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All Mine Disasters in the United States
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View the Mine Disaster CalendarAll Mine Disasters in the Year 1887   (Display in Fatality Order)

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Date Mine Name Location Industry Disaster Cause Killed Report
04/04/1887 Old Savanna No. 2 View the planets for this day Savanna, OK Coal Explosion 18 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/27/1887 Tunnel View the planets for this day Ashland, PA Coal Asphyxiation 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/24/1887 Gould and Curry View the planets for this day Virginia City, NV MNM Fire 11
07/07/1887 Sturgeon River View the planets for this day Metropolitan, MI MNM Inundation 8
10/01/1887 Bast View the planets for this day Big Mine Run, PA Coal Asphyxiation 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
 
 
 

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