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Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the cemetery by W. S. Thomas. An excerpt of text from the front states, "Between 400 and 600 killed."Back reads: "Where is that post card picture of your school you were going to send me? How are you? One of my cousins (Becca Clinton) was buried yesterday. 3 of her sisters and her brother Luke are not expected to live. You remember him. You had his knife. They have Spinal Meningitis. I am not teaching this week. [Maurie?] Alice. To Ada Ballentine, Waverly, West Virginia."

181. Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the Cemetery

IDNO:
054396
Title:
Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the Cemetery
Date:
1907
Description:
Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the cemetery by W. S. Thomas. An excerpt of text from the front states, "Between 400 and 600 killed."Back reads: "Where is that post card picture of your school you were going to send me? How are you? One of my cousins (Becca Clinton) was buried yesterday. 3 of her sisters and her brother Luke are not expected to live. You remember him. You had his knife. They have Spinal Meningitis. I am not teaching this week. [Maurie?] Alice. To Ada Ballentine, Waverly, West Virginia."
A view of a mine at Monongah.

182. A Mine at Monongah

IDNO:
054397
Title:
A Mine at Monongah
Date:
1907
Description:
A view of a mine at Monongah.
Crowds gathering on train tracks to view the remains of the Monongah Mines after the explosion.

183. Crowds around remains of the Monongah Mines

IDNO:
054398
Title:
Crowds around remains of the Monongah Mines
Date:
1907
Description:
Crowds gathering on train tracks to view the remains of the Monongah Mines after the explosion.
A survivor looking toward the remains of the Monongah Mines.

184. A Survivor of the Monongah Mine Horrors

IDNO:
054399
Title:
A Survivor of the Monongah Mine Horrors
Date:
1907
Description:
A survivor looking toward the remains of the Monongah Mines.
Hearses taking caskets from the streets of Monongah to Monongah Mine No.6.

185. Caskets of Monongah Mine No.6

IDNO:
054400
Title:
Caskets of Monongah Mine No.6
Date:
1907
Description:
Hearses taking caskets from the streets of Monongah to Monongah Mine No.6.
Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster being carried off to the cemetery. Back of postcard reads: "Mine explosion at Monongah, W.Va. A Merry Christ and Happy New Year."

186. Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054401
Title:
Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster being carried off to the cemetery. Back of postcard reads: "Mine explosion at Monongah, W.Va. A Merry Christ and Happy New Year."

187. Coal Miner posing for a picture

IDNO:
054402
Title:
Coal Miner posing for a picture
Date:
1907
Young orphans awaiting news at the Monongah Mine No. 8.

188. Orphans at the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054403
Title:
Orphans at the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Young orphans awaiting news at the Monongah Mine No. 8.
Wives waiting for their husbands at Monongah Mine No.8.

189. Wives waiting at Monongah Mine No.8

IDNO:
054404
Title:
Wives waiting at Monongah Mine No.8
Date:
1907
Description:
Wives waiting for their husbands at Monongah Mine No.8.
Mourners view rows of caskets from the mine disaster.

190. Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054405
Title:
Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Mourners view rows of caskets from the mine disaster.
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster.

191. The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054406
Title:
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster.

192. Viewing the Dead from the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054407
Title:
Viewing the Dead from the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907