What the records say
- When
- 22 Oct 1877
- Kind
- Mining accident
- Coordinates
- 55.78° N, 4.11° W
- Description
- three mining disasters (including Scotland's worst) which occurred at Blantyre pit
- Deaths
- 207
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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