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February Coal Mine Disasters

This document shows a list of the coal mine disasters with the information of the state where the disaster happened, the date of the disaster, the type of disaster, the mine name of where the disaster happened, the city the disaster occurred in, and the number of workers killed in the disaster. Please find the February Coal Mine Disasters chart below.

By-Specific-Month-Qry
Date	State	Type	Mine Name	Location	Killed
2/19/1847	PA	Explosion	Spencer	Pottsville, PA	7
2/10/1881	OH	Explosion	Robbins	Robbins, OH	6
2/3/1882	VA	Explosion	Midlothian	Coalfield, VA	32
2/16/1883	IL	Flood	Diamond	Braidwood, IL	69
2/20/1884	PA	Explosion	West Leisenring	West Leisenring, PA	19
2/1/1890	PA	Explosion	Nottingham	Plymouth, PA	8
2/4/1891	PA	Drown/asphyx	Spring Mountain # 1	Jeanesville, PA	13
2/14/1893	IA	Explosion	Chicago and Iowa	Albia, IA	8
2/13/1894	PA	Roof Fall	Gaylord	Plymouth, PA	13
2/18/1895	PA	Explosion	West Bear Ridge	Mahony Plane, PA	5
2/27/1895	NM	Explosion	White Ash	Madrid, NM	24
2/18/1896	CO	Explosion	Vulcan	New Castle, CO	49
2/12/1899	AL	Explosion	Blocton # 2	Blocton, AL	5
2/25/1901	WY	Mine Fire	Diamondville # 1	Diamondville, WY	26
2/18/1905	PA	Roof Fall	Lytle	Minersville, PA	5
2/20/1905	AL	Explosion	Virginia City	Virginia City, AL	112
2/20/1905	WV	Explosion	Grapevine	Wilcoe, WV	7
2/8/1906	WV	Explosion	Parral	Parral, WV	23
2/19/1906	CO	Explosion	Maitland	Walsenburg, CO	14
2/27/1906	AL	Explosion	Little Cahaba	Piper, AL	12
2/4/1907	WV	Explosion	Thomas # 25	Thomas, WV	25
2/10/1908	KY	Explosion	Moody	South Carrolton, KY	9
2/2/1909	AL	Explosion	Short Creek	Short Creek, AL	18
2/1/1910	KY	Explosion	Browder	Browder, KY	34
2/5/1910	PA	Explosion	Ernest # 2	Ernest, PA	12
2/8/1910	KY	Explosion	Barthell # 1	Stearns, KY	6
2/9/1911	CO	Explosion	Cokedale	Trinidad, CO	17
2/22/1912	OK	Mine Fire	Western # 5	Lehigh, OK	9
2/19/1913	IL	Explosion	Seagraves	Eldorado, IL	5
2/6/1915	WV	Explosion	Carlisle	Carlisle, WV	22
2/17/1915	PA	Explosion	Prospect	Wilkes-Barre, PA	13
2/18/1915	MO	Powder Explosion	New Home # 2	Rich Hill, MO	5
2/8/1916	PA	Explosion	Lance	Plymouth, PA	7
2/11/1916	PA	Explosion	Jefferson & Clearfield #2	Ernest, PA	27
2/29/1916	MD	Explosion	Davis # 42	Kempton, MD	16
2/12/1921	CO	Explosion	Moffatt	Oak Creek, CO	5
2/23/1921	IL	Mine Fire	Kathleen	Dowell, IL	7
2/2/1922	PA	Explosion	Gates # 2	Brownsville, PA	25
2/2/1922	AL	Explosion	Belle Ellen # 2	Belle Ellen, AL	9
2/7/1922	KY	Explosion	Marietta	Pinson Fork, KY	9
2/8/1923	NM	Explosion	Stag Canon #1	Dawson, NM	120
2/21/1923	PA	Explosion	Alliance	Kaska, PA	5
2/20/1925	IN	Explosion	City	Sullivan, IN	52
2/3/1926	PA	Explosion	Horning # 4	Horning, PA	20
2/16/1926	KY	Explosion	Nelson	Nelson Creek, KY	8
2/20/1928	PA	Explosion	Kinloch	Parnassus, PA	12
2/24/1928	AR	Explosion	Mama	Jenny Lind, AR	13
2/6/1930	UT	Explosion	Standard	Standardville, UT	23
2/27/1932	VA	Explosion	Boisevain	Boisevain, VA	38
2/11/1938	WY	Explosion	Vail (Star Valley)	Afton, WY	5
2/14/1941	IL	Explosives	No. 11 (strip)	Du Quoin, IL	7
2/27/1943	MT	Explosion	Smith	Red Lodge, MT	74
2/8/1948	AR	Explosion	Sun Excelsior	Excelsior, AR	8
2/2/1952	PA	Explosion	Carpentertown	Mt Pleasant, PA	6
2/4/1957	WV	Explosion	No. 34	McDowell County, WV	37
2/12/1958	WV	Roof Fall	Lundale	Lundale, WV	6
2/3/1964	PA	Explosion	Bednarczyk # 2 & 3	Gowen City, PA	3
2/26/1964	PA	Explosives	Glen Burn Colliery	Shamokin, PA	3
2/3/1966	VA	Roof Fall	No. 2	Herald, VA	3
2/8/1966	KY	Roof Fall	Stephens Elkhorn Mine	Manton, KY	4
2/26/1972	WV	Dam Failure, Flood	Buffalo Creek	Saunders, WV	114
2/16/1984	PA	Explosion	Greenwich Collieries	Green Township, PA	3
2/6/1986	WV	Stockpile Collapse	Loveridge # 22	Fairview, WV	5
2/13/1991	VA	Roof Fall	No. 1 Mine	St. Charles, VA	4