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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 ...
Decades after underground coal mining all but ended in Eastern Pennsylvania, residents of certain areas continue today to ...
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.
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 ...
LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU ... previous stories from 28/22 News on the suspected mine water discoveries in Swoyersville and Forty Fort. Pennsylvania American Water says the ponding on Tripp ...
In a statement released by the Pennsylvania DEP, say: “This is an evolving issue. DEP continues to respond to the mine subsidence on Toby Creek, Luzerne County, that has dewatered the creek from ...
"Video below: Luzerne County sinkhole. NEWPORT TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A sinkhole ... ground surface as a result of the collapse of underground coal or clay mine workings, which refer to the roof ...
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 ...
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.