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On September 6, 1869, the mine shaft at the Avondale Mine near Plymouth, PA caught fire. 108 men and boys lost their lives when their only chance of escape was blocked. Two rescuers also perished. Avondale stands as the most deadly mining disaster in the anthracite coal industry.
May the men and boys of the Avondale Mine disaster always be remembered, for in mining their black bounty near the depths of infernal darkness, their souls were uplifted to the heights of eternal light.
William Lipski
Dedicated September 9, 2009
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September 1869 Avondale Mine disaster victims
buried within Washburn Street Cemetery.
Thomas Morris · Thomas Davies · John Burch · John Burch Jr · William Powell
James Powell · William Harding · William L Williams · William N Williams · Edward Owen
William D Jones · Morgan Watkins · Richard Woolley · William J Evans · Edward Edwards
William Porfit · John Jenkins · John D Evans · William J Davies · James T Williams · John J Thomas
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Thomas Hatton · William Hatton · Thomas D Jones · Daniel D Jones
David Thomas · Thomas L Jones · Thomas Hughes · John Hughes
William Lewis · Samuel R Morgan · Evan Rees · Henry Morris
James Phillips · David J Rees · David Rees · William Rees
William T Morgan · Lewis Davies · Rees Lumley · Joseph Morris
John E Thomas · Thomas Llewellyn · Rees Llewellen
John Harris · Richard Owen · William R Rees · William Evans
Methuselah Evans · William Evans · Lewis Evans
William R Evans · William Bowen · Rowland Jones
Evan Hughes · John Bowen · Thomas Phillips · William Phillips
[The Roll of Honored Dead was unveiled on September 7, 2019]
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| HM Number | HM2KPE |
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| Year Placed | 2009 |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, September 11th, 2019 at 5:02pm PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 442157 N 4585005 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 41.41451667, -75.69211667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 41° 24.871', W 75° 41.527' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 41° 24' 52.26" N, 75° 41' 31.62" W |
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