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Date Mine Name Location Industry Disaster Cause Killed Report
10/03/1906 Pocahontas View the planets for this day Pocahontas, VA Coal Explosion 36
02/08/1906 Parral View the planets for this day Parral, WV Coal Explosion 23 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/22/1906 Century No. 1 View the planets for this day Century, WV Coal Explosion 23 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/04/1906 Coaldale View the planets for this day Coaldale, WV Coal Explosion 22 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/18/1906 Detroit View the planets for this day Ash Camp, WV Coal Explosion 18 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/22/1906 Cuatro View the planets for this day Tercio, CO Coal Explosion 18 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
01/24/1906 Poteau No. 6 View the planets for this day Witteville, OK Coal Explosives 14
02/19/1906 Maitland View the planets for this day Walsenburg, CO Coal Explosion 14 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/27/1906 Piper No. 2 View the planets for this day Piper, AL Coal Explosion 12
10/05/1906 Dutchman View the planets for this day Blossburg, NM Coal Explosion 10
06/07/1906 Rocky Fork View the planets for this day Red Lodge, MT Coal Fire 8
05/15/1906 Shenandoah City View the planets for this day Shenandoah, PA Coal Explosives 7
10/24/1906 Rolling Mill View the planets for this day Johnstown, PA Coal Explosion 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/20/1906 Fidelity No. 1 View the planets for this day Stone City, KS Coal Explosives 7 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/22/1906 Breese-Trenton View the planets for this day Breese, IL Coal Hoisting 6
12/14/1906 Pulaski View the planets for this day Eckman, WV Coal Explosives 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/06/1906 Susquehanna No. 7 View the planets for this day Nanticoke, PA Coal Explosion 6
11/03/1906 San Toy No. 1 View the planets for this day Corning, OH Coal Hoisting 5
07/02/1906 Keystone View the planets for this day Keystone, WV Coal Explosion 4 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/19/1906 Dixon-Pocahontas View the planets for this day Welch, WV Coal Explosion 4 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/06/1906 Mill Creek View the planets for this day Coopers, WV Coal Roof Fall 3
 
 
 

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