Accidents - Disasters - Fires - Floods - Tragedies
Sep. 09, 1950 - 115 Trapped Miners All Saved The Most Daring Pit Rescues Ever: At 1-30 this morning all 115 surviving miners trapped in Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery, Ayrshire, had been Brought too the Surface after the most daring pit rescue in history. But 13 men are still missing. Miners believe these men were caught by the fall and perished when the subsidence took place in the mine at 10 pm on Thursday. Every man of the 115 to reach the surface had undergone a terrible ordeal in making his way through the gas. Special breathing apparatus- in the form of aas mask - had to be issued. Picture Shows: One of the survivors is assisted by rescue workers when he came to the Surface
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13160735
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46126819
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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