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(05.06.1888) Locust Gap explosion- A car of DuPont powder exploded at a point on the Philadelphia and Reading line, between Mount Carmel and Locust Gap. Eight persons were killed, thirty more or less seriously injured, and property was destroyed to the value of $75,000.
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(05.06.1888) Locust Gap explosion- A car of DuPont powder exploded at a point on the Philadelphia and Reading line, between Mount Carmel and Locust Gap. Eight persons were killed, thirty more or less seriously injured, and property was destroyed to the value of $75,000.

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  • (05.06.1888) Locust Gap explosion- A car of DuPont powder exploded at a point on the Philadelphia and Reading line, between Mount Carmel and Locust Gap. Eight persons were killed, thirty more or less seriously injured, and property was destroyed to the value of $75,000.
  • (05.06.1888) Locust Gap explosion- A car of DuPont powder exploded at a point on the Philadelphia and Reading line, between Mount Carmel and Locust Gap. Eight persons were killed, thirty more or less seriously injured, and property was destroyed to the value of $75,000.
  • (05.06.1888) Locust Gap explosion- A car of DuPont powder exploded at a point on the Philadelphia and Reading line, between Mount Carmel and Locust Gap. Eight persons were killed, thirty more or less seriously injured, and property was destroyed to the value of $75,000.
  • (05.06.1888) Locust Gap explosion- A car of DuPont powder exploded at a point on the Philadelphia and Reading line, between Mount Carmel and Locust Gap. Eight persons were killed, thirty more or less seriously injured, and property was destroyed to the value of $75,000.
  • Alaska destroyed by fire.
  • (10.11.1894) Boiler explosion at the Henry Clay, south of Shamokin. Six persons were killed. The entire steam supplying plant of the mine, consisting of 36 boilers, were totally demolished.
  • (11.01.1894) Henry Clay Disaster.
  • (4.06.1906) This is the aftermath when several boilers exploded at Big Mountain Colliery. One man was killed. The homes in the background are part of the Buck Ridge Patch, with only the lower house in this photo remaining today. The first home was built in 1850. A small stream called Bucks Run serves as the natural boundary between Buck Ridge and Big Mountain.
  • (03.05.1907) Richards Explosion.
  • (03.05.1907) Richards Explosion.
  • (1950) Death of a miner at Continental Colliery. Frank Pufnock was killed at this mine near Excelsior.
  • (1950) Deaths of Russell Faust and Andrew Duney at the Glen Burn Colliery.
  • (1950) Deaths of Russell Faust and Andrew Duney at the Glen Burn Colliery.
  • (1954) Mine rescue.
  • (1954) Mine rescue.
  • (1954) Mine rescue.
  • (1954) Mine rescue.
  • (1954) Mine rescue.
  • (1954) Mine rescue.
  • (1954) Mine rescue.
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