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The disaster occurred in the No.2 Pit and the resulting fire cost the lives of forty-seven men. The mine was known to be gassy and had two shafts which went to the No.2 Pit workings where the accident occurred, at a depth of 360 yards.
Underground fire at Auchengeich Colliery Lanarkshire. Report on the causes of, and the circumstances attending, the fire which occurred at Auchengeich Colliery, Lanarkshire on 18th September, 1959
19 juin 2012 · Auchengeich Mining Disaster 18 September 1959. John Kennedy. 9 subscribers. Subscribed. 33. 6.7K views 11 years ago. This 3 minute film tells of the Auchengeich Mining Disaster of 1959...
21 juil. 2020 · FORTY-seven miners died in a fire 1,000ft underground at the Auchengeich Colliery at Chryston, Lanarkshire, on September 18, 1959. After eight hours of rescue work a National Coal Board spokesman...
4 juin 2010 · The Auchengeich Colliery disaster was Scotland's worst mining disaster of the last century. A total of 41 women were widowed and 76 children lost their fathers as a result of the tragedy. A...
Ewan Gibbs and Jim Phillips. The largest fatal accident in the post-Second World War Scottish coal industry took place on 18 September 1959, when 47 men were killed at Auchengeich Colliery in Moodiesburn, North Lanarkshire.
10 sept. 2019 · SIXTY years ago, on September 18, 1959, 47 men went to work as usual in the Auchengeich Colliery north of Glasgow. They descended into the pit at 6.30am, prepared for a long day ahead at the coal-face. Sadly, none of them returned, after a devastating fire took hold underground.
