Major Coal Mine Fires and Explosions in Pennsylvania
Incidents where five or more miners were killed
Major disasters in metal and nonmetal mines and quarries by States.
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Year |
Date |
Mine |
Location |
Killed |
1869 |
September 6 |
Avondale |
Plymouth |
110 |
1871 |
May 27 |
West Pittston |
West Pittston |
20 |
1884 |
August 21 |
Buck Ridge |
Shamokin |
7 |
1890 |
March 3 |
Shaft No. 3 |
Wilkes-Barre |
20 |
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June 16 |
Hill Farm |
Dunbar |
31 |
1893 |
April 1 |
Neilson |
Shamokin |
10 |
1894 |
October 3 |
Luke Fidler |
Shamokin |
5 |
1897 |
September 20 |
Jermyn |
Rendham |
6 |
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October 30 |
Von Storch |
Scranton |
6 |
1898 |
October 1 |
Maffett Slope |
Wilkes-Barre |
5 |
1904 |
May 5 |
Locust Gap |
Shamokin |
5 |
1905 |
October 13 |
Clyde |
Fredericktown |
6 |
1909 |
November 9 |
Auchinclosss |
Nanticoke |
9 |
1911 |
April 7 |
Price-Pancoast |
Trop |
73 |
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May 10 |
Boston |
Clarksville |
5 |
1944 |
June 7 |
Emerald |
Clarksville |
6 |
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Year |
Date |
Mine |
Location |
Killed |
1891 |
January 27 |
Mammoth |
Mount Pleasant |
109 |
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November 3 |
Susquehanna No. 1 |
Nanticoke |
12 |
1892 |
July 23 |
York Farm |
Pottsville |
15 |
1893 |
June 22 |
Susquehanna No. 1 |
Nanticoke |
5 |
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September 21 |
Lance No. 11 |
Plymouth |
6 |
1895 |
February 18 |
West Bear Ridge |
Mahony Plane |
5 |
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October 7 |
Dorrance |
Wilkes-Barre |
7 |
1896 |
March 23 |
Berwind |
Dubois |
13 |
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October 29 |
Shaft No. 3 |
South Wilkes-Barre |
6 |
1898 |
September 23 |
Umpire |
Brownsville |
8 |
1899 |
July 24 |
Grindstone |
Grindstone |
5 |
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September 23 |
Sumner |
Sumner |
19 |
1900 |
November 9 |
Buck Mountain |
Mahanoy |
7 |
1901 |
June 10 |
Port Royal |
Port Royal |
19 |
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October 25 |
Buttonwood |
Plymouth |
6 |
1902 |
March 6 |
Catsburg |
Monongahela |
5 |
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July 10 |
Rolling Mill |
Johnstown |
112 |
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November 29 |
Luke Fidler |
Shamokin |
7 |
1903 |
November 21 |
Ferguson |
Connellsville |
17 |
1904 |
January 25 |
Harwick |
Cheswick |
179 |
1905 |
April 27 |
Eleanora |
Dubois |
13 |
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July 6 |
Fuller |
Searights |
6 |
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October 29 |
Hazel Kirk No. 2 |
Monongahela |
5 |
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November 15 |
Braznell |
Bentleyville |
7 |
1906 |
August 6 |
Susquehanna No. 7 |
Nanticoke |
6 |
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October 24 |
Rolling Mill |
Johnstown |
7 |
1907 |
March 2 |
Holden |
Taylor |
7 |
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June 18 |
Johnson No. 1 |
Priceburg |
7 |
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December 1 |
Naomi |
Fayette City |
34 |
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December 19 |
Darr |
Jacobs Creek |
239 |
1908 |
May 12 |
Mount Lookout |
Wyoming |
12 |
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July 15 |
Williamstown |
Williamstown |
6 |
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November 28 |
Rachel and Agnes |
Marianna |
154 |
1909 |
January 25 |
Orenda |
Boswell |
5 |
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March 2 |
No. 14 |
Pittston |
8 |
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April 9 |
Eureka No. 37 |
Windber |
7 |
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June 23 |
Lackawanna |
Webrun |
12 |
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October 31 |
Franklin No. 2 |
Johnstown |
13 |
1910 |
January 11 |
Nottingham |
Plymouth |
7 |
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February 5 |
Ernest No. 2 |
Ernest |
12 |
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March 12 |
South Wilkes-Barre No. 12 |
Wilkes-Barre |
7 |
1911 |
May 27 |
Cameron |
Shamokin |
21 |
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July 15 |
Sykesville |
Sykesville |
6 |
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November 6 |
Adrian |
Punxsutawney |
8 |
1912 |
January 9 |
Parrish |
Plymouth |
5 |
1913 |
April 23 |
Cincinnati |
Finleyville |
98 |
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August 2 |
East Brookside |
Tower City |
20 |
1914 |
September 16 |
Lehigh No. 4 |
Lansford |
7 |
1915 |
February 17 |
Prospect |
Wilkes-Barre |
13 |
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May 24 |
Smokeless Valley No. 4 |
Johnstown |
9 |
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August 31 |
Orenda |
Boswell |
19 |
1916 |
February 8 |
Lance |
Plymouth |
7 |
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February 11 |
Ernest No. 2 |
Ernest |
27 |
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March 9 |
Hollenback |
Wilkes-Barre |
6 |
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March 30 |
Robindale |
Seward |
8 |
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August 8 |
Woodward |
Wilkes-Barre |
6 |
1917 |
March 13 |
Henderson No. 1 |
Hendersonville |
14 |
1918 |
August 7 |
Harmar |
Harmarville |
8 |
1919 |
July 8 |
Lansford Colliery |
Lansford |
8 |
1920 |
June 2 |
Ontario |
Cokeburg |
6 |
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July 19 |
Renton No. 3 |
Renton |
9 |
1921 |
March 9 |
Rahn No. 1 |
Seek |
5 |
1922 |
February 2 |
Gates |
Gates |
25 |
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March 20 |
Dilltown |
Dilltown |
5 |
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November 6 |
Reilly No. 1 |
Spangler |
79 |
1923 |
February 21 |
Alliance |
Kaska |
5 |
1924 |
June 26 |
Lancashire No. 18 |
Shankstown |
25 |
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June 6 |
Loomis Collieries |
Nanticoke |
14 |
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June 25 |
Gates No. 1 |
Brownsville |
10 |
1925 |
April 26 |
New Slope |
Sewickley |
5 |
1925 |
April 26 |
Hutchinson |
Mill Grove |
5 |
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May 22 |
Woodward |
Edwardsville |
7 |
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August 3 |
Dorrance |
Wilkes-Barre |
10 |
1926 |
February 3 |
Horning No. 4 |
Horning |
20 |
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May 6 |
Randolph Colliery |
Port Carbon |
5 |
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July 3 |
Pettebone Colliery No. 6 |
Kingston |
7 |
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August 26 |
Clymer No. 1 |
Clymer |
44 |
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October 30 |
Colliery No. 7 |
Nanticoke |
9 |
1927 |
April 2 |
No. 53 |
Cokeburg |
6 |
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May 26 |
Woodward No. 3 |
Edwardsville |
7 |
1928 |
February 20 |
Kinlock |
Parnassus |
12 |
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May 19 |
Mather |
Mather |
195 |
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May 25 |
Baltimore No. 5 |
Parsons |
10 |
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August 9 |
Hillside |
Johnstown |
5 |
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August 15 |
Irvons No. 3 |
Coalport |
13 |
1929 |
March 21 |
Kinlock |
Parnassus |
46 |
1931 |
May 29 |
Richards Colliery |
Mount Carmel |
5 |
1933 |
September 11 |
Oakmont |
Barking |
7 |
1935 |
June 21 |
Gilberton |
Gilberton |
13 |
1936 |
August 24 |
Clear Spring |
West Pittston |
5 |
1937 |
March 28 |
Kramer |
Dubois |
9 |
1938 |
January 12 |
Harwick |
Harwick |
10 |
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April 27 |
No. 1 Slope |
Pottsville |
8 |
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June 7 |
Butler Slope |
Pittston |
10 |
1940 |
July 15 |
Sonman |
Portage |
63 |
1941 |
June 30 |
Kent No. 2 |
McIntyre |
7 |
1943 |
September 24 |
Primrose Colliery |
Minersville |
14 |
1947 |
January 15 |
Nottingham |
Plymouth |
15 |
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April 10 |
Schooley |
Exeter |
10 |
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December 11 |
Franklin |
Wilkes-Barre |
8 |
1951 |
March 29 |
Buttonwood |
Wilkes-Barre |
5 |
1952 |
February 2 |
Carpentertown |
Carpentertown |
6 |
1957 |
September 23 |
Marianna No. 58 |
Marianna |
6 |
1962 |
December 6 |
Robena |
Carmichaels |
37 |
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