Search Results
- IDNO:
- 002470
- Title:
- Vernon, Perry and Horse in the Monongah Mine
- Description:
- Caption on back reads, 'Picture of Perry Vernon with his lard oil miner's lamp in the Monongah mine previous to that mine's explosion in 1907. Mr. Vernon resided in South Side Fairmont, hastily gathered a group of rescuers a few minutes after the Monongah explosion occured and was the first party to reach the scene of the explosion. The group traveled by a special street car which was operated by James O. Watson, II.'
- IDNO:
- 002471
- Title:
- Wives Waiting for Husbands at Mine No. 8 after Monongah Mine Disaster, Marion County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1907/12/6
- Description:
- Wives and other family members waiting outside Monongah Mine No. 8 for information regarding if their husbands and/or sons are dead or alive. A.G. Martin & Company.
- IDNO:
- 002472
- Title:
- Survivors of an Explosion in McIntyre, Pa.
- Date:
- 1940/12/31
- Description:
- Group portratit of 'Five miners who lived to tell the story'
- IDNO:
- 002473
- Title:
- Miner's Wife Comforted by Others Who Share Her Grief at Centralia, Ill.
- Date:
- 1947/03/26
- IDNO:
- 002474
- Title:
- Two of 33 Miners Killed Oct. 15, 1937. in Mulga, Ala.
- Date:
- 1937/10/15
- Description:
- Bodies covered with blankets of two coal miners killed in Mulga, Alabama lie on top of wooden caskets.
- IDNO:
- 002475
- Title:
- Coal Miner's Widow and Orphans
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Caption on back reads, 'innocent victims of recent mine safety negligence.'
- IDNO:
- 002476
- Title:
- Viewing the Dead of the Monongah Mine Disaster
- Date:
- 1907/12/6
- Description:
- Men lined up to view the caskets in the streets of Monongah.
- IDNO:
- 002477
- Title:
- Rescuing a Mine Pony in Monongalia County
- Date:
- ca. 1960-1970
- Description:
- Miners help a pony out of the mine.
- IDNO:
- 002478
- Title:
- Viewing the Dead of the Monongah Mine Disaster
- Date:
- 1907/12/6
- Description:
- Men lined up to view caskets of the dead in the streets of Monongah.
- IDNO:
- 002479
- Title:
- Explosion in Pursglove, W. Va. that Killed 20 Miners.
- Date:
- 1942/06/09
- Description:
- Miners carry stretchers with the victims of the mine accident at Pursglove.
- IDNO:
- 002480
- Title:
- Explosion at a Coal Mine in Thomas, W. Va.
- Description:
- People stand near the wreckage after an explosion at a Thomas mine.
- IDNO:
- 002481
- Title:
- Explosion at an Eccles Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1926
- Description:
- Crowds gather around the smoking buildings after an explosion at the Eccles mine.
