Pray for the dead
And fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones
Hellraisers Journal, Tuesday December 10, 1907
Monongah, West Virginia – No Hope Remains as Rescue Work Continues
From The Fairmont West Virginian of December 9, 1907:
SOURCE
The Fairmont West Virginian
(Fairmont, West Virginia)
-Dec 9, 1907
Monongah Mine Disaster, Fairmont West Virginian, Dec 9, 1907
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86092557/1907-12-09/ed-1/seq-6/
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“One Of The Worst Disasters In U.S. History Happened Right Here In West Virginia”
by Rachel Whetstone
http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/west-virginia/worst-disaster-wv/
See also:
The Fairmont West Virginian
(Fairmont, West Virginia)
-Dec 9, 1907
“List of Known Dead at Monongah Mine Disaster
406 Names of the Dead”
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86092557/1907-12-09/ed-1/seq-4/
Note: The final official count stands at 362.
See Tag: Monongah Mine Disaster of 1907
https://weneverforget.org/tag/monongah-mine-disaster-of-1907/
& USMRA
http://usminedisasters.miningquiz.com/saxsewell/monongah.htm
WE NEVER FORGET
“West Virginia’s Tears in 2010” In Memory of our 29 Coal Miners
-by Tim Hughes