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All M/NM Mine Disasters in the United States
By Year

View the Mine Disaster CalendarAll M/NM Disasters in the Year 1920   (Display in Fatality Order)

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Or View From These Lists: Only Coal Disasters Both Coal & Metal/Nonmetal
 
Date Mine Name Location Industry Disaster Cause Killed Report
04/15/1920 Jefferson Island View the planets for this day Delcambre, LA MNM Explosion 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/19/1920 Lehigh Quarry View the planets for this day Ormrod, PA MNM Explosives 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/13/1920 Pounding Mill Quarry View the planets for this day Pounding Mill, VA MNM Explosives 9
 
 
 

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