
|
1915 |
December |
20 |
Westwood |
James |
Ramsay |
Shotts accidents |
|
1915 |
December |
31 |
Boghead |
Elizabeth Paterson |
Bell |
FAI record – NAS |