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View the Mine Disaster CalendarAll Mine Disasters in the Year 1936   (Display in Fatality Order)

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Date Mine Name Location Industry Disaster Cause Killed Report
01/20/1936 Monarch No. 2 View the planets for this day Broomfield, CO Coal Explosion 8 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/16/1936 Hesperus View the planets for this day Mancos, CO MNM Avalanche 6
02/24/1936 Camp Bird View the planets for this day Ouray, CO MNM Avalanche 3
08/01/1936 Kathleen View the planets for this day Dowell, IL Coal Fire 9 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/13/1936 Mountain City Copper View the planets for this day Mountain City, NV MNM Asphyxiation 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/18/1936 Esry View the planets for this day Moberly, MO Coal Fire 2
08/24/1936 Clear Spring View the planets for this day West Pittston, PA Coal Explosion 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/01/1936 Metz View the planets for this day Fulton, MO Coal Asphyxiation 4
09/02/1936 Macbeth View the planets for this day Logan, WV Coal Explosion 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/06/1936 Morning View the planets for this day Mullan, ID MNM Hoisting 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/19/1936 Bates No. 1 View the planets for this day Bates, AR Coal Explosion 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/30/1936 Funkhouser Quarry View the planets for this day Delta, PA MNM Explosives 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
 
 
 

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