Community gather to remember the victims of Auchengeich disaster
The Auchengeich mining disaster happened at approximately 7am on September 18, 1959, when a fire trapped 47 miners underground.
Smoke from the blaze – caused by an electrical fault 1,000ft below the surface – quickly overcame the miners who were travelling down in bogies to start work at the coal face.
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Hide AdThe disaster widowed 41 women and left 76 children without a father.
This year, on the 53rd anniversary of the tragedy, the Auchengeich Colliery Memorial Committee is holding a memorial at the village’s Miners’ Welfare Club.
The service will take place on Sunday, September 16, at 1pm.
The service will be followed by tea and light refreshments.