PITTSTON, Pa. — Monday will mark 65 years since 12 men lost their lives in the Knox Mine disaster. Those 12 miners were remembered on Sunday morning in Luzerne County with a special mass at St. John, ...

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — Monday marks the 65th anniversary of the Knox Mine disaster. The Susquehanna River flooded the mines, bringing an end to most coal mining in the Wyoming Valley. Mike Stevens ...

The Knox Mine Disaster claimed the lives of 12 miners. Rail cars were dropped into the whirlpool created by the Knox Mine Disaster in an effort to plug the hole. Workers search for survivors of the ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in US ...

In 1959, miners in Pennsylvania faced a nightmare when the Susquehanna River broke into an underground coal mine. Water rushed in, trapping workers and destroying the industry in the region. This ...

Three days after a Pennsylvania woman searching for her cat disappeared at the chasm of a three-story deep sinkhole, the digging crews were back at it Thursday, hoping for a miracle but expecting to ...

A list of some recent fatal mine disasters around the world: — 2013: 83 workers are buried by a massive landslide at a gold mining site in a mountainous area of Tibet, east of Lhasa, according to ...

JULIAN, W.Va. (AP) – Orange flames lick at the roof of the coal mine, heat building and visibility dropping as smoke begins to fill the underground passageway. Then, with the push of a few buttons on ...