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All Mine Disasters in the United States
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View the Mine Disaster CalendarAll Mine Disasters in the Year 1891   (Display in Fatality Order)

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Date Mine Name Location Industry Disaster Cause Killed Report
01/27/1891 Mammoth View the planets for this day Mt. Pleasant, PA Coal Explosion 109 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/04/1891 Spring Mountain No. 1 View the planets for this day Jeansville, PA Coal Inundation 13 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/22/1891 Pratt No. 1 Shaft View the planets for this day Pratt City, AL Coal Explosion 11
10/23/1891 Richardson View the planets for this day Glen Carbon, PA Coal Asphyxiation 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/03/1891 Anaconda View the planets for this day Butte, MT MNM Pwd Haulage 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/08/1891 Susquehanna No. 1 View the planets for this day Nanticoke, PA Coal Explosion 12 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
 
 
 

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