ANTHRACITE MINE DISASTER
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unimoggers
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What an incredibly sad story!
Waymark Code: WMW92
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2006
Views: 90
Marker Text:
On the morning of April 7, 1911, the nearby Pancoast mine here in Throop was the scene of a disastrous fire. Seventy-two miners died by suffocation, and a government rescue worker also was killed. This tragedy soon led to the enactment, on June 15, of state legislation requiring that all interior buildings at coal mines be constructed of incombustible materials.
Marker Name: Anthracite Mine Disaster
County: Lackawanna
Date Dedicated: 10/23/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: In front of Throop Borough Bldg., Charles St. & Sanderson Ave., Throop
Category: Labor, Business & Industry
Website: [Web Link]
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