Mina Rosita Vieja disaster

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The Mina Rosita Vieja disaster was the worst disaster in Mexico's coal mining history[citation needed]. It occurred on February 27, 1908 when a huge explosion rocked the Rosita Vieja Coal Mine near the town of San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila. The explosion led to the deaths of 200 miners in shaft No. 2.