Pabst Mine Disaster

Pabst Mine Disaster

The Pabst Mine Disaster was an incident that occurred on September 24, 1926 at the Pabst Iron Mine in Ironwood, Michigan, when a mine shaft containing 46 iron ore miners unexpectedly collapsed. 3 miners were killed in the initial collapse, while 43 survivors were left trapped for 129 hours. The subsequent rescue of the trapped miners, with the last miner removed from the rubble at 11:22 p.m on the 5th day, is considered to be one of the greatest mine rescues of all time.

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* [http://www.ironwoodmi.org/miners.htm The Great Escape at Ironwood]
* [http://absolutemichigan.com/pages/michiganhistory/?id=2506 Remembering the Pabst Mine Disaster]


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