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All Coal Mine Disasters in the United States
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View the Mine Disaster Calendar Decade:  1830s   (Display in Fatality Order)   (Display in Date Order)

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Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report
03/18/1839 Black Heath View the planets for this day Richmond, VA Bituminous Explosion 53
 
 
 

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