Koh-I-Noor Colliery Hoisting Disaster

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Koh-I-Noor Colliery
Koh-I-Noor Shaft Hoisting Disaster

Shenandoah City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
March 29, 1870
No. Killed - 4

1870 Koh-I-Noor Colliery Fatalities

In the News (news links open in a separate window in PDF format)
	The Indiana Progress, Apr. 7, 1870

Narrative: Four men were killed in this mine when the bucket was upset in the shaft and they fell.

The deceased:

Edward Evans
Henry Campion
William Zimmerman
Abel Ebb

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