Trapped Miners Rescued

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2038

Date Released

11 Sep 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royal Highland Gathering
2. 2News in Flashes: Stop Press
3. 3News in Flashes: Stop Press
4. 4News in Flashes: Stop Press
5. 5News in Flashes: Stop Press
6. 6Sbac [Society of British Aircraft Constructors] Display, Farnborough: British Jets World’s Best
7. 7Trapped Miners Rescued
8. 8St Leger 1950
9. *Queen Visits Edinburgh

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 8

Summary

Rescue operations are quickly put into effect when subsidence in nearby field causes flooding of Knockshinnock Castle Colliery, trapping one hundred and twenty-eight men below.

Keywords

Mining; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Ayrshire; New Cumnock

Library number

18908

Length of story (in feet)

153

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Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Notes

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