1934 Kakanj mine disaster

The 1934 Kakanj mine disaster was a mining accident on 21 April 1934 at a Kakanj coal mine in Kakanj, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The accident occurred in the "Stara jama" shaft when an explosion killed 127 of 128 miners working on the third (lowest) level.http://kakanj.gov.ba/v5/21-april-1934-godine-velika-rudarska-nesreca-u-kaknju/ 21. april 1934. godine – Velika rudarska nesreća u Kaknju Općina Kakanj 21 April 2021 22 July 2022 Background The "Stara jama" shaft was opened in 1900 as the first modern coal mining shaft in Bosnia.https://www.jergovic.com/ajfelov-most/nesreca-u-staroj-jami-godine-1934/ Nesreća u Staroj jami, godine 1934. Miljenko Jergović 7 October 2018 22 July 2022 Jergović, Miljenko This was not the first, nor the last large-scale accident in the Kakanj coal mine. In 1916, 19 miners were killed in the same "Stara jama" shaft, and in 1965, 128 miners were killed in an explosion in the "Orasi" shaft.https://6yka.com/novosti/tuzna-istorija-u-rudarskim-nesrecama-u-bih-poginula-najmanje-582-rudara Tužna istorija: U rudarskim nesrećama u BiH poginula najmanje 582 rudara booka 13 October 2015 22 July 2022 Disaster The explosion happened around 1:30 PM on 21 April 1934.Комисија утврђује узроке на месту страховите несреће http://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#issue:UB_00042_19340423 23 April 1934 Pravda 10583 2 At the moment of explosion a total of 200 have been working in the shaft. Some of them managed to escape outside of the shaft, but the rest were trapped and killed by the methane gas.До јутрос, из јаме је изнесено преко 90 лешева http://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#panel:ppissue:UB_00042_19340424page:3query:%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%9A 24 April 1934 Pravda 10584 3-4 See also 1965 Kakanj mine disaster Dobrnja-Jug mine disaster References External links Velika rudarska nesreća u Kaknju – 21. travanj 1934. godine Stara jama: rudarska katastrofa 1934 : sjećanja preživjelih rudara Gradska biblioteka Konstantinović, Aleksandar 2018 Kakanj 9926432093 44.145 18.091 type:event_globe:earth_region:BA title Category:Coal mining disasters in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:1934 mining disasters Category:1934 in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:History of Kakanj Category:Mining disasters in Yugoslavia