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1883 Diamond Mine Disaster. On February 16, 1883, the Diamond No. 2 Coal Mine, near Braidwood, Illinois, flooded with snow melt and rain water. Seventy-four men and boys were trapped in the mine and perished. The 1883 Diamond Mine Disaster was one of the worst mining disasters in Illinois history.
259 dead. The Cherry Mine disaster was a fire which occurred at the Cherry Mine, a coal mine outside Cherry, Illinois, on November 13, 1909. The fire, which killed 259 men and boys, is the third most deadly mine disaster in American coal mining history.
The Bureau County Sheriff's Office said that an autopsy was conducted Tuesday on the remains, which were found June 8 at the site of a former coal mine best remembered for a devastating 1909 fire ...
Added to NRHP. July 5, 1985. The Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals' Springfield Mine Rescue Station is a historic mine rescue station located at 609 Princeton Avenue in Springfield, Illinois. Built in 1910–11, the station was the first dedicated institution established by any state to help prevent and recover from mining disasters.
1932 Moweaqua Coal Mine disaster. Coordinates: 39°37′14.1″N 89°1′18.8″W. The Moweaqua Coal Mine disaster happened on December 24, 1932, in Moweaqua, Illinois. The disaster was caused by a methane gas explosion killing 54 miners. The explosion occurred shortly after the day shift started, sometime between 7:30 and 8:00 Christmas Eve ...
Pages in category "Coal mining disasters in Illinois" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Keane Wonder Mine. Kennedy Mine. Malakoff Mine (California; inactive) McLaughlin Mine. Monte Cristo Gold Mine. North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company. North Star Mine. Sweet Vengeance Mine (inactive)
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