HISTORIC COAL MINE DISASTERS
IN PENNSYLVANIA 1900 - 1976
(one or more fatalities)
|
Date |
Name of Mine
|
Location of Mine
|
Killed
|
Type
|
|
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 |
Plymouth,
PA |
15 |
Explosion |
|
04-10-47 |
Schooley |
Exeter,
PA |
10 |
Explosion |
|
12-11-47 |
Franklin |
Wilkes-Barre,
PA |
8 |
Explosion |
|
03-29-51 |
Buttonwood |
Wilkes-Barre,
PA |
5 |
Explosion |
|
02-02-52 |
Carpentertown |
Carpentertown,
PA |
6 |
Explosion |
|
03-27-52 |
Holmes
Slope |
Forrestville,
PA |
5 |
Inundation |
|
09-23-57 |
Marianna
No. 58 |
Marianna,
PA |
6 |
Explosion |
|
01-22-59 |
River
Slope |
Port
Griffith, PA |
12 |
Inundation |
|
12-06-62 |
Robena
No. 3 |
Carmichaels,
PA |
37 |
Explosion |
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Bureau of Mines Bulletin 616, Historical Documentation of
Major Coal-Mine Disasters in the United States Not Classified as Explosions of
Gas or Dust: 1846-1962
Bureau of Mines Bulletin 586, Historical Summary of
Coal-Mine Explosions in the United States, 1810-1958.
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