State:  Illinois   (Display in Date Order)   (Display in Day Order) Planet links and investigation reports will open in a separate window indicates a female fatality Displays all records in descending fatality order Display all accidents accompanied by an investigation report Or View From These Lists For Illinois: Metal/Nonmetal Disasters Coal and Metal/Nonmetal   Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report 11/13/1909 St. Paul No. 2  Cherry, IL Bituminous Fire 259 12/21/1951 Orient No. 2  West Frankfort, IL Bituminous Explosion 119 03/25/1947 Centralia No. 5  Centralia, IL Bituminous Explosion 111 02/16/1883 Diamond  Braidwood, IL Bituminous Inundation 69 12/24/1932 Moweaqua  Moweaqua, IL Bituminous Explosion 54 10/27/1914 Royalton North No. 1  Royalton, IL Bituminous Explosion 52 04/03/1905 Zeigler  Zeigler, IL Bituminous Explosion 49 01/25/1924 McClintock  Johnston City, IL Bituminous Explosion 33 11/03/1908 Zeigler  Zeigler, IL Bituminous Fire 31 07/24/1947 Old Ben No. 8  West Frankfort, IL Bituminous Explosion 27 01/10/1909 Zeigler  Zeigler, IL Bituminous Explosion/Fire 26 09/28/1918 Royalton North No. 1  Royalton, IL Bituminous Explosion/Fire 21 01/09/1928 Peabody No. 18  West Frankfort, IL Bituminous Explosion 21 11/29/1917 Old Ben No. 11  Christopher, IL Bituminous Explosion 17 08/31/1921 Harco  Harrisburg, IL Bituminous Explosion 11 04/05/1915 Panama  Panama, IL Bituminous Explosion 11 01/10/1962 Blue Blaze No. 2  Herrin, IL Bituminous Explosion 11 05/11/1904 Big Muddy  Herrin, IL Bituminous Explosives 10 01/09/1883 Coulterville  Coulterville, IL Bituminous Explosion 10 08/01/1936 Kathleen  Dowell, IL Bituminous Fire 9 06/02/1917 Rend No. 2  Herrin, IL Bituminous Explosion 9 07/27/1915 United Coal No. 1  Christopher, IL Bituminous Explosion 9 12/23/1909 Mine A  Herrin, IL Bituminous Explosion/Fire 8 10/23/1911 O Gara No. 9  Harrisburg, IL Bituminous Explosives 8 03/31/1903 Sandoval  Sandoval, IL Bituminous Explosives 8 03/30/1927 Saline No. 2  Ledford, IL Bituminous Explosion 8 12/28/1941 Peabody No. 47  Harco, IL Bituminous Explosion 8 01/29/1907 Johnston City  Johnston City, IL Bituminous Explosives 7 12/20/1927 Franco No. 1  Johnston City, IL Bituminous Explosion 7 02/14/1941 Fidelity  Du Quoin, IL Bituminous Explosives 7 12/01/1929 Old Ben No. 8  West Frankfort, IL Bituminous Explosion 7 02/23/1921 Kathleen  Dowell, IL Bituminous Fire 7 03/23/1903 Athens No. 2  Athens, IL Bituminous Explosives 6 01/16/1905 Decatur No. 1  Decatur, IL Bituminous Fire 6 12/22/1906 Breese-Trenton  Breese, IL Bituminous Hoisting 6 11/11/1910 Shoal Creek No. 1  Panama, IL Bituminous Explosion 6 03/15/1903 Cardiff  Cardiff, IL Bituminous Explosion 5 01/29/1926 New Orient No. 2  West Frankfort, IL Bituminous Explosion 5 09/17/1917 Orient  Orient, IL Bituminous Hoisting 5 09/29/1922 Lake Creek  Johnston City, IL Bituminous Explosion 5 02/19/1913 Seagraves  Eldorado, IL Bituminous Explosion 4 09/24/1897 Williamson County  Johnston City, IL Bituminous Explosion 4 08/15/1968 Orient No. 5  Benton, IL Bituminous Explosion 4 02/10/1909 Zeigler  Zeigler, IL Bituminous Explosion 3 07/09/1986 Orient No. 6  Waltonville, IL Bituminous Roof Fall 3 09/15/1980 Spartan No. 2  Sparta, IL Bituminous Roof Fall 3 04/20/1890 Spring Valley No. 2  Spring Valley, IL Bituminous Asphyxiation 3 02/14/1921 O Gara No. 8  Eldorado, IL Bituminous Asphyxiation 3 03/23/1997 Galatia No. 56-1   Harrisburg, IL Bituminous Fall of Rib 1 03/28/1955 Little Oak  Belleville, IL Bituminous Asphyxiation 1 03/15/1916 Sesser  Sesser, IL Bituminous Fire 0

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