What the records say
- When
- 8 Dec 1981
- Kind
- Mining accident
- Coordinates
- 35.27° N, 85.56° W
- Description
- 1981 coal mine explosion
- Deaths
- 13
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The No. 21 Mine explosion in Whitwell, Tennessee, kills 13.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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