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In Plymouth Township, Luzerne County, the Avondale Mine disaster of September 6, 1869, claimed 110 victims, and the remains of 61 of them lie in the Washburn Cemetery. The miners, most of whom were of Welsh descent, were interred on September 9, 1869.
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