A Total Of 78 Miners Are Killed In An Explosion At The Consolidated Coal Company S No 9 Mine In Farmington West Virginia In The Farmington Mine Disaster - November 20 in History | This Day Story

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November 20, 1968

A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster.

Farmington Mine disaster

The Farmington Mine disaster was an explosion that happened at approximately 5:30 a.m. on November 20, 1968, at the Consol No. 9 coal mine north of Farmington and Mannington, West Virginia, United States.

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