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Coal Mine Disasters in the United States
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View the Mine Disaster Calendar Cause of Disaster:  Asphyxiation   (Display in Date Order)

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Or View From These Lists: Metal/Nonmetal Disasters Coal and Metal/Nonmetal
 
Date Mine Name Location Mineral Killed Report
05/27/1871 West Pittston View the planets for this day West Pittston, PA Anthracite 20  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/11/1885 West End View the planets for this day Mocanaqua, PA Anthracite 10  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/25/1904 Williamstown View the planets for this day Williamstown, PA Bituminous 10  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/23/1891 Richardson View the planets for this day Glen Carbon, PA Anthracite 7  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
07/11/1877 Brookfield View the planets for this day Brookfield, OH Bituminous 7  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/06/1879 Grizzly View the planets for this day Alta, UT Bituminous 6 
08/01/1911 Standard-Pocahontas View the planets for this day Welch, WV Bituminous 6  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
05/31/1925 Piper No. 2 View the planets for this day Piper, AL Bituminous 6 
06/01/1966 Dora No. 2 View the planets for this day Dora, PA Bituminous 5  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
04/27/1887 Tunnel View the planets for this day Ashland, PA Anthracite 5  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
10/01/1887 Bast View the planets for this day Big Mine Run, PA Anthracite 5  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/21/1900 Issaquah No. 4 View the planets for this day Issaquah, WA Bituminous 5 
05/06/1913 Taylor View the planets for this day Hartford, KY Bituminous 5  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/30/1914 Sycamore No. 1 View the planets for this day Cinderella, WV Bituminous 5  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/04/1948 Milt No. 1 View the planets for this day Kitzmiller, MD Bituminous 5 
05/10/1911 Boston View the planets for this day Larksville, PA Anthracite 5  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/11/1944 Fleischner View the planets for this day Terra Haute, IN Bituminous 4  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/01/1936 Metz View the planets for this day Fulton, MO Bituminous 4 
08/15/1985 R and R No. 3 View the planets for this day Woodbine, KY Bituminous 3  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/14/1921 O Gara No. 8 View the planets for this day Eldorado, IL Bituminous 3 
04/20/1890 Spring Valley No. 2 View the planets for this day Spring Valley, IL Bituminous 3 
08/05/1961 Stearns No. 4 View the planets for this day Worley, KY Bituminous 3  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/12/1899 Diamondville No. 1 View the planets for this day Diamondville, WY Bituminous 2 
01/29/1909 Northwestern View the planets for this day Ashford County, WA Bituminous 2 
03/28/1955 Little Oak View the planets for this day Belleville, IL Bituminous 1  Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
 
 
 

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