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Crowds gathered at the entrance to Mine No. 8 after the explosion at Monongah. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.

1. Entrance to Fairmont Coal Company Monongah Mine No. 8 After the Explosion

IDNO:
010974
Title:
Entrance to Fairmont Coal Company Monongah Mine No. 8 After the Explosion
Date:
1907/12
Description:
Crowds gathered at the entrance to Mine No. 8 after the explosion at Monongah. 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.

2. 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.
Crowd of people looking at the destroyed fan and boiler house after Monongah Mine explosion. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.

3. Mine No. 8 Fan and Boiler House after Monongah Explosion

IDNO:
010980
Title:
Mine No. 8 Fan and Boiler House after Monongah Explosion
Date:
1907/12/07
Description:
Crowd of people looking at the destroyed fan and boiler house after Monongah Mine explosion. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.
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.

4. 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.

5. 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.
Men sitting and standing near the entrance to mine number 8. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.

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

IDNO:
010983
Title:
No. 8 Coal Mine Entrance after the Explosion at Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907/12/08
Description:
Men sitting and standing near the entrance to mine number 8. 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.

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

IDNO:
010985
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.
Number 8 Fan House after the explosion.

8. Number 8 Fan House after the Monongah Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
026729
Title:
Number 8 Fan House after the Monongah Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Number 8 Fan House after the explosion.

9. Number 8 Fan House afer the Monongah Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
026730
Title:
Number 8 Fan House afer the Monongah Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907

10. Coal Mine No. 7 and 8 Viewed from Trestle Over West Fork River, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
028422
Title:
Coal Mine No. 7 and 8 Viewed from Trestle Over West Fork River, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907

11. Monongah Mine No. 8 after Explosion, Marion County, W. Va.

IDNO:
037515
Title:
Monongah Mine No. 8 after Explosion, Marion County, W. Va.
Date:
1907
In Monongah, West Virginia, December 6, 1907, an explosion destroyed Mines #6 and #8, killing most of the miners inside. The women in the foreground of the photograph, along with other families walked back and forth on the railroad tracks from one mine entrance to the other searching for news of loved ones. An eyewitness reports many women walked for more than 20 hours without food or sleep and some "were about to become mothers". The official death toll was 361 mine workers killed.

12. Women Searching For News, Walking Railroad Tracks Between Mines 6 and 8 After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
038501
Title:
Women Searching For News, Walking Railroad Tracks Between Mines 6 and 8 After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907/12/06
Description:
In Monongah, West Virginia, December 6, 1907, an explosion destroyed Mines #6 and #8, killing most of the miners inside. The women in the foreground of the photograph, along with other families walked back and forth on the railroad tracks from one mine entrance to the other searching for news of loved ones. An eyewitness reports many women walked for more than 20 hours without food or sleep and some "were about to become mothers". The official death toll was 361 mine workers killed.