Search Results
- IDNO:
- 026730
- Title:
- Number 8 Fan House afer the Monongah Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1907
- IDNO:
- 028422
- Title:
- Coal Mine No. 7 and 8 Viewed from Trestle Over West Fork River, Monongah, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1907
- IDNO:
- 028588
- Title:
- Explosion at Mine No. 8, Monongah, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1907/12/06
- Description:
- Aftermath of the explosion at Mine No. 8 on December 6, 1907 at Monongah, W. Va.
- IDNO:
- 037515
- Title:
- Monongah Mine No. 8 after Explosion, Marion County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1907
- 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.
- IDNO:
- 041522
- Title:
- Monongah Mine After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1907/12
- Description:
- The Monongah Mine disaster occurred on December 6, 1907 and has been described as the worst mining disaster in American history. An explosion thought to have been caused by the ignition of methane ignited the coal dust in mines number 6 and 8, killing hundreds of workers.
- IDNO:
- 044544
- Title:
- Mine After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.
- Description:
- (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044553
- Title:
- Victims of Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1907
- Description:
- (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044564
- Title:
- Mine No. 6 Just After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1907
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044571
- Title:
- Sight Seeing After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1907
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044574
- Title:
- Wrecked Coal Cars Blown Out of No. 8 Mine, Monongah, W. Va.
- Description:
- Published by A.G. Martin and Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 044576
- Title:
- Men Stand Around Mine No. 8, Monongah, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1908
- Description:
- (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
