Catastrophe in Coal Country: Baltimore Mine Tunnel disaster - Wilkes-Barre, PA

Описание: The Baltimore Mine Tunnel disaster was an explosion that occurred on June 5, 1919 in Wilkes-Barre, PA. The Delaware and Hudson Coal Company's mine employed 450 workers. Safety violations have been cited as a cause for the explosion, by sending miners into the mine with black blasting powder in their cart line. The Baltimore Tunnel Disaster is one of the worst mining accidents in history, claiming the lives of 92 miners and injuring 44 others.

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