Mining Explosions and Accidents
Haileyville, OK Coal Mine Explosion, Aug 1908
Posted July 2nd, 2009 by Stu BeitlerMINERS BURIED AT HAILEYVILLE.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE CAUSED BY CONFLAGRATION.
BARREL OF OIL ON FIRE FLAMES SPREAD THROUGH MINES AND MEN ARE SUFFOCATED WITH NO CHANCE FOR LIVES. read more »
Bradshaw, WV Coal Mine Explosion, Sept 1964
Posted June 28th, 2009 by Stu BeitlerBLAST CAUSE SOUGHT.
THREE MINERS KILLED IN WORKED-OUT AREA OF BRADSHAW-6 MINE. read more »
Woodbine, KY Coal Mine Cave In, Oct 1980
Posted June 21st, 2009 by Stu BeitlerKENTUCKY MINE CAVE-IN KILLS 3.
Woodbine, Ky. (UPI) -- Rescue teams by early today recovered the bodies of all three miners killed in a cave-in at the Jeff Coal Co. mine in southeastern Kentucky. read more »
Hueytown, AL Coal Mine Explosion, June 1972
Posted June 20th, 2009 by Stu Beitler20 HURT IN COAL MINE BLAST. read more »
Lordsburg, NM Copper Mine Accident, Dec 1961
Posted June 20th, 2009 by Stu BeitlerGAS IN COPPER MINE KILLS 1, 8 OVERCOME. read more »
Partridge, KY Double Mine Disaster, Mar 1976
Posted June 19th, 2009 by Stu Beitler15 DIE IN MINE BLAST. read more »
Pottsville, PA Otto Colliery Mine Explosion, Sept 1885
Posted June 7th, 2009 by Tim TaugherTHE DEADLY GAS.
An Unlooked-for Explosion in a Pottsville Colliery Causes the Death of a Boy and Fatally Injures Five Men.
[Pottsville (Pa.) special.] read more »
Wilkes-Barre, PA Falling Ice Kills Miners, Feb 1908
Posted May 20th, 2009 by Linda HortonMiners Killed in Wilkesbarre, Pa., Shaft.
ICE FELL ON MINER'S CAGE.
Two Killed, One Died Later, Three Probably Fatally Injured. read more »
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