1922 Lupeni mine disaster
The 1922 Lupeni mine disaster was a coal mining explosion at the Lupeni Coal Mine district in the Jiu Valley of Greater Romania, on April 27, 1922. A total of 82 miners were killed.[1]
Accident[]
The U.S. based Associated Press reported the news from Romania three days after the explosion, on April 30, 1922, with the dispatch "Upward of 100 persons were killed today in a mine explosion in the Lupeni district of Transylvania. The bodies of 50 victims were completely carbonized while those of others were blown to pieces."[2]
References[]
- ^ (in Romanian) "Minerii de la Lupeni au comemorat 90 de ani de la cea mai mare catastrofă minieră din Valea Jiului, în care au murit 82 de oameni", Mediafax, April 27, 2012
- ^ Associated Press, "Hundred Are Killed in Transylvania Explosion", San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Monday 1 May 1922, Volume L, Number 63, page 1.
Coordinates: 45°21′26″N 23°12′43″E / 45.357181°N 23.211841°E
Categories:
- Jiu Valley
- 1922 mining disasters
- Mining disasters in Romania
- 1922 in Romania
- April 1922 events