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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ayr Pit Disaster. DESCRIPTION: A subsidence on the surface meant men were trapped below ground. Rescuers worked hard to get to the miners, whilst anxious relatives waited at the...
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.
Rescue attempts at New Cumnock.
The story of a pit village when disaster strikes.
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