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Caskets lining the street as horse-drawn hearse takes caskets to the mine.

1. Hearses Taking Caskets to the Mine, Coffins in the Streets of Monongah

IDNO:
002464
Title:
Hearses Taking Caskets to the Mine, Coffins in the Streets of Monongah
Date:
1907
Description:
Caskets lining the street as horse-drawn hearse takes caskets to the mine.
Street scene after Monongah disaster. Horse-drawn hearse delivers caskets to the mine and coffins line the street of Monongah.

2. Hearses Taking Caskets to the Mine, Coffins in the Streets of Monongah

IDNO:
002466
Title:
Hearses Taking Caskets to the Mine, Coffins in the Streets of Monongah
Date:
1907
Description:
Street scene after Monongah disaster. Horse-drawn hearse delivers caskets to the mine and coffins line the street of Monongah.

3. Scene of the Monongah Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
026728
Title:
Scene of the Monongah Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Number 8 Fan House after the explosion.

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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
Front: "Fan after the Explosion Monongah, W.Va" Back: "See if you can find grandpa on this card. To Fred from Aunt Lessie."

8. Remains of Monongah Mine No.18 after Disaster

IDNO:
054374
Title:
Remains of Monongah Mine No.18 after Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Front: "Fan after the Explosion Monongah, W.Va" Back: "See if you can find grandpa on this card. To Fred from Aunt Lessie."
Fan house at Monongah Mine No.8 after the explosion. Back: "This is the most terrible explosion of its kind that ever happened in the U.S. We were up yesterday. Will write in a few days. It shook here considerably. [illegible]" To Mr. Okey May in Terra Haute, Indiana.

9. Monongah Mine No.8 Fan House after Explosion

IDNO:
054379
Title:
Monongah Mine No.8 Fan House after Explosion
Date:
1907
Description:
Fan house at Monongah Mine No.8 after the explosion. Back: "This is the most terrible explosion of its kind that ever happened in the U.S. We were up yesterday. Will write in a few days. It shook here considerably. [illegible]" To Mr. Okey May in Terra Haute, Indiana.
People look upon the remains of Monongah Mine collapse.

10. The Ruins of Monongah Mine No.10

IDNO:
054380
Title:
The Ruins of Monongah Mine No.10
Date:
1907
Description:
People look upon the remains of Monongah Mine collapse.
Remains of a decimated coal cart recovered from the No. 8 Monongah Mine.

11. Destroyed Coal Carts from Monongah Mine No.8

IDNO:
054381
Title:
Destroyed Coal Carts from Monongah Mine No.8
Date:
1907
Description:
Remains of a decimated coal cart recovered from the No. 8 Monongah Mine.
Citizens of towns neighboring towns come to see the scene of the Monongah Mine Disaster.

12. Crowds visiting the site of the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054386
Title:
Crowds visiting the site of the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Citizens of towns neighboring towns come to see the scene of the Monongah Mine Disaster.