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Friday the 13th and Mine Disasters
Friday the 13th will occur in any month that begins on a Sunday
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Definitions
Triskaidekaphobia is fear of the number 13 and avoidance to use it. It is a superstition which may have arisen from the specific fear of the thirteenth person at the Last Supper being Judas, who betrayed Jesus Christ and ultimately hanged himself.
It may also be related to the time when King Philip IV of France, in collusion with then Pope Clement V, had Grand Master Jacques de Molay and sixty of his Templar brothers arrested as apostates on Friday, October 13, 1307 . This was done in order to claim the famed properties and wealth of the Knights Templars as their own.
Friggatriskaidekaphobia is a morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th. Friday is Frigga's Day. Frigga (Frigg) was an ancient Scandinavian fertility and love goddess, equivalent to the Roman Venus who had been worshipped on the sixth day of the week. Christians called Frigga a witch and Friday the witches' Sabbath; modern Wiccans are happy to oblige.
Of all the accidents in the Mine Disaster Database on this site containing disaster records since 1839, just FOUR of them have occurred on Friday the 13th.
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Friday, February 13, 1874
Phoenix Mine Explosives Disaster
Phoenix, Michigan
No. killed: 6
Friday, October 13, 1905
Vesta Coal Company
Clyde Mine Fire
Fredericktown, Pennsylvania
No. killed: 6
Friday, August 13, 1920
W. W. Boxley and Company
Pounding Mill Quarry Explosives Disaster
Pounding Mill, Virginia
No. Killed: 9
Friday, May 13, 1927
Central Pocahontas Coal Company
Shannon Branch No. 3 Mine Explosion
Capels, West Virginia
No. Killed: 8 |
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For all you triskaidekaphobes, there have been 35 mine disasters that have occurred on the 13th of the month. They are listed in the table below.
Date |
Mine Name |
Location |
Deaths |
Planets |
04/13/1859 |
Bright Hope Mine Explosion |
Clover Hill, VA |
9 |
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07/13/1872 |
Atwater Slope Mine Fire |
Portage County, OH |
10 |
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02/13/1874 |
Phoenix Mine Explosives Disaster |
Phoenix, MI |
6 |
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03/13/1884 |
Laurel Mine Explosion |
Pocahontas, VA |
112 |
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09/13/1886 |
Marvine Mine Cave-in |
Scranton, PA |
8 |
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03/13/1893 |
Choctaw Mine Explosion |
Alderson, OK |
9 |
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02/13/1894 |
Gaylord Mine Roof Fall |
Plymouth, PA |
13 |
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01/13/1897 |
Wadesville Mine Shaft Disaster |
Wadesville, PA |
5 |
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01/13/1902 |
Milby and Dow Mine Fire |
Dow, OK |
10 |
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10/13/1905 |
Clyde Mine Fire |
Fredericktown, PA |
6 |
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05/13/1908 |
Prospect Mine Roof Fall |
Midvale, PA |
5 |
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04/13/1909 |
Slate Quarry Landslide |
Granville, NY |
5 |
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11/13/1909 |
St. Paul No. 2 Mine Fire |
Cherry, IL |
259 |
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05/13/1912 |
Norrie Mine Cave-in |
Ironwood, MI |
7 |
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08/13/1912 |
Abernant Mine Explosion |
Abernant, AL |
18 |
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08/13/1913 |
Coronado Incline Haulage Disaster |
Clifton, AZ |
9 |
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12/13/1916 |
Fidelity No. 9 Mine Explosion |
Stone City, KS |
20 |
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03/13/1917 |
Henderson No. 1 Mine Explosion |
Hendersonville, PA |
14 |
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08/13/1920 |
Pounding Mill Explosives Disaster |
Pounding Mill, VA |
9 |
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12/13/1921 |
Satanic Mine Fire |
Morrison, CO |
6 |
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01/13/1926 |
No. 21 Mine Explosion |
Wilburton, OK |
91 |
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05/13/1927 |
Shannon Branch 3 Mine Explosion |
Capels, WV |
8 |
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01/13/1930 |
Peerless Mine Explosion |
Straven, AL |
5 |
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06/13/1932 |
Splashdam No. 6 Mine Explosion |
Splashdam, VA |
10 |
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08/13/1936 |
Mountain City Mine Asphyxiation |
Mountain City, NV |
6 |
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12/13/1952 |
Elkhorn No. 3 Mine Fire |
Evanston, KY |
4 |
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11/13/1954 |
Jamison No. 9 Mine Explosion |
Farmington, WV |
16 |
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08/13/1963 |
Sheppton Mine Cave-in |
Sheppton, PA |
1 |
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04/13/1978 |
Beatrice Mine Roof Fall |
Keen Mountain, VA |
3 |
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09/13/1989 |
William Station 9 Mine Explosion |
Sullivan, KY |
10 |
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02/13/1991 |
J & T No. 1 Mine Roof Fall |
St. Charles, VA |
4 |
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01/13/2007 |
Cucumber Mine Roof Fall |
Cucumber, WV |
2 |
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Click here to download the Friday the 13th list from 1801 till 2199.
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