January 22 1959 Knox Mine Disaster

 

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January 22, 2021

January 22, 1959 This was the day of the Knox Mine disaster.  

Basically they mined too close to the bottom of the Susquehanna River and the water broke through.  

Water flooded the mines in the Wyoming Valley and this accident ended deep coal mining in the Wyoming Valley.  

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