| Hi Fionn, |
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| I stumbled across your excellent website and found much of interest. My father Jimmy Simpson of the Coatbridge Mines Rescue Station was the leader of the first rescue team to arrive at Auchengeich at 08:00hrs on the 18th Sept 1959 after receiving the call for assistance from Mr. Smillie (manager) at 07:45hrs. This team comprised of Willie Bell, John Armour, Hugh Campbell, Jimmy Holmes and Eric Savage. These facts are just a small extract of the hand written log my father kept of this incident. |
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I have noted a few names on your web that may be interested in this information, namely, Rab Armour son of the aforementioned John and Jennifer McAlpine Grand daughter of Willie McAlpine who is mentioned several times in the log. This log gives an insight into the conditions these brave men worked in and their tireless efforts to recover the bodies of those who perished.
I remember both these families well in fact either Jennifers father or uncle, named Jim was my best friend during our stay at the station. If you could supply contact details for Rab or Jennifer or conversely give them my Email I would be delighted to share with them any information I have. Equally if your web could benefit from this please let me know.
Regards
Jim Simpson
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