Woodward Mine Explosion

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Glen Alden Coal Company
Woodward Mine Explosion

Edwardsville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
May 22, 1925
No. Killed - 7

See also:	Woodward No. 3 Colliery Explosion, May 26, 1927
	Woodward No. 3 Shaft Explosion, Aug. 8, 1916

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In the News (news links open in a separate window in PDF format)
	Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, May 23, 1925
	The Times-Tribune, May 23, 1925
	The Daily News, May 26, 1925
	The Times Leader, May 26, 1925
	Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, May 26, 1925
	The York Dispatch, May 29, 1925

The deceased:

Frank Dugan, 26
David R. Jones, 34
Leo Kondrachi, 22
Joseph Masha, 48
Thomas Smith, 21
John Tonsha, 38
Leroy Williams, 27

Source: Pennsylvania Registers of Anthracite Mine Accidents, 1924-1932 (5.5 Mb)

Five Miners were Killed at Edwardsville
Lebanon Daily News, Pennsylvania
May 23, 1925

Wilkes-Barre, Pa. -- Five miners were killed and five others were burned or otherwise injured in an explosion of gas in the Red Ash vein of the Glen Alden Coal Company at Edwardsville late yesterday. The explosion affected only a small area and no fire resulted.

The dead: