What the records say
- When
- 8 Mar 1924
- Kind
- Mining accident
- Coordinates
- 39.73° N, 110.85° W
- Description
- coal mine disaster near Castle Gate, Utah
- Deaths
- 171
Castle Gate Mine disaster
1924 coal mine explosion in Utah, US
The Castle Gate mine disaster occurred on March 8, 1924, in a coal mine near the town of Castle Gate, Utah, located approximately 90 miles (140 km) southeast of Salt Lake City. All of the 171 men working in the mine were killed in the series of three violent explosions. One worker, the leader of the rescue crew, died from carbon monoxide inhalation while attempting to reach the victims shortly after the explosion.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners in Utah”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim Grubenunglück von Castle Gate im US-Bundesstaat Utah werden alle 171 Bergleute im Bergwerk aufgrund dreier schwerer Explosionen tödlich verletzt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page