May Coal Mining Disasters
| By-Specific-Month-Qry | |||||
| Date | State | Type | Mine Name | Location | Killed |
| 5/11/1854 | VA | Explosion | Chesterfield | Richmond, VA | 19 |
| 5/27/1871 | PA | Smoke from Fire | West Pittston | West Pittston, PA | 20 |
| 5/20/1876 | VA | Mine Fire | Midlothian | Coalfield, VA | 8 |
| 5/9/1877 | PA | Mine Fire | Wadesville | Wadesville, PA | 7 |
| 5/6/1879 | PA | Explosion | Audenried | Audenried, PA | 6 |
| 5/3/1880 | PA | Explosion | Lykens Valley | Shamokin, PA | 5 |
| 5/24/1882 | PA | Explosion | Kohinoor | Shenandoah, PA | 5 |
| 5/9/1889 | PA | Cage Fell | Kaska William | Middleport, PA | 10 |
| 5/15/1890 | PA | Explosion | Jersey # 8 | Ashley, PA | 26 |
| 5/22/1891 | AL | Explosion | Pratt # 1 Shaft | Pratt City, AL | 11 |
| 5/10/1892 | WA | Explosion | Roslyn | Roslyn, WA | 45 |
| 5/28/1898 | PA | Water Inundation | Kaska William | Middleport, PA | 6 |
| 5/23/1899 | NC | Explosion | Cumnock | Cumnock, NC | 23 |
| 5/1/1900 | UT | Explosion | Winter Quarters # 1 & 2 | Scofield, UT | 200 |
| 5/23/1900 | NC | Explosion | Cumnock Mine | Cumnock, NC | 23 |
| 5/15/1901 | WV | Explosion | Chatham | Farmington, WV | 10 |
| 5/27/1901 | TN | Explosion | Richland | Dayton, TN | 20 |
| 5/19/1902 | TN | Explosion | Fraterville | Coal Creek, TN | 184 |
| 5/5/1904 | PA | Dynamite Explosion | Lance | Plymouth, PA | 5 |
| 5/5/1904 | PA | Mine Fire | Locust Gap | Locust Gap, PA | 5 |
| 5/11/1904 | IL | Powder Explosion | Big Muddy | Herrin, IL | 10 |
| 5/25/1904 | PA | Suffocation | Williamstown | Williamstown, PA | 10 |
| 5/15/1906 | PA | Dynamite Explosion | Shenandoah City | Shenandoah, PA | 7 |
| 5/11/1907 | WV | Explosion | Whipple | Scarbro, WV | 16 |
| 5/19/1907 | CO | Mine Fire | Engleville | Engleville, CO | 5 |
| 5/12/1908 | PA | Explosion | Mount Lookout | Wyoming, PA | 12 |
| 5/13/1908 | PA | Roof Fall | Prospect | Midvale, PA | 5 |
| 5/5/1910 | AL | Explosion | Palos # 3 | Palos, AL | 90 |
| 5/10/1911 | PA | Suffocation from Fire | Plymouth # 5 | Larksville, PA | 5 |
| 5/10/1911 | PA | Fire | Boston | Larksville, PA | 5 |
| 5/27/1911 | PA | Suffocation from Fire | Cameron | Shamokin, PA | 5 |
| 5/6/1913 | KY | Overcome by Gas | Taylor | Hartford, KY | 5 |
| 5/17/1913 | OH | Explosion | Imperial | Belle Valley, OH | 15 |
| 5/29/1914 | PA | Cage | Maryd | Maryd, PA | 6 |
| 5/24/1915 | PA | Explosion | Smokeless valley # 1 | Johnstown, PA | 9 |
| 5/20/1918 | WV | Mine Fire | Villa | Charleston, WV | 13 |
| 5/3/1920 | IN | Explosion | Submarine | Clinton, IN | 5 |
| 5/21/1920 | WV | Roof Fall | Mallory # 3 | Mallory, WV | 5 |
| 5/25/1922 | AL | Explosion | Acmar # 3 | Acmar, AL | 11 |
| 5/5/1923 | CO | Explosion | Southwestern | Aguilar, CO | 10 |
| 5/26/1925 | PA | Explosion | Woodward | Edwardsville, PA | 7 |
| 5/27/1925 | NC | Explosion | Farmville | Coal Glenn, NC | 53 |
| 5/31/1925 | AL | Explosion | No. 2 | Piper, AL | 7 |
| 5/6/1926 | PA | Explosion | Randolph Colliery | Port Carbon, PA | 5 |
| 5/13/1927 | WV | Explosion | Shannon Branch # 3 | Capels, WV | 8 |
| 5/26/1927 | PA | Explosion | Woodward | Edwardsville, PA | 7 |
| 5/27/1927 | CO | Explosion | Delagua | Delagua, CO | 7 |
| 5/19/1928 | PA | Explosion | Mather # 1 | Mather, PA | 195 |
| 5/22/1928 | WV | Explosion | No. 1 | Yukon, WV | 17 |
| 5/22/1928 | KY | Explosion | No. 30 | Kenvir, KY | 8 |
| 5/25/1928 | PA | Explosion | Baltimore # 5 | Parsons, PA | 10 |
| 5/27/1929 | AL | Explosion | Connelsville | Yolande, AL | 10 |
| 5/29/1931 | PA | Explosion | Richards Colliery | Mount Carmel, PA | 5 |
| 5/7/1935 | PA | Rock Fall on Cage | South Wilkes-Barre | Wilkes-Barre, PA | 7 |
| 5/11/1935 | WV | Fire in Shaft | Barrackville | Barrackville, WV | 6 |
| 5/22/1941 | IN | Explosion | Panhandle # 2 | Bicknell, IN | 14 |
| 5/11/1942 | AR | Explosion | Peerless | Greenwood, AR | 6 |
| 5/12/1942 | WV | Explosion | Christopher # 3 | Osage, WV | 56 |
| 5/18/1942 | WV | Explosion | Hitchman | Benwood, WV | 5 |
| 5/5/1943 | TN | Explosion | NuRex | LaFollette, TN | 10 |
| 5/11/1943 | AL | Explosion | Praco # 10 | Praco, AL | 12 |
| 5/19/1945 | UT | Explosion | No. 1 | Sunnyside, UT | 23 |
| 5/20/1948 | VA | Roof Fall | No. 2 | Dante, VA | 6 |
| 5/24/1965 | TN | Explosion | No. 2A | Robbins, TN | 5 |
| 5/17/1967 | VA | Roof Fall | No. 3 | Oakwood, VA | 3 |
| 5/23/1967 | KY | Roof Fall | No. 22 | Deane, KY | 3 |
| 5/6/1968 | WV | Water Inundation | Saxsewell # 8 | Leivasy, WV | 4 |
| 5/12/1975 | UT | Roof Fall | Deer Creek | Huntington, UT | 3 |
| 5/20/2006 | KY | Explosion | Darby # 1 | Holmes Mill, KY | 5 |
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