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Surname
TAYLOR
Forename
John
Day
07
Month
09
Year
1950
Age
33
Occupation
Coal Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Knockshinnoch Castle
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
National Coal Board
Location
New Cumnock
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
Inrush of peat and moss from the surface. 13 killed. The No.5 Heading was driven up towards the outcrop and eventually reached it at or near the base of a relatively large hollow which had been scooped out in the softer parts of the exposed coal bearing rocks by glacial action in ages past. This hollow, which was lined with glacial boulders, gravel and sand, had formed a natural receptacle in which water and then peat accumulated.