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2021-8-28 · Mitsubishi Hojyo Coal Mine Disaster, Japan (December 15, 1914) A mining site in Japan On December 15, 1914, a gas explosion occurred at the Mitsubishi Hojyo coal mine in Kyushu, Japan. The blast, which blew elevator cabs nearly 50 feet into the air, affected people within a 200m radius of the mine's entrance and killed 687 miners. This is the ...