February Coal Mine Disasters

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