After the disaster, the widows of the twelve victims did not receive death benefit payments from the Anthracite Health and Welfare Fund for more than four years. Brief discussion of the disaster and some photos of the site today. Twelve miners were killed in the disaster. Entry from Explore PA History places the disaster in a historical context. Uncategorized; calebcalebcaleb_v5nm01 November 17, 2017. Knox Mine Disaster. I attended a memorial event for the Knox Mine Disaster on its 58th anniversary, January 22 2017. Adam Tereska 35 views. Knox Mine Disaster. The Knox Mine Disaster is also a crime movie, as the Broccas trace the chain of investigations and corruption hearings that followed the miners’ deaths. Knox Mine Disaster Memorial. (Submitted on August 19, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.) Six served jail time. A rusty rail car indicates the location at the shores of the Susquehanna. Ten people were indicted in the disaster's aftermath, including the mine superintendent, Robert Dougherty; owner Louis Fabrizio; secret owner August J. Lippi, who was also the president of District 1 of the United Mine Workers; and three union officials. I attended a memorial event for the Knox Mine Disaster on its 58th anniversary, January 22 2017. The Knox disaster occurred when the Susquehanna river broke through an illegal coal mine tunnel, flooding the extensive network of tunnels under the Scranton area. Escape shaft location of the Knox Mine Disaster with historic information by JPVideos - Duration: 5:00. The Knox disaster occurred when the Susquehanna river broke through an illegal coal mine tunnel, flooding the extensive network of tunnels under the Scranton area. According to Sam De Alba, a member of the Knox Mine Disaster Memorial Committee, the turnout at the memorials in recent years has declined. Memorial of the location where the disaster took place. 2. This event was singlehandedly responsible for killing the Anthracite mining industry in the Northern field (the Scranton & Wilkes-Barre area) and was a significant nail in the coffin for anthracite mining as a whole.

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