Hastings mine explosion

John C. Osgood, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Victor-American Fuel Company

The Hastings mine explosion was a fire at the Victor American Fuel Company coal mine in Hastings, Las Animas County, Colorado, on April 27, 1917, in which 121 people died.^[1] A small monument marks the location, on County Road 44, about 1.5 km west of the Ludlow Monument.

References

↑ Clare Vernon McKanna (1997). Homicide, Race, and Justice in the American West, 1880-1920. University of Arizona Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-8165-1708-4.

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Coordinates: 37°20′0″N 104°36′0″W / 37.33333°N 104.60000°W / 37.33333; -104.60000

Deadliest coal mine disasters in the United States

Monongah, West Virginia, 1907 (362 killed) Dawson, New Mexico, 1913 (263 killed) Cherry, Illinois, 1909 (259 killed) Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, 1907 (239 killed) Fraterville, Tennessee, 1902 (216 killed) Scofield, Utah, 1900 (200 killed) Mather, Pennsylvania, 1928 (195 killed) Eccles, West Virginia, 1914 (180+ killed) Cheswick, Pennsylvania, 1904 (179 killed) Castle Gate, Utah, 1924 (171 killed) Hanna, Wyoming, 1903 (169 killed) Marianna, Pennsylvania, 1908 (154 killed) Frontier Mine disaster, Kemmerer, Wyoming, 1923 (138 killed) Banner Mine disaster, Littleton, Alabama, 1911 (128 killed) Saunders, West Virginia, 1972 (125 killed) Dawson, New Mexico, 1923 (123 killed) Ludlow, Colorado, 1917 (121 killed) West Frankfort, Illinois, 1951 (119 killed) Benwood, West Virginia, 1924 (119 killed) Layland Mine disaster, Layland, West Virginia, 1915 (115 killed) Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1902 (112 killed) Hueytown, Alabama, 1905 (112 killed) Pocahontas, Virginia, 1884 (112 killed) Centralia, Illinois, 1947 (111 killed) Plymouth, Pennsylvania, 1869 (110 killed) Everettville, West Virginia, 1927 (109 killed) Mammouth Mine disaster, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, 1891 (109 killed) Krebs Mine disaster, Krebs, Oklahoma, 1892 (100 killed)