Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7493. extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding. Index and links to articles, photos and audio files (2002). 6�_[ʱ��5b�!�|�c�F������b>�W��V]uXuCx_յ�ܒ@� NIOSH also has data and charts related to mining injuries. Gerald Sherard's compilation of records culled from the Annual Reports of Mines and other sources. The Early American Newspaper Collection will feature the images and full-text content from scores of historical publications. It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. America's historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922. features the images and full-text content from scores of historical publications. 1899-1972. Listing of high-profile disasters in the U.S. with links to reports. Photos and links to other sites about Centralia and Byrnesville. Owing to the difficulty of ob-taining water on the surface, the boilers which gener-ate steam to run the slope engine and the fan enginewere placed in the mine a short distance below thehead of the slope on the left side, where the air cur-rent returns to the out-cast. Copyright @2019 The Pennsylvania State University. Reprinted as Section 1 of v.2 of Historical Summary of Mine Disasters in the United States. Six decades have gone by since the Knox Mine disaster underneath the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County. January 27, 1891 in Mount Pleasant, PA, 109 deaths from an explosion in the mine. Archived website about mining accidents in the U.K. Another site with information about coal mining disasters in the U.K. Information from the Scottish Mining website. 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Historical Documentation of Major Coal-Mine Disasters in the United States not Classified as Explosions of Gas or Dust: 1846-1962, Consists of U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7493 plus supplement documenting metal/non-metal mine disasters from 1943-1998. This was before the em-ployment of an antracite coal burning locomotive inthe mine, and that may account for the changedcondition of the air in the mine.86, August 11, 1885; West End Colliery, Mocanaqua,Pa. 86, Historical Documentation of Major Coal-Mine Disasters in the United States not Classified as Explosions of Gas or Dust: 1846-1962. Produced only this year, this publication contained some details about accidents that occurred in PA coal mines in 1970 and 1971. The Newtown Coal Company’s Twin Shaft Disaster claimed the lives of 58 men and boys on June 28, 1896. Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text. report, The Mine Safety and Health Administration maintains list page with annual data by state and by mining sector. A gateway to rare, historical, and primary source materials from or about Texas. (Archived version from Wayback Machine 2016), Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society (2006), List of major accidents in PA; some with accident reports. The mouth of the drift through which thecoal is brought out of this mine is four thousand fivehundred feet east of the breaker, and the mine carsare hauled from a turnout two thousand feet inside ofthe drift-mouth to the breaker. A compilation of names of people killed or injured in mines, mostly in the U.S. Data summaries on coal and metal/nonmetal fatalities from 1839 to date. University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, Technical Report Archive and Image Library, Brightness, Contrast, etc. extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding. 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(See links to the Annual reports on first page of this guide.). The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software: DESCRIPTION OF MAJOR DISASTERS BYMISCELLANEOUS CAUSES, March 22, 1870; Potts Colliery; Locustdale, Pa.;5 Killed(From a state report on persons killed in the miningdistrict of Schuylkill for year ending Dec. 18, 1870)Killed by an explosion of the breaker boilers at7 o'clock a.m., while preparing for to go to work,destroying the building and machinery, and injuringten others.July 11, 1877; Brookfield Mine; Brookfield, Ohio;7 Killed(From "The Chronical," Warren, Ohio, Wednesday,July 18, 1877)The scene of the accident was the Brookfield MineTunnel, which was completed last winter. Mine Rescue Association). endstream endobj 285 0 obj <> endobj 286 0 obj <> endobj 287 0 obj <>stream 284 0 obj <> endobj Bureau of Mines Bulletin 586 (1960). All knewthat the fan had broken and was not running, but itseems that no one apprehended any danger. (Experimental). Basic information for referencing this web page. of Environmental Protection website. endstream endobj 290 0 obj <>stream There were workings on each side ofthe slope. Gerald Sherard compiled lists for various states and Canadian provinces, including Idaho, Indiana, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, Ontario, Quebec, Queensland, West Virginia and others. Squads were then organ-ized to go in and bring out the fallen, and in this way36 were taken out, there being seven fatal cases.On whom the responsibility immediately rests, ifupon any party in person, we have not learned. Information and resources about Pennsylvania mining and mineral resources. Try these sources: Quarterly Review (Pennsylvania. This Twelve miners were killed. ْR�~I�C=��[ra�a{t��'2|P� ��U�,`s�&/�x��~�l�_`�٥�%xQ�ɋ�g���&��4Ɇ~?_}z�&��{�p�V`QI� Report to the legislature appeared in Pennsylvania Legislative Journal 1959 appendix p.5961-5981. report endstream endobj 288 0 obj <>stream h�bbd``b`�$�A�= � ��K0�e"~�}�",A��@�n(#�j ������p�@� �� The mouth of the drift through which the coal is brought out of this mine is four thousand five hundred feet east of the U.S. Bureau of Mines report of investigations no.8799. 13 killed. From the 1800s to 1914, more detailed accident data are available in the Annual Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Part III, Industrial Statistics. H����n�0E���l����e�]}ȦF�-6 (from U.S. The men with the engine,after being in the slope but a short time, becameaffected by the gas, and fell in a senseless condition.The engineer managed to reach the mouth of thetunnel and gave the alarm. 28 page U.S. Bureau of Mines information circular 6710, published in 1933. Details and exceptions. was provided to UNT Digital Library https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc12768/m1/90/. Mocanaqua, across the river from Shickshinny, was the scene of a shocking disaster on the 11th of August, 1885. Except where otherwise noted, this work is subject to a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. h�b```"o�H``��0p,d``���*�h������=��~/O�?�`���DW4N��Q�H��{��'8�1�-�����r�3GHC���ë�\��``�qH3�LҒ��ViN7U�cU��� �� �-� Archived pages from the PA Dept. by the UNT Libraries Government Documents Department. Entries are listed in date order. 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