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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Aracoma Alma Mine accident occurred when a conveyor belt in the Aracoma Alma Mine No. 1 at Melville in Logan County, West Virginia, caught fire.The conveyor belt ignited on the morning of January 19, 2006, pouring smoke through the gaps in the wall and into the fresh air passageway that the miners were supposed to use for their escape, obscuring their vision and ultimately leading to the ...
On the morning of Aug. 4, 1917, a methane gas explosion at the Western Kentucky Coal Company’s No. 7 mine in Webster County killed 62 of the 153 men underground at the time. The other 91 men in ...
Mikesell said during the news conference on Friday that the other victims involved in the incident have suffered minor injuries. “Teller County has about 30,000 people or a little less.
The Sago Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion on January 2, 2006, at the Sago Mine in Sago, West Virginia, United States, near the Upshur County seat of Buckhannon. The blast and collapse trapped 13 miners for nearly two days; only one survived. [ 1 ]