Mauricewood_Colliery_disaster
Mauricewood Colliery disaster
Mining accident in Scotland
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.