Provost's appeal for funds after pit disaster

Published date10 September 2021
Publication titleStirling Observer
Provost Gray called it the worst loss of life in Scottish coal mining history.

It happened on September 18, 1959, when a fan belt caught fire 1400ft underground filling the pit with smoke and fumes and killing 47 miners.

Only one man from the early morning shift...

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