Lo que dicen los registros
- Cuándo
- 6 dic 1907
- Tipo
- Accidente minero
- Coordenadas
- 39.46° N, 80.21° W
- Description
- 1907 disaster in West Virginia
- Deaths
- 362
Monongah mining disaster
1907 coal mine explosion
The Monongah mining disaster was a coal mine explosion on December 6, 1907, at Fairmont Coal Company's Nos. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia, which killed 362 miners. It has been described as "the worst mining disaster in American history" and was one of the contributing events that led to the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.
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