Historical
On July 22, 1908, news of the Highhouse Colliery fire spread from one end of Auchinleck to the other. All that was known was that over 76 miners were underground - and it was believed they were doomed.
The town seemed to have emptied itself of its inhabitants, so eager was the rush to the pit. Men, women and children flocked to the mine to learn for themselves the extent of the fire, and a human chain quickly formed to pass buckets of water to dowse the flames. Despite their best efforts the building was soon burning out of control.
Shadow of the Noose - A Higher Power 
Part two of Douglas Skelton's look at the Thomas Bone Jnr murder case of 1908
Thomas Bone Jnr felt compelled to murder his young wife in 1908. In the first of a two-part feature, Douglas Skelton examines the case.
Almost 70 years ago, another chapter in the chronicle of mining tragedies was written in New Cumnock at BankNo 6 Pit.
THURSDAY September 7 was the anniversary of the tragedy the world called the Knockshinnoch Disaster. The Late BILL AITKEN, then Chronicle Chief Reporter, was on the scene at Knockshinnoch a few short hours after that fatal inrush of peat engulfed the pit bottom in 1950. Years later, he wrote an emotional account of the days and nights that still haunt New Cumnock.
IN Keir Hardie country, it is said, placing a red rosette on a donkey would be enough to ensure election.
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