The Monongah Mine disaster of Monongah, and has been described as "the worst mining disaster in American History".

Mining accidents and disasters are preventable. It is a tragedy that history is often repeated and the lessons from previous accidents and disasters

With time, disasters become chillingly simple: a set of numbers, a series of events, a count of the Feb., boggy water from Foley Lake flooded the Milford Mine about two miles north of Crosby, killing 41 miners in Minnesota's worst mining disaster.

, an explosion in the coal mine at Fraterville in Tennessee's Coal Creek Valley claimed the lives of 216 men and boys. Only 184 of them were ever identified. It is the worst mining disaster in Tennessee history and one of the top five worst in the nation's history. Before that

Historical Marker #2314 in Letcher County notes the tragic mine explosions that occurred at Scotia Mine in 1976. The accidents are noted as being one of the worst mine disasters in history.

Much has been reported about the worst mining disaster in UK history, which occurred at Senghenydd, Caerphilly county, in 1913, killing 440 people.

Read chapter UNDERGROUND MINE DISASTERS OF THE PAST DECADE: Underground Mine Disaster Survival and Rescue: An Evaluation of Research Accomplishments and N

, when an underground explosion at Monongah in Marion County WV killed 362 miners

· Commentary and archival information about Chile Mining The mine, known as San José, has had a history of accidents and and the Sago mine disaster.

· A list of some of history's worst mine disasters: —1942: China's northeast is the site of the world's deadliest coal mine disaster when an accident kills 1,549 miners in Japanese occupied Manchuria during World War II.

Twenty one men were killed Feb., in a fire at the Pennsylvania Mine. The Pennsylvania stood at the eastern ends of Broadway and Park streets, where Parrot Street intersected.

The West ia Archives and History web site offers detailed information on the state's history, outlines the documents available in the State Archives, and provides assistance in conducting genealogical research.

Centralia mining disaster., a coal mine near Centralia, Ill., China, is believed to be the deadliest coal mining disaster in history.

When Toil Meant Trouble: Butte's Of the deadliest mining disasters Granite Mountain Fire kills 168 men in worst disaster in metal mining history.

MONTANA MINES. Montana has a history of gold, silver, The Smith Mine disaster was the worst coal mining disaster in the State of Montana,

Historical Marker #2314 in Letcher County notes the tragic mine explosions that occurred at Scotia Mine in 1976. The accidents are noted as being one of the worst mine disasters in history.

T he recent collapse of a mining dam in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is one of the biggest environmental disasters in the country's history. Apocalyptic images of communities swallowed by mud and a river flooded by mining waste have shocked a population that has become hardened to tragedy.

DARK AS A DUNGEON DISASTERS IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN In a Mine They helped to build our state and they will forever be a part of the history of our

The miners of Coal Creek, in Anderson County, Tennessee, left their mark on history. perished in mine disasters in 1902 (Fraterville) and 1911 (Cross Mountain).

The Worst Mining Disaster in History [Photo at Monongah by passing and toughening mining laws," MSHA explains in an exhibit on mining disasters.

National and state resources for coal and metal and nonmetal mine accidents, disasters and fatalities. History of Colorado Avalanche Accidents

Mining Lights and Hats. These were the three worst coal mine disasters in the history, prompting Congress to establish the Bureau of Mines in 1910.

(Istanbul) –, over the biggest mine disaster in Turkey's history is a first step towards justice for the victims, Human Rights Watch said today, but full accountability for the disaster requires an investigation of state responsibility for failure to protect workers

In this series of lessons about two mining disasters, I integrated learning in history, literacy and ICT. As the children are an able group, I intended to challenge them to explore primary written sources, to identify differences between them, to reconstruct family groupings affected by the second disaster, to give dramatic interpretations of