- The
Knockshinnoch disaster was a
mining accident that
occurred in
September 1950 in the
village of New ****nock, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Liquid peat and moss...
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September 1950 at the
Knockshinnoch Castle colliery in Scotland,
where 129 men were
trapped by a
landslide (see
Knockshinnoch Disaster September 1950)...
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Carlin knowe is a low hill with a
prehistoric cairn on its
summit near
Knockshinnoch farm. The OS Maps
locate a
Carlin Stone or
Carlin Crags/Craigs near...
- at New ****nock. New ****nock in the
Afton area was the
scene of the
Knockshinnoch Disaster in 1950. The
river is
celebrated in
Robert Burns's poem Sweet...
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affordably available. At the
coalmine rescue on 7–9
September 1950 at
Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery near New ****nock, Ayrshire, Scotland, 115
trapped miners...
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driver to win the
championship in his home country.
September 7 – The
Knockshinnoch Disaster in
Scotland kills 13 coal miners; 116 are rescued. September...
- Asturias, Spain),
killing 17
miners and 4 mules.
September 7, 1950:
Knockshinnoch Mine Disaster:
Ayrshire Scotland:
Liquid peat and moss
flooded the mine...
- 1889. In 1950,
thirteen people were
killed in a
mining disaster at the
Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery; a film was made
about the
disaster called The Brave...
- 23 June 1821 An Act for
vesting the
Estates of John Logan, late of
Knockshinnoch, in the
County of Ayr, in Trustees, to be sold, and the
Proceeds thereof...
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dominated the economy. In 1950 13
miners lost
their lives here in the
Knockshinnoch Disaster though 116 men were rescued.
Kirkconnel had been primarily...
