Read about gruesome death, sad accidents - and plenty of crime...
Accidents - road and rail
From collisions to fatalities - and the people involved
Drowned in pond
Addiewell railway clerk vanishes
Mining fatalities
Mining was one of the most dangerous occupations. Accidents and injuries were common; deaths were only too frequent as well. More accounts are added as they're found. Add your own reports of mining deaths here too.
Murder and suicide in Addiewell 1912
A mother kills her child then herself in a double tragedy
Murder by shale
Horrible Murder in Addiewell - and the weapon? A lump of spent shale
Ordeal on a high wire
Seventy minutes of terror
Quarrelling and fighting?
Not in Addiewell in 1876!
The Sneddons: a tragic local family
And how Addiewell No. 32 is not at Addiewell