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View the Mine Disaster CalendarAll Mine Disasters in the Year 1901   (Display in Fatality Order)

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Date Mine Name Location Industry Disaster Cause Killed Report
02/25/1901 Diamondville No. 1 View the planets for this day Diamondville, WY Coal Fire 26
03/04/1901 Engleside View the planets for this day Center Valley, MO MNM Explosives 5
03/25/1901 Gates View the planets for this day Georges Township, PA Coal Explosion 4 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/29/1901 McAlester No. 5 View the planets for this day Alderson, OK Coal Explosives 6
05/15/1901 Chatham View the planets for this day Farmington, WV Coal Explosion 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/27/1901 New Richland View the planets for this day Dayton, TN Coal Explosion 20
06/04/1901 Chapin View the planets for this day Iron Mountain, MI MNM Explosives 8
06/10/1901 Port Royal No. 2 View the planets for this day Port Royal, PA Coal Explosion/Fire 19 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/16/1901 Spring Gulch View the planets for this day Spring Gulch, CO Coal Explosion 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/25/1901 Buttonwood View the planets for this day Wilkes-Barre, PA Coal Explosion 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/26/1901 Diamondville No. 1 View the planets for this day Diamondville, WY Coal Explosion 22
11/14/1901 Pocahontas Baby View the planets for this day Pocahontas, VA Coal Fire 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/20/1901 Smuggler-Union View the planets for this day Pandora, CO MNM Fire 31
11/22/1901 Pocahontas Baby View the planets for this day Pocahontas, VA Coal Fire 8 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/28/1901 McAlester No. 1 View the planets for this day Hartshorne, OK Coal Hoisting 6
 
 
 

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