Fatalities

New Cumnock Coalfield Fatal Accidents

This page is dedicated to those that lost their lives working in the New Cumnock Coalfield and to their families that had to endure their loss. In remembering them it is also hoped tell a little bit about their lives and the developing New Cumnock Coalfield.

The main source of the information about the fatalities is the Scottish Mining web-site , a truly marvellous asset in keeping our mining heritage alive. Other sources include the on-line British Newspaper Archive and of course the Cumnock Chronicle.  With regards to the New Cumnock coalfield the chief source is the invaluable ‘The New Cumnock Coal-Field’ by John L. Carvel,  written at the behest of the directors of the New Cumnock Collieries Limited in 1946 in the eve of the nationalisation of the coal industry.

The family stories are my own attempt to build a picture from the records on Scotland’s People – baptisms, births, marriages, deaths, Census Records and Valuation Rolls. It is inevitable that mistakes will be made, and these will be mine for which I apologise in advance.  Maps from the incomparable resource of on-line maps from the National Library of Scotland along with some of my own photographs of New Cumnock along with postcards etc from the past are used liberally to help illustrate these stories

The plan is to record the mining fatalities in chronological order. It is inevitable that some of these may not have been reported and it would be good to hear of any missed.

Thank you, Bobby Guthrie

Year of Fatality Index

1800	1810	1820	1830	1840
1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
1900	1910	1920	1930	1940
1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
2000	2010