Mine explosions
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Coal Mining Disaster Reports Collection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4203
Overview
Mine disaster reports, official hearing reports, and hearing and inquest transcripts (1938-1967). Most of the mine disaster reports were created by inspectors from the West Virginia Department of Mines, and some of them involved federal inspectors. Other reports were created by the United States Bureau of Mines and the West Virginia Department of Mines Coal Mine Safety Board of Review. Also includes volumes 3 through 8 of the Decisions of the Interior Board of Mine...
Dates:
1938-1977
Danny Tenney, Collector, Letter Regarding Everettville Mine Disaster
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3931
Overview
Photocopy of eight page letter from John Spiker to his grandfather, Watson Tenney. In the letter, dated November 7, 1927, Spiker recounts his experience witnessing the Everettville Mine Disaster in Everettville, West Virginia, on April 30, 1927. He was on-site when the Federal No. 3 mine owned by New England Fuel and Transportation Company exploded and he took part in the immediate rescue effort.
Dates:
1927
J. Davitt McAteer, Collector, Records Regarding Monongah Mine Disaster
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3574
Overview
Letter, two photographs, and six coal mine maps and post-disaster report related to the Monongah mine disaster. 1) The letter is dated December 6, 1907; it was authored by "Emmett" (Lester Emmitt Trader) of Monongah, West Virginia to Ernest M. Trader of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. The letter discusses the use of "certificates" as money in Monongah, references the recent Naomi mine (Fayette County, Pennsylvania) disaster of December 1, compares the conditions of the Naomi Mine to those of the...
Dates:
1907-1909; Majority of material found within 1907
Joseph D'Andrea Papers on the Monongah Mine Disaster
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4540
Scope and Contents
The collection includes the research papers of Joseph D’Andrea pertaining to the Monongah Mine Disaster of 1907. Materials include photographs of the 100-year anniversary of the disaster, general photographs of the memorial, D’Andrea’s involvement in the communities of Monongah and Fairmont, WV, and the graves of victims, most circa 2007 (Box 2). Other papers include his research materials about the disaster, such as printed articles, scholarly journals, facsimilies such as Department of...
Dates:
1907-2018; Majority of material found within 2005-2018