On this day 99 years ago -- May 27, 1925 -- the largest industrial disaster in the history of North Carolina happened near the county line between Chatham and Lee counties, a coal mine explosion that ...
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BARRACKVILLE — When Barrackville community leaders began putting together a memorial for victims of the town's mine disasters in ...
(CNN) — Here’s a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in US ...
Virginia and Tennessee had one death each, among the 19 miners killed on the job in U.S. coal mines, preliminary federal figures show. West Virginia led the nation in coal deaths in 2012, accounting ...
An explosion at 7:30 p.m., July 14, 1939, inside the Duvin coal mine, north of Providence, Kentucky, would end up killing 28 people in one of the deadliest mining accidents in state history. "30 ...
Wilburton marks 100 years since a deadly 1926 coal mine explosion that killed 91 miners, as city leaders and families honor ...