Knockshinnoch pit disaster,1950
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Original upload date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:02:12 GMT
Knockshinnoch
Castle Colliery, Ayrshire, on the 7th September, 1950. The accident was
due to a big inrush of peat or moss from the surface. Thirteen lives were
lost and the 116 men whose escape was
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