1891 Pennsylvania Coal Miners
WEBOct 14, 2010 · Pennsylvania's coal mines took the lives of many in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Of the 956 workers who died in coalmining accidents in the in 1891, for example, more than twothirds perished in the Keystone State. In one accident near , Pa., that year, 18 workers were buried alive under a sea of water that rushed .