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.

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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

Fueled by the memory of going to the Knox Mine Disaster site with his father when he was 11, and inspired by George Korson, who […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 41°F.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

(WBRE/WYOU) — Wednesday marked 66 years since the Knox Mine Disaster. On January 22, 1959, ice filled the Susquehanna River and broke the roof of the river slope mine at Port Griffith, flooding ...