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Applied French method on the miners cottages of the New River Collieries Co.

145. Asbestos Century Shingles; Gentry, W. Va.

View of the derailed C&O train car.

146. Unit 4011 Wrecked at Fire Creek, W. Va.

View from farther down the C&O railroad tracks of a group examining the wreck's damage.

147. Unit 4011 Wrecked at Fire Creek, W. Va.

View from the tracks of the damage on the C&O railroad.

148. Unit 4011 Wrecked at Fire Creek, W. Va.

A group examines the damage of the wreck along the C&O railroad.

149. Unit 4011 Wrecked at Fire Creek, W. Va.

Unidentified workers examine the damage along the C&O railroad.

150. Unit 4011 Wrecked at Fire Creek, W. Va.

151. Main Street, Fayetteville, W. Va.

An explosion in the mine killed 115 miners and trapped 41 for five days. Survivors told stories of chewing leather shoelaces and the inner bark on chestnut mine props to stave off hunger. The men in the photo are unidentified.

152. Layland Mine Disaster, Fayette County, W. Va.

Two unidentified employees pictured in the background working the sawmill.

153. Sawmill at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.

Looking at the building and parking lot from across the pond.

154. Kirby Lumber Company Building, Layland, W. Va.

Two unidentified employees add lumber to the large lumber stacks.

155. Workers Stacking Lumber at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.

Stacks of lumber tower over a building in the background.

156. Kirby Lumber Company Lumber Yard, Layland, W. Va.