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The Knockshinnoch disaster was a mining accident that occurred in September 1950 in the village of New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. 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.
The disaster occurred in the early hours of 22 September 1934, when a huge explosion took place about 1.3 miles (2.1km) from a shaft. Six miners managed to escape but by the evening of the next ...
New Risca pit explosion: 1880 (5 July) Coal mining disaster, Risca, Monmouthshire. 120+ Bibighar Massacre: 1857 (15 July) Massacre of European women and children at Cawnpore , India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. 119: National Colliery explosion: 1905 (11 July) Coal mine explosion at Wattstown, Rhondda Valley, Glamorganshire. 118
Disasters of the Century is a documentary television series that airs on History Television.The program is produced by Regina, Saskatchewan-based Partners in Motion.. Each episode documents two different disasters from Canada and around the world, using a mixture of re-enactments, photographs, and interviews with survivors and family members of victims.
Ravi Rai was working in the mine in the north-eastern state of Assam on Monday morning when water entered the pit. "We were holding on to a rope in 50-60ft (15-18m) deep water for at least 50 ...
Coal Creek mine disaster Explosion Coal Creek, British Columbia 125 1891 First Springhill mining disaster: Explosion Springhill, Nova Scotia 123 1882 SS Asia: Shipwreck Georgian Bay: 120 1747 Battle of Grand Pré: Battle: Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia: 118 1949 SS Noronic: Shipwreck Toronto, Ontario 118 1963 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831: Plane crash
The North #1 mine is a closed coal mine that was located in Royalton, Illinois.The Big Muddy and Carterville Coal Company opened the North #1 mine in 1907. Franklin Coal & Coke Company took over this mine in 1910, and along with its mine south of Royalton, operated two mines in Royalton.
Officials don't yet know what led to an massive methane gas explosion at a Massey Energy (MEE) mine in West Virginia that has killed 25 miners and left four others missing. However, it's already ...