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June Coal Mining Disasters

This chart 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 mine and 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.

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