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John C. Osgood , Chairman of the Board of Directors of Victor-American Fuel Company
The Hastings mine explosion was a fire at the Victor American Fuel Company coal mine in Hastings , Las Animas County, Colorado , on April 27, 1917, in which 121 people died.[ 1] A small monument marks the location, on County Road 44, about 1.5 km west of the Ludlow Monument . In June 1912, twelve miners were killed in an explosion at the same mine.[ 2]
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Deadliest coal mine disasters in the United States
Monongah, West Virginia , 1907 (362 killed)
Dawson, New Mexico , 1913 (263 killed)
Cherry, Illinois , 1909 (259 killed)
Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania , 1907 (239 killed)
Fraterville, Tennessee , 1902 (216 killed)
Scofield, Utah , 1900 (200 killed)
Mather, Pennsylvania , 1928 (195 killed)
Eccles, West Virginia , 1914 (180+ killed)
Cheswick, Pennsylvania , 1904 (179 killed)
Castle Gate, Utah , 1924 (171 killed)
Hanna, Wyoming , 1903 (169 killed); 1908 (59 killed)
Marianna, Pennsylvania , 1908 (154 killed)
Frontier Mine disaster , Kemmerer, Wyoming , 1923 (138 killed)
Banner Mine disaster , Littleton, Alabama, 1911 (128 killed)
Saunders, West Virginia , 1972 (125 killed)
Dawson, New Mexico , 1923 (123 killed)
Hastings, Colorado , 1917 (121 killed)
West Frankfort, Illinois , 1951 (119 killed)
Benwood, West Virginia , 1924 (119 killed)
Layland Mine disaster , Layland, West Virginia , 1915 (115 killed)
Johnstown, Pennsylvania , 1902 (112 killed)
Hueytown, Alabama , 1905 (112 killed)
Pocahontas, Virginia , 1884 (112 killed)
Centralia, Illinois , 1947 (111 killed)
Plymouth, Pennsylvania , 1869 (110 killed)
Everettville, West Virginia , 1927 (109 killed)
Mammoth Mine disaster , Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania , 1891 (109 killed)
Krebs Mine disaster , Krebs, Oklahoma , 1892 (100 killed)