Hellraisers Journal: Explosion at Reilly No. 1 Mine at Spangler, Pennsylvania, Claims the Lives of 79 Coal Miners, Many Injured

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Mother Jones Quote, Life Cheaper Than Props, Trinidad CO, Sept 16, 1913, Hse Com p2630—————

Hellraisers Journal – Friday November 10, 1922
Spangler, Pennsylvania – Explosion at Reilly No. 1 Mine Claims Many Lives

From the New York Evening World of November 6, 1922:
-(Note: final death toll expected to be 79.)

Spangler PA MnDs Bnr, NY Eve Wld p1, Nov 6, 1922Spangler PA MnDs HdLn, NY Eve Wld p1, Nov 6, 1922

From the Washington Evening Star of November 9, 1922:

[Emergency Crew at Work]

Spangler MnDs Rescue, WDC Eve Str p17, Nov 9, 1922

[Survivors at Spangler Miners’ Hospital]

Spangler MnDs Hospital, WDC Eve Str p17, Nov 9, 1922

From The Richmond Palladium (Indiana) of November 9, 1922:

Spangler MnDs 80 Dead, Rchmnd IN Pldm p1, Nov 9, 1922

Wilmington Evening Journal (Delaware) of November 9, 1922:

Spangler MnDs Death Pit, Wlgtn DE Eve Jr p1, Nov 9, 1922

Note: Those stating that Spangler Mine Disaster “is said to be greatest disaster in American mining history” have apparently forgotten the Monongah Mine Disaster of December 1907 and the Darr Mine Disaster which followed shortly thereafter.

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SOURCES & IMAGES

Mother Jones Quotes Mine Manager
Trinidad CO, Sept 16, 1913, Hse Com p2630
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=92IvAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA2630

Mother Jones Quote, re Life Cheaper Than Props, Trinidad CO, Sept 16, 1913, House Com p2630

The Evening World
(New York, New York)
-Nov 6, 1922
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1922-11-06/ed-1/seq-1/

The Evening Star
(Washington, District of Columbia)
-Nov 9, 1922
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-11-09/ed-1/seq-17/

The Richmond Palladium
(Richmond, Indiana)
-Nov 9, 1922
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86058226/1922-11-09/ed-1/seq-1/

The Evening Journal
(Wilmington, Delaware)
-Nov 9, 1922
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042354/1922-11-09/ed-1/seq-1/

See also:

November 6, 1922, Reilly No. 1 Mine Explosion, 79 Killed
-Joseph H. Reilly, owner
Spangler, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
https://usminedisasters.miningquiz.com/saxsewell/Reilly.htm

See: BoM Report, News Account, Names of the Dead, and Successful Rescue:

33 miners were taken out alive after an undisclosed period, but three succumbed to their injuries.  Of the remaining 30 rescued, all were at the Spangler Hospital and the attending physicians, who were doing everything in their power for them, said all would recover.

Spangler, Pennsylvania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spangler,_Pennsylvania

Hellraisers Journal – Sunday May 22, 1910
Slaughter of Miners Leads to Bill Establishing U. S. Bureau of Mines;

Worst Mine Disasters in the U. S. History
https://usminedisasters.miningquiz.com/saxsewell/historical.htm

Five worst underground coal mine disasters in U.S. history:
MnDs, 5 Worst Coal Mines US, USMRA 2020

Tag: Monongah Mine Disaster of 1907
https://weneverforget.org/tag/monongah-mine-disaster-of-1907/

Tag: Darr Mine Disaster of 1907
https://weneverforget.org/tag/darr-mine-disaster-of-1907/

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