Most sorrowful ringing today

The bell in the  Monongah’s Miners Memorial at Main and Bridge streets rings daily at 10:20 a.m., but today is even more meaningful.

It’s the 109^th anniversary of the horrific worst coal mining disaster in American history that killed 362 in adjoining No. 6 and No. 8 Monongah mines.

That was December 6, 1907.

Which is why today also is National Miners Day.

In 1907, across America, 3,242 miners died including the 362 in Monongah.

To hear the bell ring and to see video highlights of that horrible day, click on https://www.facebook.com/groups/610173315681838/