Pray for the dead
and fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones
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Hellraisers Journal, Monday August 20, 1917
Clay, Kentucky – Town in Mourning for Lost Miners
A town in western Kentucky continues to mourn its dead as the reported death toll now stands at 64.
From Hopkinsville Kentuckian of Aug 16, 1917:
Total of 64 Dead.
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Clay, Ky., Aug. 15.-The West Kentucky mine, the scene of the greatest mining disaster that has occurred in a west Kentucky coal mine was cleared of the dead today, when the last dead bodies were brought out. A total of 63 dead bodies have been removed.
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