The Story of the Auchinraith Pit Disaster continued from Part 2….. Although the explosion on Saturday 30th August 1930 at Auchinraith Pit 1 must have been one of tremendous force, an amazing fact is that it was not heard on the surface, so the first news of the tragedy took some time to reach the […]
Continued from Part 1 yesterday The Story of the Auchinraith Pit Disaster, 1930 It was speedily realised that the explosion had been most serious and as people started arriving at the Pit, the arrival of the Lanarkshire Rescue Brigade confirmed the news as to how grave the matter was. The men of the brigade are […]