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1932 Moweaqua Coal Mine disaster; R. Royalton North No. 1 Mine Explosion; W. West Frankfort, Illinois
In 1905, the St. Paul Coal Company opened the Cherry Mine in order to supply coal for the trains of its controlling company, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. [1] [2] The mine consisted of three horizontal veins, each deeper than the last. The veins were connected vertically by two shafts set some 100 yards (91 m) apart.
On March 25, 1947, the Centralia No. 5 coal mine exploded near the town of Centralia, Illinois, killing 111 people. [1] The Mine Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor reported the explosion was caused when an underburdened shot or blown-out shot ignited coal dust. The US Department of Labor lists the disaster ...
Coal Glen mine disaster: Accident – coal mine Farmville, Chatham County, North Carolina: 53 1942 Battle of Dutch Harbor: Military strike – bombing Unalaska, Alaska: 43 American and 10 Japanese fatalities. Deadliest attack on continental U.S. by a foreign power since the Mexican–American War. 53 1947 Eastern Air Lines Flight 605: Accident ...
This week's coal mine disaster in West Virginia brings with it grim but familiar images and headlines, a new chapter in American coal mining's sometimes tragic legacy. The accident also reminds us ...
This was the worst mine disaster to date in the coal fields of southern Illinois. [4] [5] Many of the miners killed in the explosion were European immigrants. [3] 13 of the dead miners were parishioners of the Protection of the Holy Virgin Mary Orthodox Church Royalton IL, a Russian Orthodox church in Royalton.
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As the Chicago-Virden Coal Company repeals the agreement the European immigrants in the labor unions that were striking feel threatened by the African American miners coming in. Near the end of September 1868 as one train car came in to Virden full of workers, a stockade was built by the entrance of the mine and around 300 armed workers came from around the area to meet the train as it was ...