Incendio

Avondale Mine Disaster

6 sept 1869 · 41.22° N, 75.98° W

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Cuándo
6 sept 1869
Tipo
Incendio
Coordenadas
41.22° N, 75.98° W
Description
1869 fire in Pennsylvania, United States
Deaths
110

Avondale Mine disaster

1869 fire in Pennsylvania, United States

The Avondale Mine disaster was a massive fire at the Avondale Colliery near Plymouth Township, Pennsylvania, on September 6, 1869. It caused the death of 110 workers. It started when the wooden lining of the mine shaft caught fire and ignited the coal breaker built directly overhead. The shaft was the only entrance and exit to the mine, and the fire trapped and suffocated 108 of the workers.

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