Knockshinnoch Disaster

متى

7 سبتمبر 1950

النوع

حادث منجم

إحداثيات

55.40° N, 4.18° W

Description

mining accident in September 1950 in New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

1950 mining accident in Ayrshire, Scotland

The Knockshinnoch disaster was a mining accident that occurred in September 1950 in the village of New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. Liquid peat and moss flooded pit workings, trapping more than a hundred miners underground. For several days rescue teams worked non-stop to reach the trapped men. Most were eventually rescued three days later, but 13 died. The disaster was an international media event.

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