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| Date: | 7th September 1950 |
| Colliery: | Knockshinnock Castle |
| Cause: | Inrush of liquid peat or moss from surface |
| Lives Lost: | 13 |
Description
The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the UK Disaster Reports section of this website.
| Dalziel, John, aged 50, Loader Attendant | |
| Houston, James D., aged 46, Coal Miner | |
| Houston, Thomas, aged 40, Coal Miner | |
| Howat, William, aged 61, Switch Attendant | |
| Lee, William, aged 48, Coal Miner | |
| Love, James, aged 48, Coal Miner | |
| McFarlane, William, aged 36, Coal Miner | |
| McLatchie, John, aged 48, Shotfirer | |
| Murray/Taylor, John, aged 33, Coal Miner | |
| Rowan, Samuel, aged 25, Coal Miner | |
| Smith, John, aged 55, Coal Miner | |
| Strachan, Daniel, aged 38, Fireman | |
| White, John, aged 26, Coal Miner | |
All names found | |
Youngest: 25 years old ; Oldest: 61 ; Average: 43 | |
Witnesses at the Inquiry | |
| Arbuckle, Robert, Group Surveyor | |
| Beattie, James, Miner | |
| Bone, John, Agent | |
| Brown, Samuel, Timekeeper | |
| Brown, Thomas Dunsmore, Senior Assistant Surveyor | |
| Cairns, James Henry, Sub-Area Senior Planner | |
| Capstick, Samuel, Shotfirer | |
| Corson, David, Lampman | |
| Cunningham, Andrew, Conveyor Shifter | |
| Dick, William, Superintendent, Kilmarnock Rescue Station | |
| Ferguson, Archibald Whiteford, Oncost Worker | |
| Flett, William Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Geology | |
| Gallocher, William Campbell, Miner | |
| Gardner, Alexander, Sub-Area Planning Engineer | |
| Gwinner, Dudley Harry, Consulting Geologist | |
| Haddow, James, Oncost Worker | |
| Halliday, William Carlyle, Manager | |
| Hendren, Charles, Miner | |
| Herd, Clifford Walter, Consulting Chemist | |
| Holland, James, Pit Bottomer | |
| Houston, Andrew, Oversman | |
| Houston, Joseph Nutt, Oversman | |
| Hunter, John McMillan, Miner | |
| Jess, John, Roadsman | |
| Kennedy, Benjamin Yates, Undermanager | |
| Macgregor, Murray, Divisional Geologist, N.C.B. | |
| Mackinnon, Donald, Assistant Sub-Area Planning Engineer | |
| Martin, Andrew, Shotfirer | |
| McCardel, David Livingstone, Area General Manager | |
| McDonald, Alexander Baillie, Area Production Manager | |
| McDonald, Thomas McGill, Fireman | |
| McLatchie, James Calderwood, Miner | |
| McLean, Roderick, Assistant Sub-Area Planner | |
| Melvin, John Seaton, Miner | |
| Melvin, Thomas, Colliery Engineer | |
| Montgomery, John, Oncost Worker | |
| Morran, Terrance, Assistant Superintendent, Kilmamock Rescue Station | |
| Mundy, Lilian Marjorie, Analyst and Consulting Chemist | |
| Murray, Andrew Barbour, Miner | |
| Murray, Ian, Apprentice Surveyor | |
| Park, Adam, Miner | |
| Park, David Walker, Deputy Labour Director | |
| Park, John, Lampman | |
| Richford, Eric, H.M. District Inspector of Mines | |
| Serrie, James, Locomotive Driver | |
| Shankland, David, Miner | |
| Steele, Arthur Henry, Retired | |
| Stewart, Alexander McNab, Sub-Area Production Manager | |
| Stewart, Charles, Sub-Area Chief Surveyor | |
| Stewart, Thomas Moffat, Fireman | |
| Strachan, John, Conveyor Shifter | |
| Thomson, John McLeod, Miner | |
| Whiteford, James, Oncost Worker | |
| Wilson, Andrew, Farmer | |
| Withey, William, Fireman |
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| Further Reading | |
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- Great Pit Disasters, 1700 to present day by Helen and Baron Duckham, Published by David & Charles, 1973
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 | The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the UK Disaster Reports section of this website. |
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