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The Moweaqua Coal Mine disaster happened on December 24, 1932, in Moweaqua, Illinois. The disaster was caused by a methane gas explosion killing 54 miners. The explosion occurred shortly after the day shift started, sometime between 7:30 and 8:00 Christmas Eve morning. [1] [2] Less than three years later (1935), the dangerous mine closed ...
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.
Locally, the release says, the Bracero program was instrumental in leading to the growth of the Latino population in Elkhart County and across the greater South Bend region. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 ...
Plaque Reads: Centralia Coal Company Mine No 5 Disaster On March 25, 1947, a violent explosion struck Centralia coal company mine number 5 located in Wamac, Illinois. By March 29, it was confirmed that the explosion, combined with the subsequent release of poisonous gas, had taken the lives of 111 of the 142 men working in the mine at the time ...
Officials don't yet know what led to an massive methane gas explosion at a Massey Energy (MEE) mine in West Virginia that has killed 25 miners and left four others missing. However, it's already ...
Michael Likosky and Laura Norén 26 April 2012 - Institute for Public Knowledge, New York University Law & Public Finance Center on Selection Filter
Image credits: Detroit Photograph Company "There was a two-color process invented around 1913 by Kodak that used two glass plates in contact with each other, one being red-orange and the other ...