A final part in the story of Auchinraith Pit Disaster which happened on Saturday 30th August 1930. Continued from Part 10 yesterday. At the cemetery at High Blantyre, the scene was both impressive and sombre. The chief mourners passed through the ranks of St Josephs Silver Band which played the dead march from Saul and […]
Continuing the story of Auchinraith Pit Disaster which happened on Saturday 30th August 1930. Continued from Part 9 yesterday. Today we’re again looking at the funerals of the victims and how this affected the community in Blantyre. The four Silver bands played appropriate music and the weird notes of the piper’s lament seemed to lend […]
Continuing the story of the Auchinraith Pit Disaster of Saturday 30th August 1930. Continued from Part 8 yesterday….. On the Tuesday following the disaster, Blantyre was a sad and melancholy place to be when five of the six victims of the Auchinraith Colliery disaster were interred in High Blantyre Cemetery. There were crowds and scenes […]
Continuing the story of Auchinraith Pit Disaster, on Saturday 30th August 1930. Continued from Part 6 yesterday. Joseph Regan was killed in the explosion. This is a picture of his family. His daughter Margaret (aged 19) with two of the young members of the family now left in her sole care. Her mother had died […]
Continuing the story of Auchinraith Pit Disaster, 1930. Continued from Part 5 yesterday. Today, we’re looking at some of the Interviews of the Survivors. The miners who walked away from the Auchinraith Pit Disaster of Saturday 30th August 1930. A Blantyre Gazette reporters visited most of the survivors who had worked in the ill fated […]
The Story of the Auchinraith Pit Disaster of 1930. Continued from Part 4 yesterday. By the afternoon of Saturday 30th August 1930, crowds had started to gather at the Colliery and reporters descended into the area too. The conducted some interviews at nearby Auchinraith Row, across from the school and next to the colliery. Auchinraith […]
Continuing the Story of the Auchinraith Pit Disaster, 1930 Continued from Part 3 yesterday…. Fourteen of the fifteen men were entombed in frightening circumstances and after great difficulty, only 10 of them could be rescued. It was officially first stated that five men were dead with one taken to Hospital in a critical condition. The […]