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Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company
Lance No. 11 Colliery Explosion
Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
September 21, 1893
No. Killed - 6
Additional Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company Disasters:
- Nottingham Colliery Explosion, Feb. 1, 1890
- Colliery No. 3 Shaft Fire, Mar. 3, 1890
- Jersey No. 8 Cave-in and Explosion, May 15, 1890
- South Wilkes-Barre Mine Explosives Detonation, Dec. 9, 1902
- Lance Colliery Explosives Detonation, May 5, 1904
- Nottingham Colliery Explosion, Jan. 11, 1910
- South Wilkes-Barre No. 5 Colliery Explosion, Mar. 12, 1910
- Lance No. 11 Colliery Explosion, Feb. 8, 1916
- Hollenback Colliery Explosion, Mar. 9, 1916
Terrible Fatal Explosion in a Mine
Boston Evening Transcript
September 21, 1893
By an explosion of gas in the Lance Colliery No. 11, of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company at Plymouth, Pa.
Thursday, five men were instantly killed and five others seriously injured.
The dead are:
- David M. Jones, contractor
- William Jones, rock miner
- John Flanagan, mason
- Owen P. Jones, miner
- Joshua Golightly, assistant mine foreman
The injured are:
- Owen L. Evans, arm dislocated
- Thomas Williams, ribs broken
- D. B. Davis, shoulder dislocated
- John Cummings, leg broken
- James Morgan, face cut and scalp wounds
The accident was caused by Joshua Golightly, who entered a body of gas with his naked lamp.
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