This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mAB.2ACE/2112.1 Message Board Post: The first one listed was in Sturgis, KY. It was the Tate Coal Mine . Five people were killed 1/22/1895 from a powder explosion. The next one listed occured 4/20/1904 at the Sterns # 5 Coal Mine in Sterns, KY. Five people were killed in a explosion. Hope this helps! This info came from Mine Disasters with 5 or more fatalities, it goes back to March of 1839.