| Date | Area | notes |
| Jan 12 1846 | Carbondale | 60 entombed |
| 1866 | Eagle Shaft Pittston | Explosion of Damp: 6 entombed |
| Sep 6 1869 | Avondale Shaft, Plymouth | 108 asphyxiated, 2 rescuers Killed |
| May 27 1871 | Exeter Shaft, W. Pittston | 20 asphyxiated |
| Aug 14 1871 | Eagle Shaft, Pittston | 17 killed explosion of fire damp |
| Feb 26 1872 | Henry Shaft, Plains | explosion of Fire Damp, 4 killed |
| Jun 26 1875 | Nanticoke Shaft, Nanticoke | Platform broke, 6 killed in 540 ft fall to bottom of shaft |
| Feb 12 1876 | Exeter Shaft, W. Pittston | 4 Killed in gas explosion |
| Oct 8 1876 | Prospect Shift, Plains | 4 Killed in gas explosion |
| Apr 23 1879 | #9 (#10) Coll., Sugar Notch | 7 men emtombed 5 (8) days, lived on mule meat, rescued. |
| May 6 1879 | Stanton Shaft | 6 Killed in explosion while fighting fire |
| Nov 2 1879 | Mill Creek slope, Plains | 7 killed in gas explosion |
| Mar 5 1880 | # 2 (# 3) shaft, Nanticoke | 6 killed in gas explosion |
| Sep 22 1883 | Woodward Shaft #1, Plymouth | Platform broke while men were timbering shaft, 4 killed, men fell 75 ft |
| Aug 11 1885 | WestEnd # 1 drift, Mocanaqua | 10 suffocated by white damp from underground boiler fires |
| Aug 21 1885 | # 2 shaft, Plymouth | 6 killed in gas explosion |
| Oct 21 1885 | # 2 coll., Plymouth | 6 killed in gas explosion |
| Dec 18 1885 | # 1 slope, Susquehanna coal co., Nanticoke | 26 (28) killed in flow of quicksand, bodies never recovered |
| Aug 30 1886 | Fairlawn Colliery, Scranton | 6 killed in gas explosion |
| Sep 13 1886 | Marvine Colliery, Scranton | 8 suffocated by gas |
| Nov 26 1886 | Conyngham, Wilkes Barre | 12 Killed in gas explosion |
| Jun 10 1889 | Nottingham shaft, Plymouth | 4 killed in fall of coal |
| Feb 1 1890 | Nottingham shaft, Plymouth | 8 Killed in gas explosion |
| Mar 3 1890 | S. WB., shaft # 3, Wilkes Barre | mine fire (gas explosion) 8 killed bodies recovered 9 mths later |
| Apr 2 1890 | #4 slope, Nanticoke | gas explosion, 5 killed |
| May 15 1890 | Jersey # 8, Ashley | 26 killed in mine cave-in |
| Sep 20 1890 | Hollenback Shaft Wilkes Barre | 4 Killed in gas explosion |
| Jan 1891 | # 1, Jeansville | 14 trapped in mine, one survived |
| Nov 8 1891 | # 1 shaft, Nanticoke | 12 Killed in gas explosion |
| 1892 | Gaylord mine, Plymouth | several trapped in mine, all died |
| May 31 1892 | West End Drift, Mocanaqua | 4 Killed in gas explosion |
| Jun 22 1893 | # 1, Nanticoke | 4 Killed in gas explosion |
| July 24 1893 | #4 Shaft, Edwardsville | 4 Killed gas explosion. |
| Sep 21 1893 | Lance # 11 shaft, Plymouth | 6 killed (8) in gas explosion |
| Feb 13 1894 | Gaylord mine, Plymouth | 13 killed when workings caved in |
| Oct 7 1895 | Dorrance Shaft, Wilkes Barre | 7 killed when fire boss directing mining engineers through old workings with naked light exploded body of gas |
| Jun 28 1896 | Twin Shaft, Pittston | 58 caught in mine squeeze (fall of roof), bodies uncovered |
| Oct 29 1896 | # 3 Shaft, S. Wilkes Barre | 4 killed in gas explosion, 2 fire bosses suffocated by after damp in attempting rescue. |
| Oct 30 1897 | VonStorch, Scranton | 6 killed in fire |
| Oct 1 1898 | Midvale Slope, Plains | 5 suffocated by smoke from fire in air bridge crossing gangway |
| Nov 5 1898 | Exeter Shaft, W. Pittston | 9 crushed in descending cage when 3 loaded cars ran into the opening |
| Oct 30 1900 | # 1, Edwardsville | 4 killed in gas explosion |
| Oct 25 1901 | Buttonwood shaft, Hanover Twp (Plymouth) | 6 killed in gas explosion |
| Dec 8 1902 | (Dec 9) S. Wilkes Barre | 4 (5) killed; dynamite dropped by man carrying explosive. |
| Mar 6 1904 | Dorrance Shaft, Wilkes Barre | 4 killed when hoisted out of shaft against sheave wheels |
| May 5 1904 | Lance # 11 shaft, Plymouth | 5 Killed in gas explosion |
| Nov 2 1904 | Auchincloss Shaft, Nanticoke | 10 killed in descending cage when control of engine was lost |
| Mar 9 1905 | (Mar 10) Clear Spring Shaft, W. Pittston | 7 Killed in descending shaft when rope broke |
| Apr 26 1905 | conyngham, Hudson Coal Co., Wilkes Barre | 10 Killed in ascending cage when rope broke, 350-ft fall |
| Feb 17 1906 | Buttonwood shaft, Hanover Twp (Plymouth) | 4 killed in dynamite explosion |
| Aug 6 1906 | # 1 shaft, Nanticoke | 6 killed in gas explosion |
| Dec 6 1906 | Buttonwood shaft, Hanover Twp (Plymouth) | 4 killed in gas explosion |
| Feb 8 1907 | #19 Shaft, Wanamie | 7 suffociated by fire |
| Mar 2 1907 | Hoden, Taylor | 7 killed in gas explosion |
| Jun 10 1907 | Johnson #1, Priceburg | 7 killed in gas explosion |
| Jun 11 1907 | #1 slope, Audenreid | 9 asphyxiated by white damp |
| Aug 21 1907 | # 14 slope, Port Blanchard, Jenkins Twp | 4 killed in gas explosion |
| Sep 21 1907 | S. WB. shaft S. Wilkes Barre | 4 killed in gas explosion |
| May 12 1908 | Mt. Lookout Shaft, Wyoming | 12 Killed in gas explosion |
| May 13 1908 | Prospect Shift, Plains | 5 killed in fall of rock |
| Aug 18 1908 (Aug 28) | Warrior Run Shaft, Warrior Run | 6 men riding up slope killed when they met runaway car coming down |
| Mar 2 1909 | # 14 slope, Port Blanchard, Pittston | 8 Killed in gas explosion |
| Nov 9 1909 | Auchincloss Shaft, Nanticoke | 9 killed in gas explosion |
| Jan 11 1910 | Nottingham shaft, Plymouth | 7 killed in gas explosion |
| Mar 12 1910 | S. W.B., shaft # 5, S. Wilkes Barre | 7 killed in gas explosion |
| May 10 1911 | Boston Shaft, Larksville | 5 asphyxiated after explosion |
| Sep 12 1911 | Marvine Colliery, Scranton | 5 killed, mine cars |
| Jan 9 1912 | Parrish Shaft, Plymouth | 6 killed in gas explosion |
| Jul 17 1912 | # 3 Shaft, S. Wilkes Barre | 4 killed in gas explosion |
| Dec 9 1914 | Diamond, Scranton | 13 killed falling down shaft |
| Feb 17 1915 | Prospect Coll., LV Coal Co., N. W-B | 13 killed in explosion |
| Feb 8 1916 | Lance # 11 shaft, Lehigh & WB Coal Co., Plymouth | 7 killed in explosion |
| Aug 8 1916 | Woodward, Edwardsville | 6 killed in gas explosion |
| Jun 5 1919 | Baltimore Tunnel, Wilkes Barre | 92 killed in dynamite & powder explosion |
| Nov 3 1922 | Eddy Creek, Olyphant | 6 killed in premature explosion |
| Dec 8 1923 | Mt. Jessup, Jessup | 5 killed in fall of roof |
| Jun 6 1924 | Loomis Coll., Glen Alden Coal Co., | 14 killed in explosion |
| May 22 1925 | Woodward, Edwardsville | 7 killed in gas explosion |
| Aug 3 1925 | Dorrance Shaft, Wilkes Barre | 10 killed in gas explosion |
| May 26 1927 | Woodward Coll., Glen Alden workings under Westmoor | 5 trapped after explosion bodies never recovered |
| Nov 16 1927 | Tomhicken Coll., near Hazleton, LV Coal Co | 6 men emtombed, 1 died |
| Oct 10 1930 | Hillman Vein, #4 Coll., Kingston Coal Co | 4 Killed in explosion |
| Aug 24 1931 | Mocanaqua West End Coal Co | 6 emtombed 6 days; 4 died |
| May 7 1935 | S. Wilkes Barre Coll., Glen Alden Coal Co., # 3 | 7 killed when boulder hits ascending cage |
| Aug 25 1936 | Clear Spring Coll., Sullivan Trail Coal Co., W. Pittston | 5 killed in blast |
| Jun 2 1938 | Butler Slope, Volpe Coal Co., Pittston Twp | 10 in gas explosion |
| Jan 15 1947 | Nottingham shaft, Plymouth | 15 killed in gas explosion |
| Apr 10 1947 | Schooley Shaft, Exeter | 10 killed |
| Sep 24 1947 | Barnum Shaft # 2 of # 9 Coal Co., Duryea | 3 killed in fall of rock |
| Dec 11 1947 | # 9, Franklin Coll., LV Coal Co | 8 dead |
| May 25 1948 | Avoca Shaft of Heidelberg Coal Co | 3 killed in fall of rock |
| Jan 5 1949 | S. Wilkes Barre Coll., Glen Alden Coal Co., | 2 killed in gas explosion |
| Feb 4 1949 | Loomis Coll., Glen Alden Coal Co., | 2 killed in fall of rock |
| Jan 22 1959 | River Slope, Knox Coal co | 12 drowned in river break through |
| Jul 27 1962 | Bristal Coal Co., Nanticoke | 2 men killed in rock slide |
| Aug 13 1963 | Sheppton Mine, near Hazleton | cave in 3 men trapped (rescued). |
This information was submitted by: Tom Mooney from the Times Leader Archives.
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