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Date Mine Name Location Industry Disaster Cause Killed Report
12/27/1928 Carolina View the planets for this day Sanford, NC Coal Hoisting 4  
12/18/1928 Black Diamond No. 2 View the planets for this day Drakesboro, KY Coal Explosion 6   Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/30/1928 Princess Poca View the planets for this day Roderfield, WV Coal Explosion 6   Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/22/1928 McAlpin View the planets for this day McAlpin, WV Coal Explosion 6   Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/15/1928 Irvona No. 3 View the planets for this day Coalport, PA Coal Explosion 13   Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/09/1928 Hillside No. 1 View the planets for this day South Riverside, PA Coal Explosion 5  
07/02/1928 Locust Springs View the planets for this day Locust Gap, PA Coal Inundation 0  
06/20/1928 National No. 1 View the planets for this day National, WV Coal Explosion 7  
05/25/1928 Baltimore No. 5 View the planets for this day Wilkes-Barre, PA Coal Explosion 10   Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/22/1928 Yukon-Pocahontas No. 1 View the planets for this day Yukon, WV Coal Explosion 17   Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/22/1928 Black Mountain No. 30 View the planets for this day Kenvir, KY Coal Explosives 8   Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/19/1928 Mather No. 1 View the planets for this day Mather, PA Coal Explosion 195   Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/02/1928 Keystone No. 2 View the planets for this day Keystone, WV Coal Explosion 8   Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/01/1928 Badger-State View the planets for this day Butte, MT MNM Asphyxiation 3  
02/24/1928 Mama No. 3 View the planets for this day Jenny Lind, AR Coal Explosion 13   Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/20/1928 Kinloch View the planets for this day Parnassus, PA Coal Explosion 12   Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/09/1928 Peabody No. 18 View the planets for this day West Frankfort, IL Coal Explosion 21  
 
 
 

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