Cave Ins

Bakersfield, CA Tunnel Cave In, Dec 1906

SIX BURIED IN A TUNNEL.

ENTOMBED IN KERN RIVER POWER CO.'S SHAFT.

FOURTEEN SECTIONS COLLAPSED LIKE CARDS AND BODIES ARE FAR BEYOND REACH.  read more »

Clifton, AZ mine cave-in, Jun 1906

THREE MEN KILLED IN MINE CAVE-IN

Frightful Accident in Coronado Shaft at Clifton, Ariz.  read more »

Saint Paul, MN well caves in on contractor, Mar 1907

BURIED ALIVE OVER 21 HOURS IN DEEP WELL

Ernest Adams, Aged 74, St. Paul Contractor, Has a Remarkable Experience - Entombed Under Tons of Earth, His Only Injury Is a Slight Bruise on Head.  read more »

Bronte, TX Dirt Cave In, Mar 1911

FOUR MEN KILLED BY CAVE-IN.

Accident Occurs While Men Were at Work Removing Dirt from Base of Bridge Over Colorado River.

Special To The News.  read more »

New York City, NY Cave In At Cemetery, May 1852

DISTURBING THE DEAD IN TRINITY CHURCH YARD.  read more »

Fairfield, CT Earth Cave-In At Dam, July 1901

KILLED BY A CAVE-IN

THREE BURIED ALIVE AND NINE INJURED IN A CUT IN CONNECTICUT.  read more »

Stockton, PA Collapse At Coal Mine, Dec 1869

THE SUNKEN COAL MINE.

THE LATEST PENNSYLVANIA MINING HORROR -- A BLOCK OF HOUSES SINK INTO A MINE -- TEN PERSONS ENGULFED -- APPREHENSION OF FURTHER DISASTER.  read more »

Reading, PA Well Cave In, Dec 1900

BURIED ALIVE BY CAVE-IN OF A WELL

One Man Killed and Two Have Very Narrow Escapes

Special to The Inquirer.  read more »

New York, NY Excavation Cave In, Sept 1896

Killed by Falling Walls.  read more »

McCutchenville, OH Sand Bank Cave In, Oct 1895

Skull Crushed  read more »

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