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The Mauricewood Colliery Disaster, occurred at the Mauricewood pit, near Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland on 5 September 1889. A total of 63 miners were killed.[1] At the time the mine was owned by the Shotts Iron Company Ltd. Fire and rescue operationOn 5 September 1889 at around noon sections of the wood lining of a ventilation shaft ignited and the ensuing fire spread to a nearby coal seam, making an escape on the 239m deep main shaft impossible.[1] At that time 70 men and boys were working underground, of which 63 died and 7 survived.[2] The underground fire took four days to extinguish. It was not until 16 March 1890 that all the bodies of the victims were recovered. AftermathThe cause of the fire was never determined although it led to the pit being closed which caused major losses to the two local railway lines, the Penicuik Railway and the Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway.[3] References1. ^1 {{cite book |editor1-last=Keay |editor1-first=John |editor2-last=Keay |editor2-first=Julia |title=Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland |date=1994 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=London |isbn=0002550822 |page=686|edition= 9th }} {{coord|55|50|30|N|3|13|30|W|region:GB|display=title}} 2. ^http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/28.html 3. ^http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/p/penicuik/index.shtml 6 : Coal mining disasters in Scotland|Coal mines in Scotland|1886 mining disasters|1886 in Scotland|History of Midlothian|19th-century mining disasters |
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