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Westmoreland County, PA Coal mining Strike 6 (plus 9 miners' wives) [51] Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–1911: 70 percent of the miners were Slovak immigrants. Employers used force to intimidate striking miners, partially paying the cost for the Coal and Iron Police, local law enforcement and the Pennsylvania State Police.
Memorial to the Darr Mine disaster Entrance of the Darr Mine, now covered in forest; photographed June 2011. The Darr Mine disaster at Van Meter, Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, near Smithton, killed 239 men and boys on December 19, 1907. [1]
The Mammoth Mine disaster or Frick Mine explosion occurred on January 27, 1891 just after 9:00 AM in the Mammoth No. 1 mine in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. [1] Newspapers reported [2] that firedamp was ignited by a miner's oil lamp, resulting in the deaths of 109 men and boys.
The Westmoreland County coal strike was the setting for one of the more colorful incidents in the life of Mary Harris Jones, better known as "Mother Jones". Even though she was 73 years of age, Mother Jones agreed to travel to Westmoreland County to support the United Mine Workers in their strike. [citation needed]
A fast-spreading wildfire that erupted this week northwest of Los Angeles roared from nothing to nearly 10,000 acres − in a matter of hours.
Fire (building) Chicago, Illinois: Worst theater fire in American history; worst single-building fire. 600 1928 St. Francis Dam: Accident – dam failure Santa Clarita, California: 581 1947 Texas City disaster: Accident – explosion Texas City, Texas: Ammonium nitrate on board ship 501+ 1896 Tornado outbreak sequence of May 1896: Tornado ...
Nov. 6—Westmoreland County commissioners have agreed to settle a lawsuit that claimed excessive force was used against a teen at the county's juvenile detention center in Hempfield. In the ...
The fire at the 300-megawatt lithium storage facility destroyed most of the building and its contents, according to county fire officials. The storage facility is a part of a natural gas-powered ...