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A series of mining disasters caused hundreds of deaths, shocking the nation. Rescued miners from the Pabst Iron Mine in Ironwood, Michigan, in 1926. Robert Sennecke/ullstein bild via Getty Images
In addition to deaths, many thousands more are injured (an average of 21,351 injuries per year between 1991 and 1999), but overall there has been a downward trend of deaths and injuries. In 1959, the Knox Mine Disaster occurred in Port Griffith, Pennsylvania. The swelling Susquehanna River collapsed into a mine under it and resulted in 12 deaths.
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
1900–1949. Date Mine Location Deaths Cause Ref. 7 December 1917 Emma Radlin: 17 Fire [6] 10 January 1923 ... 7 March 1991 Halemba Ruda Śląska: 5
The collapse of a coal mining plant in Eastern Kentucky Tuesday has left one worker dead. Kentucky has a long history of coal mining disasters. These are 5 of the deadliest
In addition to deaths, many thousands more are injured (an average of 21,351 injuries per year between 1991 and 1999), but overall there has been a downward trend of deaths and injuries. The Monongah Mining Disaster was the worst mining accident of American history; 362 workers were killed in an underground explosion on December 6, 1907, in ...
Coal mining Strike up to 50 violent deaths (estimated) Paint Creek Mine War: a confrontation between striking coal miners and coal operators in Kanawha County, West Virginia, centered on the area between two streams, Paint Creek and Cabin Creek. [61] 12 miners were killed on July 26, 1912, at Mucklow. On February 7, 1913, the county sheriff's ...
The number of people killed when an illegal gold mine collapsed in Suriname rose to 14 on Tuesday, with seven others missing in what is considered the South American country’s worst mining accident.