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Top 10 mining disasters in world history
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2021-08-16
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1. The Momonga mine disaster in West Virginia (1907) was the worst mine disaster in American history. In 1907, an explosion in the Momonga coal mine in West Virginia killed 362 people. According to statistics, the death toll may exceed 500 people. On December 6, 1907, mines 6 and 8 exploded, and the shock was felt eight miles away. Most of the victims were immigrants from Italy, Poland, Turkey and other European countries working for fairman Coal. The mine disaster left 250 women widowed.
1. Momonga Mine, West Virginia, USA (1907)
It was the worst mining disaster in American history. In 1907, Momonga, West Virginia, USAcoal mineThe explosion killed 362 people. According to statistics, the death toll may exceed 500 people. On December 6, 1907, mines 6 and 8 exploded, and the shock was felt eight miles away. Most of the victims were immigrants from Italy, Poland, Turkey and other European countries working for fairman Coal. The mine disaster left 250 women widowed and 1000 children orphaned. Rescue workers were also deeply affected by the toxic gases produced by the explosion. The mine disaster made the U.S. Congress determined to legislate to intervene, and then enactedSecurityStandardHigher and higher.
2. Mining accidents in Wales, England (1913)
A total of 439 people were killed in the mine disaster. At about 8:10 a.m., 14 October 1913, Senghenydd, Walescoal mineIt is possible that 439 people died due to the explosion of gas and coal powder. Although even women and children participated in the rescue at that time, only 18 people survived the mine disaster. This is the most serious mining disaster in British history. This is Wales.coal mineThe worst mine disaster in a series of unlucky disasters from 1850 to 1930. Albion, 25 June 1894coal mineGas explosion, 290 dead. On 22 September 1934, 266 men, lost their lives in the Gresford Colliery disaster in Ricksham, north Wales. On 11 September 1878, 259 men were killed in an explosion at the Prince of Wales colliery.
3. Mine disaster in Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe) (1972)
On June 6, 1972, a methane gas explosion occurred at the Wankie coal mine in northwestern Rhodesia, one of the worst explosions in African history. The workers killed came from all over Africa, including Malawi, Mozambique and Namibia. Hundreds of people died instantly as a result of the explosion, but others were trapped and suffocated. After four days of rescue efforts, mine officials decided to close the coal mine and stop the search for lives and the bodies of those killed, leaving a total of 427 dead.
4. Mine disaster in Damba, India (1965)
On 28 May 1965, an explosion at the Ghori Dhori coal mine near the town of Dhanbad in India killed 375 people.
5. Mine disaster in Fangcheng Coal Mine, Kyushu, Japan (1914)
On December 15, 1914, a gas explosion occurred at the Mitsubishi Hojyo coal mine in Kyushu, Japan, killing 687 people. It was the worst mining disaster in Japan's history. By this point, Japan had endured more mine tragedies. On November 9, 1963, a gas explosion at the Mitsui Mitsui Coal Mine in Damutian, Japan killed 458 miners, 438 of whom died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Japan's largest coal mine did not stop production until it closed in 1997.
Mine accident in CatastrophedeCourri, France (1906)
The CatastrophedeCourri ères mine disaster in France was the worst mine disaster in Europe so far, killing 1099 people. On March 10, 1906, a gas pulverized coal explosion shredded this coal mine in northern France. A 2/3 of those who were working were killed. 1099 people died, including many children. Many of the personnel, although they survived, were also burned by fire or gutted by fumes in the explosion. A working group of 13 people was rescued after being trapped underground for 20 days. Among them, there were three teenagers under the age of 18.coal mineAccidentThere was a general public outrage over the strike, which was caused by the failure of the authorities to investigate the cause of the mine explosion.
7. Explosion at Benxihu Coal Mine, Liaoning, China (1942)
The Benxi Lake coal mine explosion was the worst mine disaster in world history, killing 1549 people. At 14:05 p.m. on April 26, 1942, a gas explosion occurred in Benxi Lake Coal Mine in Liaoning Province under Japanese rule. 34%(1549 people) of the working personnel were killed, 1518 of whom were Chinese and 31 were Japanese. The main reason for such a huge death toll is that in order to protect coal resources and reduce economic losses, Japanese miners forcibly stopped sending air to the underground after the explosion and blocked the wellhead of the accident, resulting in the suffocation of underground personnel. Before the mine disaster, Chinese workers were in a poor coal mine environment, with cholera and typhoid fever rampant. After the mine disaster, the Japanese spent 10 days to clean up the bodies, but they set up electric fences in the area to prevent relatives of Chinese miners from entering the area. The coal mine was in operation until the Japanese surrender in 1945.
8. Datong mine disaster in Shanxi, China (1960)
On May 6, 1960, a methane explosion at Laobaidong Coal Mine in Datong, Shanxi, China, killed 682 people. The Chinese government has beenAccidentThe information was kept secret until 1992.
9. Cockbrook mine disaster in South Africa (1960)
On January 21, 1960, a coal mine collapse in northern Coalbrook, South Africa, killed 435 miners.AccidentThere were no survivors, and there was no equipment at the scene that could have been drilled into a hole large enough to rescue it. After the disaster, the mine's ventilation shafts were abandoned and sealed with concrete. ThisAccidentIt was one of the worst mining disasters in South Africa's history.
10. South Yorkshire Mine Disaster, England (1866)
The second worst mining accident in British history occurred in the 19th century. On December 12, 1866, a combustible gas explosion at the Oaks coal mine in South Yorkshire killed 380 miners and rescuers.
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