The photos that Lukasik and his ... if they could stop the flow of water into the mine. Author Robert Wolensky, who has studied the Knox Mine Disaster and what led up to it, told the group Sunday ...

John Dziak, project coordinator for the Our History Initiative Project, looks through a map of the Pittston section of the Knox Mine Disaster of 1959 before a trailer for the upcoming documentary ...

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

“Once outside the shaft, Pancotti ran to the mine ... area so that a permanent concrete seal could be installed. According to Wolensky, the often-repeated story that the Knox disaster ended ...

a documentary filmmaker working on a piece about the Knox Mine Disaster. Al Brocca, David Brocca’s cousin and fellow filmmaker visiting the area from Los Angeles, stressed the importance of ...

Bill Best, local mining historian, led a walk Sunday to the site of the Knox Mine Disaster in Jenkins Twp. On Jan. 22, 1959, 12 men who died when the Susquehanna River crashed through the River ...

PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — It’s been 65 years since the Knox ... disaster took place. People continue to remember the victims, and what that day meant for deep mining in our area.

(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 ...

It was a day in the history of Luzerne County that remains unforgettable. It was a disaster in the coal mines back in 1959 and Mike Stevens takes us to it On The Pennsylvania Road.