Harwick Mine disaster

Quand

25 janv. 1904

Type

Accident minier

Coordonnées

40.56° N, 79.80° W

Description

mining accident on January 25, 1904 in Cheswick, Pennsylvania

1904 mining accident in Cheswick, Pennsylvania

The Harwick Mine disaster was a mining accident on January 25, 1904 in Cheswick, Pennsylvania, some sixteen mi (26 km) east of Pittsburgh in the western part of the state. The blast killed an estimated 179 miners and 2 aid workers. The disaster ranks among the ten worst coal mining disasters in American history. One community especially impacted was the Hungarian community in Homestead, Pennsylvania.

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