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Twin Shaft Cave-in
- When
- June 28, 1896
- Where
- Twin Shaft Colliery
A massive cave-in at the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Colliery killed fifty-eight miners on June 28, 1896.
At 3:00 am on Sunday, June 28, 1896, ninety miners were working in the Red Ash Vein when the roof quickly caved in. The disaster killed fifty-eight miners and was one of the largest coal mining disasters in Pennsylvania history.
Sources
- Twin Shaft disaster Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-28
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