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KINGSTON, Pa. -- It's been 60 years since the ... a documentary about the deadly mine collapse premiered in Luzerne County. Hundreds showed up at Wyoming Seminary in Kingston for a sold-out ...
June 28, 1896 Twin Shaft, Pittston, Luzerne County A cave-in killed ... Aug. 14, 1963 Sheppton, Schuylkill County A roof collapse trapped three miners 300 feet below ground. Two of them were ...
Many families in Pennsylvania have a similar story: a father, grandfather or great-grandfather who worked in the coal mines.
Decades after underground coal mining all but ended in Eastern Pennsylvania, residents of certain areas continue today to ...
PITTSTON, Pa. — Monday will mark 65 years since 12 men lost their lives in the Knox Mine disaster. Those 12 miners were remembered on Sunday morning in Luzerne County with a special mass at St ...
A worker is dead after a stone mine collapsed in southwestern Pennsylvania Friday, officials said. The roof of the Laurel Aggregates' Lake Lynn mine in Springhill Township collapsed Friday ...
A miner who was trapped in a mine collapse in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, on Friday has died, according to a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Officials ...
A miner has died after a mine collapsed in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. On Friday afternoon, a mine collapse occurred at Laurel Aggregates' Lake Lynn Mine and trapped a worker inside, killing ...
Rescue crews responded to reports of a mine collapse in Fayette County at around ... to an emergency incident at our Lake Lynn, Pennsylvania aggregate facility," mining company Acrosa spokesman ...
By Isabella Grullón Paz A worker was fatally injured in a mine collapse in Fayette County, Pa., on Friday afternoon, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said in a statement.
Decades after underground coal mining all but ended in ... from earth movement and damage from the collapse of underground coal and clay mines in Pennsylvania,” according to the department.