Westray Miners Memorial Park

On May 9, 1992, 26 men were labouring in the deeps, when at 5:18 a.m., a blue flame lit up the dawn sky at Plymouth. A black cloud roared from the mine portal – a massive coal dust blast, triggered by a methane explosion.

The tragedy that happened on May 9, 1992.

A memorial sits in a park in nearby New Glasgow at the approximate location above ground where the remaining 11 miners are trapped.