HISTORIC COAL MINE DISASTERS
IN PENNSYLVANIA 1900 - 1976 (one or more fatalities) Date 11-09-00 Buck
Mountain Mahanoy
City, PA 7 Explosion 06-10-01 Port
Royal, No. 2 Port
Royal, PA 19 Explosion 10-25-01 Buttonwood Plymouth,
PA 6 Explosion 03-06-02 Catsburg Monongahela,
Pa. 5 Explosion 07-10-02 Rolling
Mill Johnstown,
PA 112 Explosion 11-29-02 Luke
Fidler Shamokin,
PA 7 Explosion 11-21-03 Ferguson 17 Explosion 01-25-04 Hardwick Cheswick,
PA 179 Explosion 05-05-04 Locust
Gap Locust
Gap, PA 5 Fire 11-02-04 Auchincloss Nanticoke,
PA 10 Haulage 02-18-05 Lytle Minerville,
PA 5 Haulage 03-09-05 Clear
Spring West
Pittston, PA 7 Haulage 04-26-05 Conyngham Wilkes-Barre,
PA 10 Haulage 04-27-05 Eleanora Dubois,
Pa 13 Explosion 07-06-05 Fuller Searight,
PA 6 Explosion 10-10-05 Hazelkirk No. 2 2 Explosion 10-13-05 Clyde 6 Fire 10-29-05 Hazel
Kirk No. 2 5 Explosion 11-15-05 Braznell 7 Explosion 08-06-06 Susquehanna
No. 7 Nanticoke,
PA 6 Explosion 10-24-06 Rolling
Mill Johnstown,
PA 7 Explosion 03-02-07 Holden Taylor,
PA 7 Explosion 06-18-07 Johnson
No. 1 Priceburg,
PA 7 Explosion 08-17-07 Sonman Sonman,
PA 5 Haulage 12-01-07 Naomi 34 Explosion 12-19-07 Darr 239 Explosion 05-12-08 Mount
Lookout Wyoming,
PA 12 Explosion 05-13-08 Prospect Wilkes-Barre,
PA 5 Roof
Fall/Bump 07-15-08 Williamstown Williamstown,
PA 6 Explosion 08-28-08 Warrior
Run Wilkes-Barre,
PA 6 Haulage 11-28-08 Rachel and Agnes 154 Explosion 01-25-09 Orenda
No. 2 Boswell,
PA 5 Explosion 03-02-09 No.
14 Pittston,
PA 8 Explosion 04-09-09 Eureka
No. 37 Wimber,
PA 7 Explosion 06-23-09 Lackawanna
No. 4 Wehrun,
PA 21 Explosion 10-31-09 Franklin
No. 2 Johnstown,
PA 13 Explosion 11-09-09 Auchinloss Nanticoke,
PA 9 Fire 01-11-10 Nottingham Plymouth,
PA 7 Explosion 02-05-10 Ernest
No. 2 Ernest,
PA 12 Explosion 03-12-10 So.
Wilkes-Barre S.
Wilkes-Barre, PA 7 Explosion 03-22-11 Hazel Canonsburg,
PA 9 Haulage 04-07-11 Price-Pancoast Troop,
PA 73 Fire 05-10-11 Boston Larksville,
PA 5 Fire 05-27-11 Cameron Shamokin,
PA 5 Explosion 07-15-11 Sykesville Sykesville,
PA 21 Explosion 11-09-11 Adrian Punxuatawney,
PA 8 Explosion 01-09-12 Parrish Plymouth,
PA 6 Explosion 07-24-12 Superba
& Lemont Evans
Station, PA 18 Inundation 04-23-13 Cincinnati Finleyville,
PA 98 Explosion 08-02-13 East
Brookside Tower
City, PA 20 Explosion 05-29-14 Maryd Maryd,
PA 6 Haulage 09-16-14 Lehigh
No. 4 Lansford,
PA 7 Explosion 12-09-14 Tripp Scranton,
PA 13 Haulage 02-17-15 Prospect Wilkes-Barre,
PA 13 Explosion 05-24-15 Smokeless
Valley #1 Johnstown,
PA 9 Explosion 07-30-15 Patterson
No. 2 Elizabeth,
PA 9 Haulage 08-31-15 Orenda Boswell,
PA 19 Explosion 02-08-16 Lance Plymouth,
PA 7 Explosion 02-11-16 Ernest
No. 2 Ernest,
PA 27 Explosion 03-09-16 Hollenback Wilkes-Barre,
PA 6 Explosion 03-30-16 Robindale Seward,
PA 8 Explosion 08-08-16 Woodward Wilkes-Barre,
PA 6 Explosion 11-18-16 Ocean
Mine Greensbury,
PA 8 Roof
Fall 03-13-17 Henderson
No. 1 Henderson,
PA 14 Explosion 08-07-18 Harmer Harmerville,
PA 6 Explosion 06-05-19 Baltimore
Tunnel #2 Wilkes-Barre,
PA 92 Explosion 07-08-19 Lansford
Colliery Lansford,
PA 8 Explosion 06-02-20 Ontario Cokesburg,
PA 6 Explosion 07-19-20 Renton
No. 3 Renton,
PA 9 Explosion 03-09-21 Rahn
No. 11 Seek,
PA 5 Explosion 02-02-22 Gates
No. 2 Gates,
PA 25 Explosion 03-20-22 Dilltown
No. 1 Dilltown,
PA 5 Explosion 11-06-22 Reilly
No. 1 Spangler,
PA 79 Explosion 02-21-23 Alliance Kaska,
PA 5 Explosion 06-26-23 Richards
Colliery Mount
Carmel, Pa. 5 Explosion 12-08-23 Mount
Jessup No. 1 Jessup,
PA 5 Roof
Fall/Bump 01-26-24 Lancaster
No. 18 Shanktown,
PA 36 Explosion 06-06-24 Loomis
Colleries Nanticoke,
PA 14 Explosion 07-25-24 Gates
No. 1 Brownsville,
PA 10 Explosion 04-26-25 New
Slope Sewickley,
PA 5 Explosion 04-26-25 Hutchinson Millgrove,
PA 5 Explosion 05-22-25 Woodward Edwardsville,
PA 7 Explosion 08-03-25 Dorrance Wilkes-Barre,
PA 10 Explosion 02-03-26 Horning
No. 4 Horning,
PA 20 Explosion 05-06-26 Randolph
Colliery Part
Carbon, PA 5 Explosion 07-03-26 Pettebone
Colliery #6 Kingston,
PA 7 Explosion 08-26-26 Clymer
No. 1 Clymer,
PA 44 Explosion 10-30-26 Colliery
No. 7 Nanticoke,
PA 9 Explosion 04-02-27 No.
53 Cokeburg,
PA 6 Explosion 05-26-27 Woodward
No. 3 Edwardsville,
PA 7 Explosion 02-20-28 Kinloch Parnassus,
PA 12 Explosion 05-19-28 Mather
No. 1 195 List for Explosion 05-25-28 Baltimore
No. 5 Parsons,
PA 10 Explosion 08-09-28 Hillside Johnstown,
PA 5 Explosion 08-15-28 Irvonis
No. 3 Coalport,
PA 13 Explosion 03-21-29 Kinloch Parnassus,
PA 46 Explosion 08-08-30 Gilberton Gilberton,
PA 8 Roof
Fall/Bump 05-29-31 Richards
Colliery Mount
Carmel, PA 5 Explosion 09-11-33 Oakmont Barking,
PA 7 Explosion 01-21-35 Gilberton Gilberton,
PA 13 Explosion 05-07-35 South
Wilkes-Barre Wilkes-Barre,
PA 7 Haulage 08-24-36 Clear
Spring West
Pittston, PA 5 Explosion 03-28-37 Kramer Dubois,
PA 9 Explosion 01-12-38 Harwick Harwick,
PA 10 Explosion 04-27-38 No.
1 Slope Pottsville,
PA 8 Explosion 06-02-38 Butler
Slope Pittston,
PA 10 Explosion 07-15-40 Sonman Portage,
PA 63 Explosion 06-30-41 Kent
No. 2 McIntyre,
PA 7 Explosion 09-24-43 Primrose
Colliery Minersville,
PA 14 Explosion 06-07-44 Emerald Clarksville,
PA 6 Fire 03-12-45 Crucible Crucible,
PA 5 Roof/Bump 01-15-47 Nottingham
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