All Indiana Mine Disasters in Descending Fatality Order
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All Indiana Mine Disasters in Descending Fatality Order
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Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report
02/20/1925 City View the planets for this day Sullivan, IN Bituminous Explosion 51 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/09/1926 Francisco No. 2 View the planets for this day Francisco, IN Bituminous Explosion/Fire 37 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/28/1931 Little Betty View the planets for this day Dugger, IN Bituminous Explosion 28
03/02/1961 Viking View the planets for this day Terre Haute, IN Bituminous Explosion 22 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/15/1937 Baker View the planets for this day Sullivan, IN Bituminous Explosion 20 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/22/1941 Panhandle No. 2 View the planets for this day Bicknell, IN Bituminous Explosion 14 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/21/1878 Sullivan View the planets for this day Sullivan, IN Bituminous Explosion 13
07/27/1948 King View the planets for this day Princeton, IN Bituminous Explosion 13 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/22/1905 Oswalt View the planets for this day Princeton, IN Bituminous Explosion 9
04/30/1947 Kerns View the planets for this day Terre Haute, IN Bituminous Explosives 8 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/26/1896 Oswalt View the planets for this day Princeton, IN Bituminous Explosion 7
01/14/1907 Dering No. 7 View the planets for this day Clinton, IN Bituminous Explosives 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/20/1909 Sunnyside View the planets for this day Evansville, IN Bituminous Explosives 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/03/1919 Bogle No. 3 View the planets for this day Jacksonville, IN Bituminous Explosion 6
05/03/1920 Submarine View the planets for this day Clinton, IN Bituminous Explosion 5
12/16/1948 Christmas View the planets for this day St. Meinrad, IN Bituminous Roof Fall 4
08/11/1944 Fleischner View the planets for this day Terra Haute, IN Bituminous Asphyxiation 4 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/10/2007 Gibson View the planets for this day Princeton, IN Bituminous Hoisting 3 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/19/1916 Oliphant-Johnson View the planets for this day Bruceville, IN Bituminous Explosion 2
01/02/1939 Crown Hill No. 6 View the planets for this day Clinton, IN Bituminous Fire 1
 
 
 

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