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All Mine Disasters in the United States
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Company:  Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co.   (Fatality Order)

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Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report
01/21/1935 Gilberton View the planets for this day Gilberton, PA Anthracite Explosion 13 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/08/1930 Gilberton View the planets for this day Gilberton, PA Anthracite Roof Fall 8 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/02/1928 Locust Springs View the planets for this day Locust Gap, PA Anthracite Inundation 0
08/02/1913 East Brookside View the planets for this day Tower City, PA Anthracite Explosion 20 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/03/1908 Knickerbocker View the planets for this day Shenandoah, PA Anthracite Explosion 2
05/15/1906 Shenandoah City View the planets for this day Shenandoah, PA Anthracite Explosives 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/05/1904 Locust Gap View the planets for this day Locust Gap, PA Anthracite Fire 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/30/1904 Maple Hill View the planets for this day Mahanoy City, PA Anthracite Explosives 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/13/1897 Wadesville View the planets for this day Wadesville, PA Anthracite Fall of Person 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/25/1894 Gilberton View the planets for this day Ashland, PA Anthracite Explosion 2
10/03/1891 Richardson View the planets for this day Glen Carbon, PA Anthracite Asphyxiation 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/01/1887 Bast View the planets for this day Big Mine Run, PA Anthracite Asphyxiation 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/27/1887 Tunnel View the planets for this day Ashland, PA Anthracite Asphyxiation 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/08/1885 Otto View the planets for this day Pottsville, PA Anthracite Explosion 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/13/1885 North Ashland View the planets for this day North Ashland, PA Anthracite Inundation 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/21/1884 Greenback/Buckridge View the planets for this day Shamokin, PA Anthracite Fire 8 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/15/1878 Potts View the planets for this day Locustdale, PA Anthracite Explosion 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/09/1877 Wadesville View the planets for this day Wadesville, PA Anthracite Fire 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/10/1873 Henry Clay View the planets for this day Shamokin, PA Anthracite Explosion 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
 
 
 

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