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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.

1. Street Morgue After Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
010973
Title:
Street Morgue After Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907/12/12
Description:
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.
Different view of the cemetery after the Monongah Mine explosion. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.

2. Preparing the Cemetery after the Monongah Explosion

IDNO:
010976
Title:
Preparing the Cemetery after the Monongah Explosion
Date:
1907/12/12
Description:
Different view of the cemetery after the Monongah Mine explosion. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.
Crowds line the hillside above and gather near the entrance to mine No. 8 after the disaster. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.

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

IDNO:
010979
Title:
No. 8 Coal Mine Entrance after the Explosion at Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907/12/07
Description:
Crowds line the hillside above and gather near the entrance to mine No. 8 after the disaster. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.