What the records say
- When
- 28 Apr 1914
- Kind
- Mining accident
- Coordinates
- 37.78° N, 81.26° W
- Description
- a mining explosion in 1914
Eccles mine disaster
1914 explosion in West Virginia, U.S.
The Eccles mine disaster was an explosion of coal-seam methane that took place on April 28, 1914, in Eccles, West Virginia. The explosion took the lives of at least 180 men and boys.
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