Fraterville Mine Disaster
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| Number of deaths | 216 |
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| ID | 2475569 |
About Fraterville Mine Disaster
The Fraterville Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion that occurred on May 19, 1902 near the community of Fraterville, in the U. S. state of Tennessee. 216 miners died as a result of the explosion, either from its initial blast or from the after-effects, making it the worst mining disaster in the state's history.
