Supported by: Miles Briggs*, Brian Whittle*, Richard Lyle*, Peter Chapman*, Murdo Fraser*, Edward Mountain*, Annie Wells*, Jeremy Balfour*, Bill Kidd*, Margaret Mitchell* *S5M-22470 Ruth Maguire: The Auchenharvie Colliery Disaster—That the Parliament commemorates the 125th anniversary of the Auchenharvie Colliery disaster in Stevenston, which claimed the lives of nine men and boys; understands that, on 2 August 1895, a stream of water came off a seam in the coal that had broken through the walls from the deep shank in an old, unused, pit; notes that the rescue operation, which was led by the colliery manager, John Marshall, was initially hampered by rushing water that prevented access to the mine and a blockage caused by rubble washed up by this; understands that the rescue attempt lasted five days and that five men were saved, and remembers those who lost their lives, John, William, James and Henry Clauchan, who were aged 30, 28, 22 and 19, their brother-in- law, Duncan Gallagher, 30, James and Peter Mullen, who were 19 and 12 respectively, John McGhee, 13 and Robert Conn, who was 16 and was holding his father’s hand when a sudden inrush of water swept him away.