Loanhead Colliery roof fall, 1895

Two miners, Abraham Pryde and Peter Frame, were killed by a fall of stone at the Shotts Iron Company's Loanhead Colliery on 11 October 1895.

Cause

A fall of stone underground.

What happened

In the early afternoon of 11 October 1895, in the seventh hour of the shift, a fall of stone at Loanhead Colliery, then working both coal and ironstone for the Shotts Iron Company, killed two miners, Abraham Pryde, 21, and Peter Frame, 48.

Recorded claims

Individual factual claims, each attached to the source(s) that support it below. Where sources disagree, both are kept.

• At 1.30 p.m. on 11 October 1895 two miners, Abraham Pryde, 21, and Peter Frame, 48, were killed by a fall of stone at Loanhead Colliery. ^1,2,3
• The colliery was then working both coal and ironstone. ^1,2,3
• It belonged to the Shotts Iron Company. ^1,2,3

Related terminology

Mining terms this disaster is structurally linked to, with the nature of the relationship.

• Coal (contextual relationship)
  Named in this record’s narrative: “…the shift, a fall of stone at Loanhead Colliery, then working both coal and ironstone for the Shotts Iron Company, killed two miners,…”
• Colliery (contextual relationship)
  Named twice in this record, first in the summary: “…were killed by a fall of stone at the Shotts Iron Company's Loanhead Colliery on 11 October 1895.”
• Iron (contextual relationship)
  Named in this record’s summary: “…Pryde and Peter Frame, were killed by a fall of stone at the Shotts Iron Company's Loanhead Colliery on 11 October 1895.”

Sources

1. (secondary) Mining victims, 1890s, F (Fulthorpe) — Healey Hero (Ian Winstanley's list of mining victims)
2. (secondary) Fatal accidents in Scottish mines, 1895 — Scottish Mining Website
3. (secondary) Mining deaths 1890-1899, surnames P part 5 (Ian Winstanley) — Healey Hero (Ian Winstanley's mining deaths lists)

Record created: 8 October 2026 · Last researched: 8 October 2026