Street Morgue After Monongah Mine Disaster

Identifier:

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.

Subjects:

Coal Mines and Mining--Mine Disasters--Monongah, 1907., Mine accidents--West Virginia--Monongah., Coffins., Monongah Mines Disaster, Monongah, W. Va., 1907.

Corporate Names:

Fairmont Coal Company. Monongah Mine no. 8.

Acquisition Source:

Johnson, Truman

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView