Blantyre Mining Disaster

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Blantyre Mining Disaster

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October 22, 1877, 9:00 AM GMT, Blantyre, Scotland, at 55N46'53'', 4W06'07''
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blantyre_mining_disaster

Scotland's worst mining accident ever. Explosion (likely from ignited firedamp) killed 207 miners, leaving 92 widows and 250 fatherless children. (A first blast was heard around 9:00 AM with flame and steam shooting out of one pit for several minutes.) - There is a small conflict in Wikipedia where one panel lists the time at 9:30 and the text describes the explosion as about 9:00. (At 9 AM, Mars exactly crossed IC conjunct Saturn 4° and square Venus within 1°.)

The event is Neptune-driven through the ingresses. This isn't typical of coalmine disasters. The Arilunar finally kicks it in gear with a Jupiter-Pluto focus aspect typical of such disasters' effects on communities; sand then the CapQ brings it home explosively.

Year: Capsolar {0}
Sun sq. Asc 0°22'
Neptune sq. MC 0°27'

Bridge {0}
t Neptune op. Capsolar EP 0°37'
t Jupiter sq. CanQ Moon 0°58'

Quarter: Libsolar {+1}
Neptune sq. MC 0°19'
Sun on Asc 2°34'
Moon-Pluto sq. 1°45' mundo

Month: Caplunar {+1}
Neptune on Dsc 2°48'
Sun & Pluto widely foreground
-- Sun/Pluto on horizon 0°21'
Moon-Sun sq. 1°57'

Week: Arilunar {+2}
Pluto sq. MC 0°23'
Jupiter & Uranus more widely foreground
-- Jupiter-Pluto op. 0°49'
Moon-Mercury 2°19'

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+2}
p Asc conj. t Uranus 1°07', sq. p Mars 0°16', s Mars 0°53'
-- t Uranus sq. s Mars 0°20'
p EP op. s Mercury 0°01'
t Mercury sq. p Moon 0°53'
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t Neptune op. s EP 0°37'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian {-1}
t Jupiter sq. p Moon 0°58'
p MC conj. t Sun 0°51', op. t Moon 0°07'
-- t Moon-Sun op. 0°44'
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