Cornett's Corner

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

 

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