'LIFE' magazine article September 25th 1950

New web page added to www.knockshinnoch.co.uk

New page added today which features the article about Knockshinnoch published in the September 25th 1950 edition of the iconic U.S. magazine, 'LIFE'.

follow the link:

http://www.knockshinnoch.co.uk/knockshinnoch_mining_disaster/LIFE.html

New Web Page added, 'Recovery'

A new page has been added to www.knockshinnoch.co.uk

The new page, 'Recovery', provides details of the operation to clear the pit and recover the remains of the 13 men who perished in the disaster.

It contains extracts from contemporary newspaper reports with breaking news that, after four months of searching, the bodies of 3 men had at last been found.

Follow the link:

http://www.knockshinnoch.co.uk/knockshinnoch_mining_disaster/Recovery.html

Information booklet

A short information booklet about the disaster providing a summary of events and including several photographs and weblinks is now available @ www.knockshinnoch.co.uk

New Knockshinnoch Movie

A new Quicktime movie providing an overview of the Knockshinnoch disaster has been posted on www.knockshinnoch.co.uk, check it out on the podcast page. The movie can also be viewed on YOUTUBE @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=333dH8Se49o

New Knockshinnoch Movie

New Knockshinnoch Movie posted on YOUTUBE

view @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUDvaY17S8w

Knockshinnoch Website

Knockshinnoch disaster website updated today, new links added.

Cumnock Chronicle features new website

5th August 2009; The Cumnock Chronicle has posted a feature relating to the new website dedicated to the Knockshinnoch disaster.

Read the article @ http://www.cumnockchronicle.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/08/05/390325-new-site-dedicated-to-knockshinnoch-disaster/

Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery Ayrshire

Website dedicated to the Knockshinnoch disaster is now on-line.

The disaster occurred in September 1950 at Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery, west of New Cumnock village in East Ayrshire Scotland. 129 men were trapped underground when a field above the mine caved in causing tons of liquid peat to flood the mine workings. Rescue Teams worked around the clock for three days and nights to bring the men out to safety via adjacent gas filled workings of the abandoned Bank No. 6 drift mine. 116 men would be brought safely to the surface but 13 men working closest to the point of the inrush were to loose their lives in the disaster.

The site is a comprehensive source containing a wide range of information including; contemporary photographs, maps, diagrams, eye witness accounts and links to numerous other relevant sites.

To find out more about the dramatic story of Knockshinnoch, please visit:

http://www.knockshinnoch.co.uk/knockshinnoch_mining_disaster/Welcome.html