Auchengeich P3

Caroline Chambers nee Somerville

Auchengeich Disaster, Chryston, Lanark - In Memory

18th September, 1959 (From Scottish Memories June 1995)

An underground fire caused by frictional heat generated between the rotating motor pulley
and the balata transmission belt of the electrically driven booster fan

In Memory Of those Who Died

		Age
Alexander Morrison Beattie	Roadman	26
Thomas Bone	Beltmen	27
Francis Broadley	Developer	38
William Brynes	Coal Cutterman	54
Matthey McIwain Cannon	Stripper	38
Walter Clark	Back Brusher	61
Henry Clayton	Train Guard	62
Robert Conn (Rab)	Back Brusher	30
Andrew Crombie	Oncost Worker	42
James Devine	Shotfirer	39
Docherty, Andrew	Coal Cutterman	43
John Duffy	Shotfirer	39
Francis Jones Fisher	Shotfirer	49
Martin Fleming	Stripper	51
Michael Fleming	Shotfirer	47
Richard Hamilton	Stripper	48
James Harvey	Stripper	44
Patrick Harvey	Developer	33
Edward Henery	Stripper	61
George Jackson	Spare Stripper	21
Peter Kelly	Stripper	40
Francis Kiernan	Beltmen	26
William Lafferty	Stripper	39
Alexander Todd Lang	Stripper	35
William Leishman	Oncost Worker	65
Gerald John Martin	Shotfirer	34
John McAuley	Back Brusher	42
Robert McCoid	Stripper	55
Joseph McDonald	Stripper	53
Denis McElhaney	Developer	49
George Thomas Thompson McEwan	Oncost Worker	20
George Wilkie McIntosh	Shotfirer	58
Andrew McKenna	Deputy	41
P. McKenna		55
James McPhee	Shotfirer	54
Peter McMillan	Shotfirer	55
William Meechan	Oncost Worker	22
John Muir	Oncost Worker	38
John Mulholland Seniour	Stripper	50
James Nimmo	Oncost Worker	50
Aaron Price	Stone Worker	50
Robert Price	Stone Worker	47
Alexander Sharp	Stripper	34
John Shevlin	Oncost Worker	46
William Skilling	Oncost Worker	53
John Mack Stark	Stripper	23
Thomas Stokes	Oncost Worker	32
Donald Cameron Weir	Roadsman	30

Youngest: George Thomas Thompson McEwan, 20 years old
Oldest: Henry Clayton 62 years old

Click here to visit the Black Gold project. It is the main official centre-point for the creative works designed to highlight and mark the 50th anniversary of the Auchengeich mining disaster.

So far we have recruited an author to compile the authorized book and a band to record music to commemorate this memorable landmark. More details are below.

Plans are currently underway for a possible tv documentary and moves are being placed to recruit a theatrical event. Officially stamped and on our books are the author of the book and the band who will compose the music for the memoriam.