Female Mining Deaths: 1851 - 1914: Scotland |
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Back to Women and the Pits |
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Surname |
First |
Type |
YR |
MM |
DD |
Age |
Occ |
Pit |
Owner |
Town |
Description |
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Ayr |
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DOCHERTY |
Unity |
(non-fatal) |
6 |
16 |
1886 |
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Runner |
Gartshore No.2 |
William Baird and Co |
Kilsyth |
Was jammed between an empty and full hutch at teh foot of the
blaes bing. |
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KELLY |
Mary |
(non-fatal) |
3 |
24 |
1890 |
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Runner |
Gartshore No.3 |
William Baid and Co |
Kilsyth |
Struck by runaway hutches. |
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Clackmannan |
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FRAZER |
Margaret |
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9 |
14 |
1877 |
34 |
Pithead asst. |
Holton |
Alloa Coal Co |
Alloa |
Fell from pit head scaffold with loaded hutch through scaffold
giving way. |
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PATERSON |
Mary |
(non-fatal) |
12 |
31 |
1891 |
53 |
Pitheadworker |
Alloa |
Alloa Coal Co |
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Fell over coal bing. Still off. |
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Fife |
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WILSON |
Mary |
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12 |
30 |
1851 |
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Pithead worker |
Cuttlehill Henderson |
Wallace and Co. |
Dunfermline |
Crushed between cage and a beam of a scaffold at Pithead. |
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COOK |
Elizabeth |
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8 |
9 |
1854 |
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Fordel |
William M. Hemderson |
Dunfermline |
Fell down the pit by pushing the hutch into the wrong side. |
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DRYSDALE |
Marrion |
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1 |
21 |
1856 |
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Collier |
Oakley |
Forth Iron Co. |
Dunfermline |
Explosion of firedamp which accumulated under a scaffold at an
ironstone working. 4 killed. Killed by a piece at pithead. |
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JOHNSTON |
Robina |
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11 |
20 |
1858 |
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Pithead woman |
Little Reath |
Lochgelly Iron Co. |
Dunfermline |
Crushed between cage and beams of pithead scaffold. |
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PATERSON |
Margaret |
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6 |
25 |
1860 |
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Pitheadwoman |
Townhill |
Andrew Christie |
Dunfermline |
Falling off scaffold at pithead. |
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MUIR |
Joan |
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2 |
7 |
1863 |
50 |
Pitheadwoman |
George |
GWM Henderson |
Dunfermline |
Ran an empty tub into the pit and fell after it. Recommended
sliding gates. |
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COOK |
Ellen |
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7 |
30 |
1876 |
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Pithead worker |
Fordell |
GWM Henderson |
Dalgety |
Boiler bursting. 5 killed. |
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HARROWER |
Isobel |
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7 |
30 |
1876 |
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Pithead worker |
Fordell |
GWM Henderson |
Dalgety |
Boiler bursting. 5 killed. |
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PENMAN |
Catherine |
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7 |
30 |
1876 |
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Pithead worker |
Fordell |
GWM Henderson |
Dalgety |
Boiler bursting. 5 killed. |
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PHILIP |
Isabel |
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7 |
30 |
1876 |
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Pithead worker |
Fordell |
GWM Henderson |
Dalgety |
Boiler bursting. 5 killed. |
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MARTIN |
Catherine |
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8 |
21 |
1876 |
20 |
Pithead worker |
Wellwood |
Thomas Spowart and Co |
Dunfermline |
Crushed between two loaded waggons. |
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JAPP |
Ann |
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11 |
20 |
1877 |
14 |
Pithead asst. |
Dundonald |
Alexander Nasmyth |
Auchterderran |
Fell down shaft with an empty hutch which she intended to put on
the cage but the cage was 3 feet above. |
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KYLE |
Mary |
(non-fatal) |
2 |
14 |
1889 |
18 |
Waggon trimmer |
Kingseat |
Wallace Bros |
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Waggon moving unexpecedely. . 97 days off |
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BISSETT |
Margaret |
(non-fatal) |
4 |
9 |
1890 |
56 |
Trimmer |
Townhill |
Townhill Coal Co |
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Run over by waggon leg ampuated. Not yet resumed work. |
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HUNTER |
Mary Ann |
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12 |
30 |
1893 |
18 |
Pithead runner |
Cowdenbeath |
Cowdenbeath Coal Co Ltd |
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Caught by cage. |
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MURRY |
Mary |
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12 |
26 |
1894 |
15 |
Pithead worker |
Cowdenbeath |
Cowdenbeath Coal Co Ltd |
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Knocked down by waggons. |
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PATERSON |
Jane |
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8 |
6 |
1897 |
23 |
Pithead worker |
Donibristle |
Donibristle Colliery Co |
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Run over by waggons on the colliery siding. |
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BAIN |
Agnes |
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5 |
28 |
1898 |
13 |
Pithead worker |
Kelty |
Fife Coal Co Ltd |
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While a boy was lowering a hoist cage which had risen too far a
tub containing an iron pipe was pushed on to it and the cage fell away
suddenly before the hutch was secured the hutch fell off and struck the
deceased girls who were sitting on a box near foot of hoist. 2 killed |
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BROWN |
Ephemia |
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5 |
28 |
1898 |
13 |
Pithead worker |
Kelty |
Fife Coal Co Ltd |
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While a boy was lowering a hoist cage which had risen too far a
tub containing an iron pipe was pushed on to it and the cage fell away
suddenly before the hutch was secured the hutch fell off and struck the
deceased girls who were sitting on a box near foot of hoist. 2 killed |
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LYNCH |
Mary |
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2 |
27 |
1906 |
16 |
Coal cleaner |
Michael |
Wemyss Coal Co Ltd |
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Deceased
worked at the picking table and she appeared to have stood on the bar of a
fence and overbalancing fell on a revolving shaft which caught her clothing
and she was wound round and crushed. |
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RAE |
Mary |
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2 |
12 |
1907 |
14 |
Pitheadworker |
Dalbeath |
Fife Coal Co Ltd |
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Deceased
was spreading this duff on top of a hopper when this surface foreman unaware
of her position pulled open this shutes or sliding door to fill a waggon
beneath and she fell down among the fine material and was suffocated. |
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WILSON |
Georgina |
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3 |
27 |
1908 |
16 |
Coal picker |
Michael |
Wemyss Coal Co Ltd |
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Deceased
and another girl had finished their work and proceeded homeward by a siding
on which a train of waggons was moving. She was run over and killed
instantly. A proper travelling way was provided to obviate travelling on the
railway but the siding was the nearer way. |
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HOGG |
Mary |
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1 |
6 |
1913 |
31 |
Pitheadworker |
Oakley No. 2 |
Oakley Collieries, Ltd. |
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Caught and fatally injured by
cage when pushing a hutch into the cage at the surface. A boy who was assisting her signalled to
the winding engineman before she was clear. |
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Lanark |
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MORGAN |
Elizabeth |
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2 |
4 |
1858 |
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Pithead woman |
Stonerigg |
William Black |
Aidrie |
Falling down pit along with an empty hutch when the cage was at
the bottom. |
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MECHAN |
Bridget |
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2 |
26 |
1866 |
22 |
Labourer |
Stand (ironstone) |
James Smithers and Co |
Airdrie |
Fell down pit after tub. |
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GARALLIE |
M. |
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5 |
3 |
1866 |
26 |
Woman |
Drumgray (ironstone) |
Drumgray Coal Co |
Airdrie |
Stumbled in stepping off windlass platform and fell down pit. |
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CHERRIE |
Helen |
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11 |
8 |
1879 |
38 |
Asst. at screen |
Cavinhill No. 5 |
W Baid and Co |
Airdrie |
Were run over by hutches which got disconnected on incline. 2
killed |
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STEWART |
Mary |
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4 |
24 |
1883 |
18 |
Trimmer |
Rawyards |
Rawyards Coal Co Ltd |
NewMonkland |
Run over by loaded waggon which she was attempting to sprag. |
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MCPARTLAND |
Ellen |
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5 |
6 |
1883 |
17 |
Pithead asst. |
Rawlands |
Rawlands Coal Co ltd |
NewMonkland |
Fell down shaft with an empty hutch when the cage was not there.
The gate had been left open. |
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ARMSTRONG |
Margaret |
(non-fatal) |
3 |
28 |
1890 |
22 |
Runner |
Springbank |
Springbank Coal Co |
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Bursting of tea flasy 8 days off |
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CURRIE |
Martha |
(non-fatal) |
8 |
20 |
1890 |
22 |
Granary woman |
Motherwell |
John Watson Ltd |
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Hand crushed by pinion wheel. 2 days off. |
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WILSON |
Jeanie |
(non-fatal) |
5 |
21 |
1892 |
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Stone picker |
Dechmont No.1 |
Dechmont Colliery Co |
Cambuslang |
Foot caught by a picking band. |
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NUGENT |
Catherine |
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6 |
4 |
1892 |
17 |
Stone picker |
Haughhead |
Haughhead Coal Co |
Uddingston |
Clothes caught by a revolving shaft of picking table. |
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ROBERTSON |
Margaret |
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1 |
25 |
1894 |
9 |
Not employed |
Longriggend |
James Nimmo and Co ltd |
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Hand crushed by waggons. |
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RAFFERTY |
Mary |
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1 |
12 |
1898 |
17 |
Stone picker |
Bardykes |
Merry and Cuninghame Ltd |
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While crawling up a shoot from the shaker screen to release a
piece of coal her shawl and hair were caught by a revolving shaft. |
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REYNOLDS |
Annie |
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4 |
12 |
1901 |
17 |
Coal cleaner |
Chapel |
Chapel Coal Co Ltd |
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The
shoot which conveyed the nuts from the picking table to a hopper underneath
had become choked owing to the hopper being full. Deceased placed her foot
upon the nuts and was pushing them down when it was caught by the plates of
the picking table her leg was drawn in and the lower part of her body was
severely crushed resulting in her death three hours after. |
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RALSTON |
Lizzie |
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7 |
23 |
1906 |
19 |
Coal cleaner
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Bellhaven |
United Collieries Ltd |
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While
stepping across a revolving shaft decease’s clothing was caught and she was
wound round and fatally crushed the shaft was unfenced. |
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DOCHERTY |
Helen |
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12 |
25 |
1908 |
15 |
Message girl |
Bedisholm |
United Collieries Ltd |
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When
attempting to pass between moving wagons being weighed she got caught and was
run over. |
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GILLES |
Mary |
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3 |
18 |
1910 |
23 |
Table picker |
Kenmuir |
Dunn and Stephens Ltd |
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When boiling tea at boilers her
clothes caught fire and she was fatally burned |
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Linlithgow |
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GRAY |
Margaret |
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8 |
19 |
1878 |
18 |
Pithead runner |
East Benhar |
Benhar Coal Co |
Whitburn |
Crushed by cage. She was examining the struts unknown to the
engineman when the cage came down on her head. |
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SHAW |
Isabella |
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8 |
18 |
1889 |
22 |
Runner |
Balbardie |
Walker and Cameron |
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Struck by waggon when shifting it. . 44 days off |
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SCOTT |
Helen |
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1 |
14 |
1891 |
10 |
Not employed |
Crofthead |
Peter Thornton |
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Crushed by waggons. |
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MAXWELL |
Janet |
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12 |
22 |
1903 |
14 |
Stone picker
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Kinniel |
Kinniel Cannel & Coking Coal
Co Ltd |
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Deceased
was employed to pick dirt from amongst the coal on a travelling band 30ft. by
4ft. which conveyed it from the screen to the trucks and which was driven by
a horizontal shaft parallel to and 3ft. 9ins. distant from it. He was
standing with her back towards the shaft when her clothing was apparently
caught by the head of a pinching pin in a thrust collar on the shaft and she
was carried round several times with it receiving injuries which terminated
fatally on the following day. |
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DUNNIGAN |
Margaret |
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1 |
26 |
1906 |
30 |
Coal cleaner |
Boghead |
Gavin Paul and Sons Ltd |
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On
February 5th 1904 she met an injury by a hoist cage crushing her. |
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Stirling |
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SNADDON |
Helen |
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10 |
18 |
1856 |
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Pithead Woman |
Redding |
Duke of Hamilton |
Falkirk |
Falling down pit whilst pushig ahutch forward. |
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RATKIN |
Margaret |
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12 |
15 |
1863 |
55 |
Pitheadwoman |
Carronhall |
Carron Iron Co |
Falkirk |
Fatally injured by waggon wheel running over her in pit mouth. |
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HAMILTON |
Agnes |
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4 |
20 |
1877 |
19 |
Pithead asst. |
Limerigg |
John Nimmo and Son |
Slamannan |
Fell down shaft from top of scaffold. |
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MCAUGHY |
Sarah |
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11 |
25 |
1879 |
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Pithead asst. |
Drumriggend |
John Nimmo and Son |
Slamannan |
Crushed between waggon and screen. |
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WINNING |
Jane |
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10 |
28 |
1880 |
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Pithead worker |
Southfield No.1 |
William Black and Sons |
Slamannan |
Ran a hutch into pit when cage was not there. There was a
gate in terms of General Rule 14 which she had fastened up. |
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MCCANN |
Ann |
(non-fatal) |
5 |
18 |
1888 |
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Pithead runner |
Gatshore No.3 |
William Baird and Co |
Kilsyth |
Fell off gangway while emptying a hutch. |
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M’GREGOR |
Maggie |
(non-fatal) |
4 |
6 |
1891 |
16 |
Pitheadworker |
Grangemouth |
Grangemouth Coal Co |
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Crushed by waggon. 14 days off . |
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MCFARLANE |
Susan |
(non-fatal) |
6 |
8 |
1892 |
19 |
Pithead runner |
Binnieford |
John Watson Ltd |
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Struck by safety gate 91 days off. |
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PROW |
Janet |
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5 |
31 |
1898 |
16 |
Hutch runner |
Carronrigg |
AG Morre and Co |
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Caught by the spur wheels of the haulage engine after crawling
through fencing with other girls to take a meal. . |
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MCGHEE |
Jeannie |
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12 |
23 |
1905 |
19 |
Stone picker
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Auchinreoch |
William Baird and Co Ltd |
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For
some unknown reason she went over a fence and got caught by the blades of a
dross conveyor. |
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ROBERTSON |
Lizzie |
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12 |
22 |
1909 |
18 |
Dirtpicker |
Dumbreck
No.2 |
William Baird and Co |
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Clothing got entangled with
counter shaft of screen. |
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