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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:: 010981
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.

Ruins of the fan and boiler house after the Monongah explosion. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.

2. No. 8 Coal Mine Fan and Boiler House after the Explosion at Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:: 010982
Title:: No. 8 Coal Mine Fan and Boiler House after the Explosion at Monongah, W. Va.
Date:: 1907/12/12
Description:: Ruins of the fan and boiler house after the Monongah explosion. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.