June Coal Mining Disasters

By-Specific-Month-Qry
Date	State	Type	Mine Name	Location	Killed
6/18/1844	VA	Explosion	Black Heath Mine	Richmond, VA	11
6/10/1873	PA	Mine Fire	Henry Clay Mine,	Shamokin, PA	10
6/16/1890	PA	Mine Fire	Hill Farm Mine,	Dunbar, PA	31
6/22/1893	PA	Explosion	Susquehanna No. 1,	Nanticoke, PA	5
6/28/1896	PA	Roof Fall	Twin Mine,	Pittston, PA	58
6/10/1901	PA	Explosion	Port Royal No. 2,	Port Royal, PA	19
6/19/1903	NM	Powder Explosion	Blossburg No. 3,	Blossburg, NM	5
6/30/1903	WY	Explosion & Fire	Hanna, No. 1,	Hanna, WY	169
6/7/1906	MT	Mine Fire	Red Lodge Mine,	Red Lodge, MT	8
6/18/1907	PA	Fall Down Shaft	Johnson No. 1,	Pricesburgh, PA	5
6/23/1909	PA	Explosion	Lackawanna No. 4,	Wehrum, PA	21
6/18/1912	CO	Explosion	Hastings Mine,	Hastings, CO	12
6/30/1914	WV	Fire Gases	Cinderella Mine,	Cinderella, WV	5
6/2/1917	IL	Explosion	Rend No. 2,	Herrin, IL	9
6/5/1919	PA	Powder Explosion	Baltimore Tunnel No. 2,	Wilkes-Barre, PA	92
6/30/1919	OK	Explosion	Alderson No. 5,	Alderson, OK	15
6/2/1920	PA	Explosion	Ontario Mine,	Cokesburg, PA	6
6/26/1923	PA	Explosion	Richards Colliery,	Mount Carmel, PA	5
6/6/1924	PA	Explosion	Loomis Mine,	Wilkes-Barre, PA	14
6/8/1925	WV	Explosion	No. 9 Mine,	Sturgis, WV	17
6/20/1928	WV	Explosion	No. 1 Mine,	National, WV	7
6/5/1929	VA	Roof Fall	Halcon Mine,	Bear Creek, VA	5
6/13/1932	VA	Explosion	Splashdam No. 6,	Splashdam, VA	10
6/21/1937	OH	Powder Explosion	Rupert Mine,	Keystone, OH	6
6/2/1938	PA	Explosion	Butler Slope,	Pittston, PA	10
6/14/1941	AL	Explosion	Docena Mine,	Adamsville, AL	5
6/30/1941	PA	Explosion	Kent Mine,	McIntyre, PA	7
6/7/1944	PA	Mine Fire	Emerald Mine,	Clarksville, PA	6
6/1/1966	PA	Suffocation	Dora No. 2,	Dora, PA	5
6/11/1971	WV	Roof Fall	Federal # 2	Miracle Run, WV	3
6/5/1975	WV	Rib Fall	Harris # 2	Bald Knob, WV	3
6/21/1983	VA	Explosion	No. 1	McClure, VA	7

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