Marcinelle disaster

Bois du Cazier mining site disaster
Event mining_accident Q16874544
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Marcinelle disaster

Summary

Marcinelle disaster is a mining accident[1]. It draws 41 Wikipedia views per month (mining_accident category, ranking #14 of 64).[2]

Key Facts

  • Marcinelle disaster is in the country of Belgium[3].
  • Marcinelle disaster's image is recorded as Mijnramp Bois du Caizier , Marcinelle Belgie Redders met zuurstofapparaten, Bestanddeelnr 907-9412.jpg[4].
  • Marcinelle disaster's instance of is recorded as mining accident[5].
  • Marcinelle is named after Marcinelle disaster[6].
  • Marcinelle disaster's location is recorded as Bois du Cazier[7].
  • Marcinelle disaster's Commons category is recorded as Marcinelle disaster[8].
  • Marcinelle disaster's point in time is recorded as +1956-08-08T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Marcinelle disaster's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.380556, 'lon': 4.442778}[10].
  • Marcinelle disaster's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+262'}[11].
  • Marcinelle disaster's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1q5h_1j4q[12].
  • Marcinelle disaster's Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID is recorded as disastro-di-marcinelle[13].

Why It Matters

Marcinelle disaster draws 41 Wikipedia views per month (mining_accident category, ranking #14 of 64).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [11] . fr.wikibooks.org. fr.wikibooks.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Marcinelle disaster. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/marcinelle-disaster
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_marcinelle-disaster_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Marcinelle disaster}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/marcinelle-disaster}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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