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Monongah Mining Disaster
Location: Monongah, West Virginia, USA; Cause: Explosion; Impact: Over 362 miners killed
Mitsubishi Hojyo Mine Disaster
Location: Kyushu, Japan; Cause: Coal-dust explosion; Impact: 687 deaths
Dhanbad Mine Disaster
Location: Jharkhand, India; Cause: Explosion; Impact: Over 375 deaths
Oberwiesen Mine Disaster
Location: Oberwiesen, Thuringia, Germany; Cause: Explosion; Impact: 96 miners killed
Courrières Mine Disaster
Location: Courrières, France; Cause: Explosion; Impact: Approximately 1,099 miners killed
Sunjiawan Mine Disaster
Location: Liaoning, China; Cause: Explosion; Impact: 214 deaths
Honor Mine Disaster
Location: Mount Kembla, New South Wales, Australia; Cause: Explosion; Impact: 96 deaths
Wankie Coal Mine Disaster
Location: Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe); Cause: Series of explosions; Impact: About 427 deaths
Farmington Mine Disaster
Location: Farmington, West Virginia, USA; Cause: Explosion; Impact: 78 miners killed
Benxihu Colliery Disaster
Location: Benxi, Liaoning Province, China; Cause: Coal-dust explosion and fire; Impact: Approximately 1,549 deaths
Colebrook Mine Disaster
Location: Coalbrook, South Africa; Cause: Underground collapse; Impact: 435 deaths
Laobaidong Disaster
Location: Shanxi Province, China; Cause: Explosion; Impact: 684 deaths
Pretoria Pit Disaster
Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire, England; Cause: Explosion; Impact: 344 deaths
Senghenydd Colliery Disaster
Location: Senghenydd, Wales, UK; Cause: Explosion; Impact: 439 miners killed
Mount Mulligan Mine Disaster
Location: Queensland, Australia; Cause: Explosion; Impact: 75 deaths
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