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Knockshinnoch Disaster

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128 Trapped In Pit Disaster (1950)

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www.knockshinnoch.co.uk 'the movie'

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Knockshinnoch Mine Disaster Memorial, New Cumnock

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The Dunbars of Cumnock Castle & Knockshinnoch Tower

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Workers rescued after mine collapse (1950)

The Knockshinnoch disaster was a mining accident that occurred in September 1950 in the village of New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. A glaciated lake filled with 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.