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| Back to e-WV The West ia Encyclopedia Osage and Pursglove Mine Disasters. By 1942, despite decades of production, the numerous coal operations of the Scotts Run district near Morgantown had never experienced a mining disaster. Then, with the mines in full production for World War II, three disasters within eight months killed 89 miners.. …
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This explosion remains West ia's second-worst mine disaster. On March 8, 1926, another explosion killed 19 miners at Eccles, then operated by a subsidiary of the Stonega Coal Company. Around 6:55 p.m., a cutting-machine operator in No. 5 mine failed to test the face for methane, and an electric arc ignited the gas.
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The disaster also contributed to the eventual unseating of the corrupt United Mine Workers president Tony Boyle, who angered many by defending Consolidation Coal after the explosion. e-WV presents West ia Public Broadcasting on Farmington Mine Disaster
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| Back to e-WV The West ia Encyclopedia Benwood Mine Disaster. At about 7:10 on Monday morning, April 28, 1924, the workday was just beginning at the Benwood coal mine south of Wheeling.As the miners went through their daily routine of preparing their work areas and undercutting the coal, an explosion ripped through the Wheeling Steel …
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For instance, the single year of 1907 saw 18 coal mine disasters, plus two more disasters in the metal and nonmetal mining industry. Among the disasters in 1907 was history's worst--the Monongah coal mine explosion, which claimed 362 lives and impelled Congress to created the Bureau of Mines. ... Sago Mine, Anker West ia Mining Company ...
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At two thirty in the afternoon of December 6, 1907, a massive explosion ripped through the Fairmont Coal Company mine at Monongah in northern West ia. Flames and billowing smoke erupted from the ground. The blast blew buildings clear across the West Fork River. In parts of town above the mine gaping cracks opened to the streets.
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Pond Creek No. 1 was a deep shaft mine, operating in the Pocahontas No. 4 coal seam at a depth of nearly 600 feet. The mine was owned by the Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Company, ... The West ia Encyclopedia "Bartley Mine Disaster." e-WV: The West ia Encyclopedia. 17 December 2010. Web. 04 September 2024. ...
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At about 7:10 on Monday morning, April 28, 1924, the workday was just beginning at the Benwood coal mine south of Wheeling.As the miners went through their daily routine of preparing their work areas and undercutting the coal, an explosion ripped through the Wheeling Steel Corporation mine. Portions of the main entry were blocked …
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A methane gas explosion November 6, 1923, inside the ill-fated Glen Rogers coal mine killed 27 men, the worst accident of any kind in Wyoming County history. Government officials blamed the inexperience of a crew constructing a ventilation passage, whose work diverted the airflow and allowed explosive gas to accumulate.
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The Eccles mine disaster was an explosion of coal-seam methane on April 28, 1914, in Eccles, West ia. The explosion took the lives of at least 180 men and boys. The second worst mine explosion in the state occurred on April 28, 1914, at the New River Collieries Company's Number 5 mine in Eccles, West ia.
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The following is a list of articles on West ia coal mine disasters which can be found in the vertical newspaper clipping files at the West ia State Archives Library: …
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Coal Mine Disasters; ... Humphrey, H. B. Historical Summary of Coal-Mine Explosions in the U.S., 1810-1958. Washington: United States Government Office, 1960. ... Report of the Department of …
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120 rows29. Note: From 1884 to 1961, accidents fatally injuring five or more …
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The Sago mine was reopened a few months after the fatal explosion, but International Coal Group later decided to seal the mine. e-WV presents West ia Public Broadcasting on ... Coal Mine Disasters; Cite This Article. e-WV: The West ia Encyclopedia "Sago Mine Disaster." e-WV: The West ia Encyclopedia. 14 March …
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1986: A coal pile collapses at Consolidation Coal Co.'s mine in Fairview, West ia, killing five. 1984: A fire at Emery Mining Corp.'s mine in Orangeville, …
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Floods Devastate Southern West ia (1977) (Time Trail) Willow Island Disaster (April 27, 1978) Snowstorm Cripples West ia (January 20, 1978) (Time Trail) Ferrell Coal Mine Disaster (November 7, 1980) (Time Trail) Floods of …
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In 2008, the Aracoma Coal Company, a subsidiary of Massey, agreed to pay $4.2 million in criminal fines and civil penalties and to plead guilty to several safety violations related to that fire.
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In West ia's Marion County, an explosion in a network of mines owned by the Fairmont Coal Company in Monongah kills 361 coal miners. It was the worst mining disaster in American history ...
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Benwood ranks as the third worst coal mine disaster in West ia history. Ironically, it occurred 10 years to the day after the state's second worst disaster. Exactly a decade earlier, an explosion at Eccles in Raleigh County had killed 183. Tags Related to This Article. Benwood Mine Disaster; Coal; Radio; This Week in West …
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Twenty-nine men were killed, and another man was seriously injured. It was West ia's worst coal mining disaster since November 20, 1968, when the Consol No. 9 mine at Farmington exploded, ... The West …
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At approximately 10 a.m. May 6, 1968, a continuous miner machine at the Gauley Coal & Coke Saxsewell No. 8 mine in Nicholas County cut into an unmapped adjacent mine, which was filled with water. ... Kessler, David J. "Hominy Falls Mine Disaster." e-WV: The West ia Encyclopedia. 27 February 2012. Web. 31 August 2024. ...
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| Back to e-WV The West ia Encyclopedia Monongah Mine Disaster. On December 6, 1907, a massive explosion ripped through the Fairmont Coal Company's No. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, Marion County.The powerful blast, which shook the earth and was heard several miles away, killed at least 361 men, making it the worst mine disaster in …
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Monongah is a town in Marion County, West ia, and like most of the state, it has substantial bituminous coal deposits. By the mid-1800s, the coal mining industry had taken root in West ia, and the state's coal along with that of neighboring Pennsylvania became the fuel of choice for American industrial production.
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Monongah, West ia Mining Disaster. On December 6, 1907, the Fairmont Coal Company's interconnected Number 6 and 8 mines at Monongah exploded, killing 361 miners, the worst coal mining disaster …
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By 1942, despite decades of production, the numerous coal operations of the Scotts Run district near Morgantown had never experienced a mining disaster. Then, with the mines in full production …
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An explosion rocks the Sago Mine in Sago, West ia on January 2, 2006. 13 coal miners were trapped, and all but one eventually died. The tragedy, exacerbated by false reports that 12 of the ...
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Important Dates in West ia's Mining History. 1742 First discovery of coal by John Peter Salley in the area now comprising West ia.. 1770 George Washington noted "a cole hill on fire" near West Columbia in current Mason County.. 1800 Pittsburgh Coal Seam was discovered in northern Kanawha County.. 1810 First commercial coal mine opened …
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But that year also saw momentous federal legislation spurred by a disaster that riveted the nation's attention downward, hundreds of feet below the Earth and the hills of West ia. The …
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Just three years later, West ia's first mining disaster occurred at the Mountain Brook shaft mine in the Preston County town of Newburg. A methane gas explosion there killed 39, making this the first in a long line. (An accident is classified as a ''disaster'' when three or more lose their lives; before 1961, the number was five.)
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Updated 3:14 a.m. ET Tuesday | At least 25 coal miners were killed and more remained missing after an explosion Monday afternoon at an underground coal mine in southern West ia, according to ...
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