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Crowd of people looking at the destroyed fan and boiler house after Monongah Mine explosion. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.

13. Mine No. 8 Fan and Boiler House after Monongah Explosion

IDNO:
010980
Title:
Mine No. 8 Fan and Boiler House after Monongah Explosion
Date:
1907/12/07
Description:
Crowd of people looking at the destroyed fan and boiler house after Monongah Mine explosion. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.
Crowds line the hillside above and gather near the entrance to mine No. 8 after the disaster. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.

14. No. 8 Coal Mine Entrance after the Explosion at Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
010979
Title:
No. 8 Coal Mine Entrance after the Explosion at Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907/12/07
Description:
Crowds line the hillside above and gather near the entrance to mine No. 8 after the disaster. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.
Different view of the cemetery after the Monongah Mine explosion. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.

15. Preparing the Cemetery after the Monongah Explosion

IDNO:
010976
Title:
Preparing the Cemetery after the Monongah Explosion
Date:
1907/12/12
Description:
Different view of the cemetery after the Monongah Mine explosion. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.
Crowds gathered at the entrance to Mine No. 8 after the explosion at Monongah. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.

16. Entrance to Fairmont Coal Company Monongah Mine No. 8 After the Explosion

IDNO:
010974
Title:
Entrance to Fairmont Coal Company Monongah Mine No. 8 After the Explosion
Date:
1907/12
Description:
Crowds gathered at the entrance to Mine No. 8 after the explosion at Monongah. Note: image is taken from the original print donated to the West Virginia Collection.
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.

17. Street Morgue After Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
010973
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.
Men stand near the mine entrance at Monongah before it was closed off.

18. Scene at No. 6 Mine as Men Prepare to Close Off Entrance After Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
002546
Title:
Scene at No. 6 Mine as Men Prepare to Close Off Entrance After Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907/12
Description:
Men stand near the mine entrance at Monongah before it was closed off.

19. Scene at No. 9 Mine as Men Prepare to Close off the Entrance after the Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
002545
Title:
Scene at No. 9 Mine as Men Prepare to Close off the Entrance after the Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907/12
'Shows the scene about the mouth of No. 8 Monongah Mine explosion, where the fan house and other buildings were completely demolished by the force of the explosion and where Engineer Byce was killed. The photograph was taken just as bodies of the victims were being brought out of the mine.'

20. No. 8 Coal Mine Fan and Other Buildings after the Explosion at Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
002544
Title:
No. 8 Coal Mine Fan and Other Buildings after the Explosion at Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907/12
Description:
'Shows the scene about the mouth of No. 8 Monongah Mine explosion, where the fan house and other buildings were completely demolished by the force of the explosion and where Engineer Byce was killed. The photograph was taken just as bodies of the victims were being brought out of the mine.'
Ruins of the fan and boiler house after the Monongah explosion.

21. No. 8 Coal Mine Fan and Boiler House after the Explosion at Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
002543
Title:
No. 8 Coal Mine Fan and Boiler House after the Explosion at Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907/12/12
Description:
Ruins of the fan and boiler house after the Monongah explosion.
Group portrait of men who participated in the Coroner's Inquest after the Monongah Mine Disaster. 1. to 6. Coroner's Jury, 7. R.S. Larue, 8. J.W. Paul, 9. Chas. Powell, 10. J.C. Gaskill, 11. S.C. Lowe, Prosecuting Attorney, 12. Interpreter, 13. J.G. Smyth, 14. G.M. Alexander, 15. E.B. Moore, 16., C.W. Watson, 17. L.L. Malone, 18. Frank Haas, 19. H.V. Hesse, 20. J.W. Stevens, 21. C.E. Scott, 22. A.J. Ruckman, 23. W.H. Bailey, 24. E.S. Amos (coroner), 25. Stenographer, 26. D. Victor, 27. J.H. Wheelwright.

22. Coroner's Inquest After the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
002542
Title:
Coroner's Inquest After the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1908/01/11
Description:
Group portrait of men who participated in the Coroner's Inquest after the Monongah Mine Disaster. 1. to 6. Coroner's Jury, 7. R.S. Larue, 8. J.W. Paul, 9. Chas. Powell, 10. J.C. Gaskill, 11. S.C. Lowe, Prosecuting Attorney, 12. Interpreter, 13. J.G. Smyth, 14. G.M. Alexander, 15. E.B. Moore, 16., C.W. Watson, 17. L.L. Malone, 18. Frank Haas, 19. H.V. Hesse, 20. J.W. Stevens, 21. C.E. Scott, 22. A.J. Ruckman, 23. W.H. Bailey, 24. E.S. Amos (coroner), 25. Stenographer, 26. D. Victor, 27. J.H. Wheelwright.
Group portrait of men who participated in the Coroner's Inquest after the Monongah Mine Disaster. 1. to 6. Coroner's Jury, 7. R.S. Larue, 8. J.W. Paul, 9. Chas. Powell, 10. J.C. Gaskill, 11. S.C. Lowe, Prosecuting Attorney, 12. Interpreter, 13. J.G. Smyth, 14. G.M. Alexander, 15. E.B. Moore, 16., C.W. Watson, 17. L.L. Malone, 18. Frank Haas, 19. H.V. Hesse, 20. J.W. Stevens, 21. C.E. Scott, 22. A.J. Ruckman, 23. W.H. Bailey, 24. E.S. Amos (coroner), 25. Stenographer, 26. D. Victor, 27. J.H. Wheelwright.

23. Coroner's Inquest After the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
002541
Title:
Coroner's Inquest After the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1908/01/11
Description:
Group portrait of men who participated in the Coroner's Inquest after the Monongah Mine Disaster. 1. to 6. Coroner's Jury, 7. R.S. Larue, 8. J.W. Paul, 9. Chas. Powell, 10. J.C. Gaskill, 11. S.C. Lowe, Prosecuting Attorney, 12. Interpreter, 13. J.G. Smyth, 14. G.M. Alexander, 15. E.B. Moore, 16., C.W. Watson, 17. L.L. Malone, 18. Frank Haas, 19. H.V. Hesse, 20. J.W. Stevens, 21. C.E. Scott, 22. A.J. Ruckman, 23. W.H. Bailey, 24. E.S. Amos (coroner), 25. Stenographer, 26. D. Victor, 27. J.H. Wheelwright.
Group portrait of inspectors and mine experts from West Virginia and Ohio standing in front of Mine No. 8 at Monongah, W. Va.

24. Mine Inspectors in Front of the Entrance to Fairmont Coal Company Mine No. 8 at Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
002540
Title:
Mine Inspectors in Front of the Entrance to Fairmont Coal Company Mine No. 8 at Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907/12
Description:
Group portrait of inspectors and mine experts from West Virginia and Ohio standing in front of Mine No. 8 at Monongah, W. Va.