Baltimore Mine Tunnel Disaster

Baltimore Mine Tunnel Disaster is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, dedicated 2014.

Luzerne County · dedicated 2014 · 41 Spring St., Wilkes-Barre

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Near here, on June 5, 1919, an explosion and fire in the Baltimore Mine Tunnel killed 92 and injured 60 when a fallen trolley wire contacted a cart carrying miners and kegs of blasting powder. One of the deadliest industrial disasters in Pa. history, it attracted international media and organized labor attention. A resulting US Bureau of Mines investigation led to the prohibition of transporting miners and explosives in the same rail car.

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