Cross Mountain Mine disaster

When

1911

Kind

Mining accident

Coordinates

36.19° N, 84.19° W

Description

1911 coal mine explosion in Tennessee, USA

1911 coal mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, United States

The Cross Mountain Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion that occurred on December 9, 1911, near the community of Briceville, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. In spite of a well-organized rescue effort led by the newly created Bureau of Mines, 84 miners died in the disaster. The cause of the explosion was the ignition of dust and methane gas released by a roof fall.

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