What the records say
- When
- 27 Apr 1917
- Kind
- Mining accident
- Coordinates
- 37.33° N, 104.60° W
- Description
- 1917 disaster in Colorado, US
Hastings mine explosion
1917 disaster in Colorado, US
The Hastings mine explosion was a fire at the Victor-American Fuel Company coal mine in Hastings, Las Animas County, Colorado, on April 27, 1917, in which 121 people died. A small monument marks the location, on County Road 44, about 1.5 km west of the Ludlow Monument, which commemorates those who died in a massacre during the Colorado Coalfield War.
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