The Knox Mine Disaster — when 12 coal miners died on Jan. 22, 1959 after the Susquehanna River broke through the roof of the mine where they were working — was remembered with an annual ceremony on ...
A bulldozer pushes mine cars toward the river in an attempt to dam the breach at the Knox Mine. (LUKASIK STUDIO ARCHIVES) Deacon Francis Bradigan anoints the Knox Mine Disaster memorial during a past ...