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Onlookers at the tragic scene after the Fairmont Coal Company Monongah Mine disaster.

1. Crowd Gathered Near the the Monongah, W. Va. Mine Entrances After the Explosion

Crowds gathered at the entrance to Mine No. 8 after the explosion at Monongah.

2. Entrance to Fairmont Coal Company Monongah Mine No. 8 After the Explosion

Crowds lining the hillside above and gathered around the entrance to Monongah Mine No. 8.

3. No. 8 Coal Mine Entrance after the Explosion at Monongah, W. Va.

Caskets line the street which served as a makeshift morgue for the miners killed in the explosion at the Fairmont Coal Company Monongah Mines.

4. Street Morgue After Monongah Mine Disaster

Caskets line the street which served as a makeshift morgue for the miners killed in the explosion at the Fairmont Coal Company Monongah Mines.

5. Street Morgue After Monongah Mine Disaster

Crowds line the hillside above and gather near the entrance to mine no. 8 after the disaster.

6. No. 8 Coal Mine Entrance after the Explosion at Monongah, W. Va.

Caskets line the street, a makeshift morgue for the miners killed in the explosion at Fairmont Coal Company's Monongah Mines.

7. Street Morgue After Monongah Mine Disaster

'Shows the scene about the mouth of No. 8 Monongah Mine explosion, where the fan house and other buildings were completely demolished by the force of the explosion and where Engineer Byce was killed. The photograph was taken just as bodies of the victims were being brought out of the mine.'

8. No. 8 Coal Mine Fan and Other Buildings after the Explosion at Monongah, W. Va.

Caskets line the street which served as a makeshift morgue for the miners killed in the explosion at the Fairmont Coal Company Monongah Mines.  Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.

9. Street Morgue After Monongah Mine Disaster

10. Fairmont Coal Company Tipple, Gypsy, W. Va.

Entrance to the Fairmont Coal's Monongah Mine in Fairmont, W. Va.

11. Entrance to a Coal Mine, Fairmont, W. Va.