Auchenharvie Colliery

Auchenharvie Colliery

Auchenharvie Colliery was a colliery formerly located in the Auchenharvie area of Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland that was devastated by a pit disaster on August 2, 1895 in which nine lives were lost.

List of the deceased

* John Clauchan (35)
* William Clauchan (56)
* James Clauchan (21)
* Henry Clauchan (18)
* Duncan Gallacher (31)
* James Mullen (19)
* Peter Mullen (14)
* Robert McConn (18)
* John McGhee (14)

Trivia

The event has been immortalised in the poem "The Star of Young McGhee".

External links

Auchenharvie Mining Disaster Pages [http://www.threetowners.com/Stevenston/auchenharvie_disaster.htm]


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