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In 1909, one of the worst mining disasters in US history occurred when a fire erupted at the St. Paul Coal Company's mine in Cherry, Illinois. It trapped over 200 miners underground. It trapped ...
Non-coal mining fatalities in the United States, 1911-2014 (data from US Department of Labor) From 1880 to 1910, mine accidents claimed thousands of fatalities, with more than 3,000 in 1907 alone. [27]
On May 1, 1900, a dust explosion in the Winter Quarters Mine killed at least 200 men, with some rescuers placing the death toll as high as 246. [1] Some were killed outright by the explosion, but most died of asphyxiation by whitedamp and afterdamp. Death came so quickly that some of the mine workers were found still clutching their tools.
Battle of Blair Mountain: the largest labor uprising in United States history and the largest organized armed uprising since the American Civil War. During an attempt by the miners to unionize, and following the murder of Sid Hatfield , 10,000 armed coal miners confronted 3000 lawmen and Baldwin-Felts strikebreakers, who were backed by coal ...
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 Monongah, West Virginia. The Marianna Mine Disaster occurred on November 28, 1908, in a coal mine near Marianna, Pennsylvania resulting in the death of 154 men from the explosion.
The Red Ash Mine disasters were two deadly mine disasters that occurred at the Red Ash mine in Fire Creek, West Virginia, on March 6, 1900, and on March 18, 1905.. The first disaster was a result of a worker accidentally leaving a ventilating trap door open, resulting in a buildup of methane.
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
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