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Monongah mining disaster - 1907 explosion in West Virginia that killed at least 362 miners. Spurred the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines. Farmington Mine disaster - 1968 explosion in West Virginia that killed 78 miners and caused changes in mine safety legislation. Sago Mine disaster - 2006 explosion in West Virginia that killed 12 ...
The cause of the explosion was never determined, but the accident served as the catalyst for several new laws that were enacted to protect miners. The Farmington No. 9 Mine Memorial, bearing the names of the men who died, is located at the entrance of Flat Run Road in Mannington, West Virginia.
The Monongah mining disaster was a coal mine explosion on December 6, 1907, at Fairmont Coal Company's Nos. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia, which killed 362 miners. It has been described as "the worst mining disaster in American history" [ 1 ] and was one of the contributing events that led to the creation of the United States Bureau ...
Mar. 14—By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph GHENT — A fiery crash at a turnpike tollbooth in Raleigh County resulted in three confirmed deaths, a trooper with the West Virginia State ...
Mar. 12—Troopers with the West Virginia State Police Troop 7 are still investigating a fatal crash that occurred near the Ghent toll booth. On Monday, March 11, a vehicle traveling northbound on ...
Pages in category "Coal mining disasters in West Virginia" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The state of West Virginia also sued the Buffalo Creek-Pittston Coal Company for $100 million (equivalent to $503 million today) in disaster and relief damages, but a smaller settlement was reached for just $1 million ($5 million today) with Governor Moore, three days before he left office in 1977.
PROSPERITY, WV (WVNS) — An accident involving two tractor trailers delayed traffic on I-77 northbound in Raleigh County. According to members of West Virginia Turnpike Dispatch, an accident ...