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Darr Mine Disaster PA391 Print E-mail
On Dec. 19, 1907, an explosion killed 239 men and boys, many Hungarian immigrants, in Darr coal mine near Van Meter. Some were from the closed Naomi mine, near Fayette City, which exploded on Dec. 1, killing 34. Over 3000 miners died in Dec. 1907, the worst month in U.S. coal mining history. In Olive Branch Cemetery, 71 Darr miners, 49 unknown, are buried in a common grave.
Olive Branch Cemetery, Pa981 between Pa51 and Smithton. Westmoreland County Pennsylvania.
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