... Booklet on pit disaster A booklet recounting the story of the Redding Pit Disaster in 1923, in which 40 miners died | and five others were trapped underground for | ten days, has been | Bublished by Falkirk | istrict Libraries. ( It is now ...

... DISASTER MEMORIAL * A memonial is to be erected at _the».F&lldrk_‘vijlh{e of Redding to the 40 men who lost their lives in the Redding pit disaster of 1923. Mr James Anderson, Central Regional -Council's convener, raised the idea with the ...

... e Quarry. The church and California Old Rows were built from sand stones hewn from the quarry. At th e time of the Redding Pit disaster, the water from the hill was carried across the quarry on a wooden viaduct, as the quarry filled with water and ultimately ...

... apprenticeship as a mining engineer with an Edinburgh firm, and he was area manager of a group of mines in the Redding area prior to the Redding pit disaster. In 1924 he joined the firm of Arcfiibald Russell, Ltd., and remained with them till he retired in 1941 ...

... the notorious Redding Pit disaster 63 years ago, has died in Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary. He was Mr Lawrence Thomson (94) who lived at 38 Princes Street, California. Mr Thomson had been a miner all his days and worked in various pits in the area ...

... played Rule BHttanla The ship bound lor scrapyard A MEMORIAL is be erected the Falkirk village of Redding to the men who lost their lives the Redding pit disaster of 1923.,, Mr James Anderson. Central Regional Council convener, raised the plan with the Coal ...

... Kilsyth. Though much of his work was routine, his years in uniform were also not without drama and sadness. There was the Redding pit disaster in 1923 in which 48 miners died. He was one of the first policemen on the scene. There was a spectacular “ambush” in ...

... Challenge Cup by only one point at the Edinburgh Musical Festival, a Choir Concert in the Usher Hall in aid of the Redding Pit 'Disaster Relief Fund, are all highligths in the career of this talented West Kirk singers In former days the choir had g membership ...

... surface worker and latterly check weighman, retiring only a few years ago. He formed one of the rescue party at the Redding Pit Disaster in 1923. During the 192fi strike he was District Secretary for the Stirlingshire Miners’ Union and was instrumental ...

... *■ There was a feeling in Bo’ness that many col- lections have been held for as worthy a cause as this (he gave the Redding Pit Disaster Fund as an instance) and wc know that a lot of money was still lying dormant in some of those funds and because of ...

... about old newspapers we page 16 of the Duljir Record dated October 9 This carries photos of the men rescued in the Redding Pit disaster and in fact we are still contact one of the men's daughters B Marshall Sherrington Place Cumnock -:y'5 '' ' I WAS given ...

... 10 Langton Road. Laurieston. He was 75 years of age. Until his death, Mr Smith was trustee of the Relief Fund of the Redding Pit Disaster. A native of Maddiston, Mr Smith lived at South Craigs. Polmont, for many years before removing to Westquarter, and ...