First Posted: 1/19/2009 By Tom Mooney [email protected] The cause of the Knox Mine Disaster, historians and analysts agree, was that the Knox Coal Co., which leased the River Slope mine ...

A mine disaster we can't forget Since your body is down there yet." - excerpt from a poem by the late Caroline Baloga , published in 1961 on the second anniversary of the Knox Mine Disaster in ...

Jan. 21, annual walk to the Knox Mine Disaster break-in site, Susquehanna River, Port Griffith, weather permitting; meet at Baloga Funeral Home at 11 a.m.

The Everhart Museum hosted a Knox Mine Disaster film reception Friday in honor of Anthracite Heritage Month. The event also ...

On Jan. 22, 1960 – the first anniversary of the infamous Knox Mine disaster that entombed 12 men in the mine tunnels below the Susquehanna River at Port Griffith – a party of officers and rank ...

PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It’s been 65 years since the Knox Mine disaster. On January 22, 1959, the ice-filled Susquehanna River broke the roof of the river slope mine at Port ...

A mine disaster we can't forget Since your body is down there yet." — Excerpt from a poem by the late Caroline Baloga, published in 1961 on the second anniversary of the Knox Mine Disaster in ...

John (left) and Susan Baloga lay a wreath across a monument to the 12 men who died during the Knox Mine Disaster. John Baloga’s grandfather, also named John, was one of the 12 victims.

PITTSTON, Pa. — Monday will mark 65 years since 12 men lost their lives in the Knox Mine disaster. Those 12 miners were remembered on Sunday morning in Luzerne County with a special mass at St ...

A free program commemorating the anniversary of the Knox Mine disaster will be held at the Anthracite Heritage Museum on Saturday, January 23 at 2 p.m.