May 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
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