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Pages in category "Coal mining disasters in Pennsylvania" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... Marianna Coal Mine disaster;
The Darr Mine disaster at Van Meter, Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, near Smithton, killed 239 men and boys on December 19, 1907. [1] It ranks as the worst coal mining disaster in Pennsylvanian history. [ 2 ]
The Sheppton Mine disaster and rescue in Sheppton, Pennsylvania, United States, was one of the first rescues of trapped miners accomplished by raising them through holes bored through solid rock, an event that gripped the world's attention during August 1963. [1]
The Knox Mine disaster was a mining accident on January 22, 1959, at the River Slope Mine, an anthracite coal mine, in Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania. The Susquehanna River broke through the ceiling and flooded the mine. Twelve miners were killed. The accident marked nearly the end of deep mining in the northern anthracite field of Pennsylvania.
Marguerite is an old coal patch town, and authorities said they've heard from residents who are concerned about the potential for more collapses.Pennsylvania is home to one-third of the nation's ...
State police now say the rescue effort for 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, has now shifted to a recovery effort. Search for Pennsylvania woman in coal mine ...
On July 24, eighteen coal miners at the Quecreek Mine (/ k juː. k r i k /) in Lincoln Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, owned by Black Wolf Coal Company, accidentally dug into the abandoned, poorly documented Saxman Coal / Harrison #2 Mine, flooding the room and pillar mine with an estimated 75 million US gallons (280,000 cubic metres) of water.
Elizabeth Pollard, a 64-year-old grandma, was found dead in an abandoned coal mine in Unity Township, Pennsylvania on Friday morning.