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:
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