Fatal Accidents 1937

Accidents listed in the NAS cataologue for which we have no further information are highlighted by a shaded background

Year Month Day Colliery District First Name Surname Age Occupation Cause Information on site
1937 January 6 Blantyreferme Lanarkshire James Brown 49 fireman suffocated Lanarkshire pages
1937 January 7 Blantyre Lanarkshire Alexander Holmes 30 Miner Crushed by hutches Blantyre accidents page
1937 January 8 Loganlea Midlothian George Grieve 31 Coal miner NK  
1937 January 9 Easton Lothian Robert Jamieson Brown   Coal miner Fall of stone  
1937 January 10 Vogrie Lothian William Patrick Egan 36 Shunter Caught between engine and waggon buffers Lothian pages
1937 January 19 Rosehall Lanarkshire John Hamilton   Miner Fall from roof Bothwell Pages
1937 January 21 Nellie Fife Robert Virtue 27 Miner Fall of stone Auchterderran pages
1937 January 23 Southrigg Lothian William McMaster   Labourer Fell from the screening plant to the ground level  
1937 January 25 Manor Powis Stirlingshire David Lauder 33 Miner Run over by hutch Stirlingshire pages
1937 February 2 Duddingston Shale Mine Lothian James Hunter   Shale miner Fall of roof Lothian pages
1937 February 20 Whitehill Lothian David Graham 33 Coal miner NK  
1937 February 20 Aitken, Kelty Fife William Brown 30 Pithead worker Crushed by hutches Beath accidents page
1937 February 27 Millhall Stirlingshire Charles Nicol 48 Miner Fall of stone from roof Stirlingshire pages
1937 March 1 Bothwell Castle Lanarkshire George Mitchell 22   Fall of roof Blantyre accidents page
1937 March 4 Burghlee Midlothian Patrick Monaghan 26 Surface worker NK  
1937 March 19 Polkemmet Lothian Patrick Cadden   Coal miner Fall of stone  
1937 March 21 Southfield Lanarkshire William Boland 56 Shotfirer NK Shotts accidents
1937 March 28 Bridgeness Lothian William Moreland Bell 65 Oncost worker Struck by hutch Lothian pages
1937 March 30 Easton Pit West Lothian George McCallum 34 Coal cutter Struck by steel prop Hamilton page
1937 March 31 Bardykes Lanarkshire Neil McInally 57   Jammed by jib while cutting coal Lanarkshire pages
1937 March NK Tasmania (native of Kilsyth) NA John Hardie          Stirlingshire pages
1937 April 1 Blantyre Ferme Lanarkshire Alexander Walker 18 Miner NK Bothwell Pages
1937 April 6 Francis Fife Robert Blackhall Dorward          Fife accidents
1937 April 12 Whitrigg Lothian William Adamson   Coalcutting machineman Fall of stone Lothian pages
1937 April 14 Gateside Lanarkshire Edward McLaughlin       Lanarkshire pages
1937 April 19 Herbertshire Stirlingshire William Crawley       Stirlingshire pages
1937 April 22 Easter Gartshore Dunbartonshire John Sneddon 16 Colliery bencher Struck by runaway hutch Dunbartonshire pages
1937 April 26 Michael Fife George Rushford 14 Hutch attendant Crushed between two hutches Fife accidents
1937 April 26 Millhall Stirlingshire James Cowan 42 Brusher Fall of stone Stirlingshire pages
John McKenna 36 Brusher
1937 May 1 Francis Fife William Rothwell   Miner Fall of roof Fife accidents
1937 May 2 Gateside Lanarkshire Alexander Russell 46 Miner Struck by rock Lanarkshire pages
1937 May 5 Michael Fife James Laing          Fife accidents
1937 May 29 Lochhead Colliery Fife Andrew Sinclair 42 Fireman Struck by runaway hutch Fife accidents
1937 May 31 Rosie Fife James Rollo 59 Miner crushed by pulley Fife accidents
1937 June 3 Duddingston Lothian Neal Hanlon   Shale miner Fall of shale Lothian pages
1937 June 10 Carriden West Lothian Albert Henry Menzies   Pit bottomer Crushed by cage Lothians accidents
1937 June 18 Mary Colliery Fife Robert Ferguson 40 Miner Fall of coal Ballingry pages
1937 June 19 Douglas Castle Colliery Lanarkshire John Cornelius 36 Motorman Fell down shaft Lanarkshire pages
1937 June 19 Gateside Dumfries John Thirlwell 26   Fall of stone Dumfries pages
1937 June 21 Plean Colliery Stirlingshire Andrew Cross 26 Bencher Struck by hutch Stirlingshire pages
1937  June 24 Mary Colliery Fife Robert Laughtamour Kay   Colliery supervisor Fall of stone from roof Many thanks to Marion Adams for providing these details Ballingry pages
1937 June 25 Furnaceyard Lothian John Blair 24 Miner Caught in conveyor Lothian pages
1937 June 30 Devon Clackmannan James Cook     Struck by hutch Clackmannan pages
1937 July 1 Garscube Lanarkshire Matthew Reid 20 Miner Crushed by runaway hutch Lanarkshire pages
1937 July 29 Ormiston Lothian John Ogg 50 Miner Fall of stone Lothian pages
1937 July 29 Furnaceyard Lothian Robert Skinner Storrar   Coal miner Fall from roof  
1937 August 9 Glencraig Fife George Allan       Ballingry pages
1937 August 23 Lumphinnans Colliery Fife Robert Baillie 16 Pithead worker Caught in machinery Ballingry pages
1937 August 26 Meta Colliery Clackmannan Mungo Syme 36 Miner Fall of stone Clackmannan pages
1937 September 5 Earnock Lanarkshire Archibald Campbell 45   Fall of stone Hamilton page
1937 September 6 Blairhall Fife William Hynd 25 Miner Fall of coal Fife accidents
1937 September 15 Newtongrange Lothian Antanas Wincuskas       Lothian pages
1937 September 23 Kinneil Lothian Christopher Roache   Oncost worker Crushed by tub Lothian pages
1937 October 12 Gateside Lanarkshire Joseph Johnstone 29 Miner Fall of roof Lanarkshire pages
1937 October 19 Burghlee Midlothian David John Henderson Currie 37 Coal cutter attendant Fall of stone from roof Lothian pages
1937 October 22 Skellyton Lanarkshire David Baxter 51 Colliery manager Explosion Dalserf pages
Charles Laird Lyle 52 Fireman Explosion
1937 October 25 William Pit Stirlingshire Robert Kemp 54 Miner Fall of roof Stirlingshire pages
1937 October 26 Easter Gartshore Dunbartonshire Edward Gribbon 17 Bencher Knocked down by runaway hutches Dunbartonshire pages
1937 November 13 Deans Lothians Robert Kerr   Shale miner Fall of rock  
1937 November 7 NK (Kilsyth) Stirlingshire Peter Stevenson       Stirlingshire pages
1937 November 22 Kames, Muirkirk Ayrshire Alexander Summers 66 Miner Fall of stone Muirkirk page
1937 November 23 Woodend Lothian David Marshall   oncost worker Run over by waggons Lothian pages
1937 November 23 Whitehill Colliery Lothian Thomas McNeill 36 Machineman Fall of stone  
1937 November 27 Earnock Lanarkshire Thomas Wilson 33   Fall of roof Hamilton page
1937 November 28 Lingerwood Lothian William Dickson 18 Surface worker Electrocution Lothian pages
1937 December 15 Mossbeath Fife Hugh Love 61   Run over by waggons Beath accidents page
1937 December (died in 1938) 25 Earnock Lanarkshire John Lowe     Fumes from underground fire Hamilton page
Alexander Young    
1937 December 30 Fleets Colliery Lothian John Torley     Knocked down and crushed by hutch Lothian pages

 

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