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Amsterdam, OH Coal Mine Explosion, Apr 1910

SEVEN ESCAPE PIT DEATHEIGHTEEN KILLED IN BLASTAMSTERDAM (O.) TRAGEDY COUNTED GREATEST IN STATE MINING HISTORY IN POINT OF VIOLENCE OF THE EXPLOSION.read more

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Amsterdam, OH Coal Mine Explosion And Fire, Oct 1919

RESCUERS DRIVEN FROM COAL MINE BY RAGING FIRE.WORKERS ORDERED FROM BURNING SHAFT BECAUSE OF DANGER OF EXPLOSION -- HOPE ABANDONED FOR TRAPPED MINERS.read more

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Amonate, VA Gas Explosion In Coal Mine, Dec 1957

11 MINERS DIE, 14 RESCUED IN BLAST ON VA-W.VA. LINE.ALL ACCOUNTED FOR IN AMONATE TRAGEDY.read more

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Amonate, VA Coal Mine Gas Explosion, Dec 1957

BODIES OF 11 RECOVERED FROM VIRGINIA COAL MINE.read more

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Alpha, MI Quicksand Smothers Miners, July 1914

MINERS SMOTHERED IN QUICKSAND.SEVEN WORKMEN LOSE LIVES NEAR IRON RIVER, MICH.read more

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Aldridge, MT Mine Accident, Aug 1900

LOST HIS LIFE IN THE MINE DEATH of THOMAS W. THOMAS at Aldridge No Particulars of the Accident Obtainable. Special Dispatch to the Standard. read more

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Alderson, OK (I.T.) Coal Mine Explosion, Jan 1897

EXPLOSION IN A MINE.FIVE DEAD BODIES TAKEN OUT OF THE ALDERSON MINE IN THE TERRITORY.CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION.read more

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Alderson, OK Mine Gas Explosion, Apr 1901

FIVE MEN KILLED.GAS EXPLOSION IN AN INDIAN TERRITORY COAL MINE.read more

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Albia, IA Coal Dust Explosion In Mine, Feb 1893

CATASTROPHE IN IOWA.ONE MAN KILLED AND TEN INJURED BY A DUST EXPLOSION IN A MINE NEAR ALBIA.read more

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Aguilar, Co Mine Explosion, May 1923

FATE OF EIGHT MEN IN BLOWUP IS NOT KNOWNExplosion In Rocky Mountain Fuel Company Workings Near Aguilar, Colo., Traps Ten Men, Behind Wreckage That Fills Lower Level.read more

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Aguilar, CO Mine Explosion, May 1923

2 KNOWN DEAD IN MINE BLASTFATE OF EIGHT MEN IN BLOWUP IS NOT KNOWNExplosion in Rocky Mountain Fuel Company Workings Near Aguilar, Colo., Traps Ten Men Behind Wreckage That Fills Lower Lever.read more

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Aguilar, CO Coal Mine Gas Explosion, Mar 1919

GAS EXPLOSION IN MINE TAKES A HEAVY TOLL.MINE NEAR AGUILAR, COL., SCENE OF DISASTER; RESCUERS RECOVER ELEVEN; BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION.BELIEVE ALL ENTOMBED MEN HAVE PERISHED.read more

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Adelaide Park, CO Giant Powder Explosion, Sep 1895

CARELESS MINER.CAUSES AN EXPLOSION IN A COLORADO MINE -- SIX KILLED.SIXTY-FIVE POUNDS OF GIANT POWDER ARE DROPPED -- TERRIFIC DETONATION CAUSES A CAVE-IN.read more

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Acmar, AL Mine No. 6 Explosion, Jul 1941

Seven Bodies Found After Mine Blastread more

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Acmar, AL Mine No. 3 Explosion, May 1922

ELEVEN MEN ARE KILLED IN ALABAMA MINE BLASTBy The Associated Press.read more

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