Dilltown Smokeless Coal Company
Dilltown No. 1 Mine Explosion
Dilltown, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
March 20, 1922
No. Killed - 5
USBM Final Investigation Report (2.8 Mb) 
Cause of Explosion: Ignition of a methane air mixture by electric sparks from an unspecified source.
The deceased:
- Joseph C. Kidar. aged 37, married and having two children.
- Stanley Kidar. aged 35, married and having one child.
- John Suscane, aged 35.
- Dominick Colangelo, aged 40, married and having two children.
- Paul Caranche, aged 25, single.
The latter died after being taken to the hospital.
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