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