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All Mine Disasters in the United States
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Company:  Glen Alden Coal Company   (Fatality Order)

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Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report
03/29/1951 Buttonwood View the planets for this day Wilkes-Barre, PA Anthracite Explosion 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/30/1950 Avondale View the planets for this day Luzerne County, PA Bituminous Explosion 4 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/05/1949 S. Wilkes-Barre View the planets for this day South Wilkes-Barre, PA Anthracite Explosion 2
01/15/1947 Nottingham View the planets for this day Plymouth, PA Anthracite Explosion 15 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/26/1927 Woodward No. 3 View the planets for this day Edwardsville, PA Anthracite Explosion 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/03/1926 Pettebone No. 6 View the planets for this day Kingston, PA Anthracite Roof Fall 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/26/1925 Woodward View the planets for this day Edwardsville, PA Anthracite Explosion 7
06/06/1924 Loomis View the planets for this day Wilkes-Barre, PA Anthracite Explosion 14 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
 
 
 

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