1907: Can’t forget it
Adam Michna unearthed a slide show of the 1907 Monongah No. 6 and No. 8 mines’ explosions that killed 362 officially and
probably 500 or more according to Father Briggs and the gravediggers.
It still is the worst coal mining
tragedy in American history even though more than 3,000 miners died that year
in mines across the country.
To see the 1907 photos, which still are
chilling, click on
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