![]() ![]() Longtime West Pittston resident and the last known survivor, 99-year-old Bill Hastie, was in attendance with his daughter, Megan. ![]() Of the 81 miners below, 69 escaped and 12 never made it out. The river broke through the mine’s ceiling, causing an estimated 10 billion gallons of water to rush into miles of mine shafts and veins. 22, 1959, when miners excavating anthracite coal came dangerously close to the bed of the icy Susquehanna River in Jenkins Township near Pittston. The mining catastrophe took place at approximately 11:30 a.m. ![]() The film was screened at the Kirby Center for the Creative Arts at Wyoming Seminary in Kingston. Since 2008, the filmmakers have been working on a documentary about the tragedy that claimed 12 lives.Īfter 11 years of gathering interviews, restoring and digitizing newsreels, writing and editing, the “Knox Mine Disaster” movie premiered to a sellout crowd on the exact day of its 60th anniversary. KINGSTON - David and Albert Brocca, first cousins with deep roots in the Wyoming Valley, don’t want people to forget about the darkest day in local coal mining history – the Knox Mine Disaster. Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. ![]()
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