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2461. Fan House Fire at Gaston Mine in Fairmont, W. Va.

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

2462. Hearses Taking Caskets to the Mine, Coffins in the Streets of Monongah

2463. Fan House Fire at Gaston Mine in Fairmont, W. Va.

Street scene after Monongah disaster. Horse-drawn hearse delivers caskets to the mine and coffins line the street of Monongah.

2464. Hearses Taking Caskets to the Mine, Coffins in the Streets of Monongah

Caption on back reads, 'No misfortune can come to the coal miner, or operator, that does not touch every man, woman and child in Beckley. So, this picture of Beckley's greatest disaster at the Eccles mine, April 28, 1914, in which 181 men lost their lives. The photo is believed to have been taken very quickly after the (first) explosion, since the gondolas have not beed dropped out from under the tipple and the West Virginia mine rescue car does not appear to have arrived.'

2465. Disaster at the Eccles Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.

Wives and family members wait for men outside Monongah No. 8 mine. A. G. Martin and Company, Fairmont, W. Va.

2466. Wives Waiting for Husbands at Mine No. 8 after Monongah Mine Disaster

2467. Explosion at Eccles No. 5 Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.

Caption on back reads, 'Picture of Perry Vernon with his lard oil miner's lamp in the Monongah mine previous to that mine's explosion in 1907. Mr. Vernon resided in South Side Fairmont, hastily gathered a group of rescuers a few minutes after the Monongah explosion occured and was the first party to reach the scene of the explosion. The group traveled by a special street car which was operated by James O. Watson, II.'

2468. Vernon, Perry and Horse in the Monongah Mine

Wives and other family members waiting outside Monongah Mine No. 8 for information regarding if their husbands and/or sons are dead or alive.  A.G. Martin & Company.

2469. Wives Waiting for Husbands at Mine No. 8 after Monongah Mine Disaster, Marion County, W. Va.

Group portratit of 'Five miners who lived to tell the story'

2470. Survivors of an Explosion in McIntyre, Pa.

2471. Miner's Wife Comforted by Others Who Share Her Grief at Centralia, Ill.

Bodies covered with blankets of two coal miners killed in Mulga, Alabama lie on top of wooden caskets.

2472. Two of 33 Miners Killed Oct. 15, 1937. in Mulga, Ala.