September 18, 1959

47 miners were killed at Auchengeich Colliery, Lanarkshire when the bogies carrying them to work ran into smoke, 1,000 feet below ground.

Ireland

47 miners were killed at Auchengeich Colliery, Lanarkshire when the bogies carrying them to work ran into smoke, 1,000 feet below ground.

47 miners were killed at Auchengeich Colliery, Lanarkshire when the bogies carrying them to work ran into smoke, 1,000 feet below ground. This September 18, 1959 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Ireland.

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