 The Stanrigg Memorial in 2006 | |
| Date | July 9, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Location | near Airdrie, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°53′32″N 3°55′39″E / 55.8922048°N 3.9274442°E |
| Also known as | Stanrigg Pit disaster, Arbuckle Pit disaster |
| Type | Mining accident |
| Cause | Subsidence |
| Deaths | 19 |
The Stanrigg mining accident, also known as the Stanrigg Pit disaster or the Arbuckle Pit disaster, was a coal mining accident which occurred on 9 July 1918 at the Arbuckle Pit of Stanrigg Colliery near the town of Airdrie in what is now North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Nineteen miners died including six teenage boys. Eleven bodies were never recovered and remain entombed at the site. The cause was subsidence of the overlying peat bog or moss in local parlance.
A memorial monument now stands close to the site of the mine, or pit, which lies about 1 km north of the village of Plains, and 2.5 km south-east of the villages of Wattston and Greengairs.