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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 1902   (Display in Date Order)

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Date Mine Name Location Industry Disaster Cause Killed Report
05/19/1902 Fraterville View the planets for this day Coal Creek, TN Coal Explosion 184 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/10/1902 Rolling Mill View the planets for this day Johnstown, PA Coal Explosion 112 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/15/1902 Daly West/Ontario View the planets for this day Park City, UT MNM Asphyxiation 34
01/24/1902 Lost Creek No. 2 View the planets for this day Oskaloosa, IA Coal Explosion 20 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/28/1902 Liberty Bell View the planets for this day Telluride, CO MNM Avalanche 19
09/15/1902 Big Four View the planets for this day Algoma, WV Coal Explosion 17 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/31/1902 Nelson View the planets for this day Dayton, TN Coal Explosion 16
08/07/1902 Bowen View the planets for this day Bowen, CO Coal Explosives 13 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/01/1902 Lawson View the planets for this day Black Diamond, WA Coal Explosion 11 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/13/1902 Milby and Dow View the planets for this day Dow, OK Coal Fire 10
01/07/1902 Negaunee View the planets for this day Negaunee, MI MNM Roof Fall 10
11/29/1902 Luke Fidler View the planets for this day Shamokin, PA Coal Explosion 7
09/22/1902 Stafford View the planets for this day Stafford, WV Coal Explosion 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/09/1902 S. Wilkes-Barre View the planets for this day South Wilkes-Barre, PA Coal Explosives 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/06/1902 Catsburg View the planets for this day Monongahela, PA Coal Explosion 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/16/1902 Berwind-White No. 4 View the planets for this day Windber, PA Coal Explosives 4
 
 
 

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