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

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

IDNO:
002468
Title:
Wives Waiting for Husbands at Mine No. 8 after Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907/12/6
Description:
Wives and family members wait for men outside Monongah No. 8 mine. A. G. Martin and Company, Fairmont, 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.'

4. Vernon, Perry and Horse in the Monongah Mine

IDNO:
002470
Title:
Vernon, Perry and Horse in the Monongah Mine
Description:
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.'
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.

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

IDNO:
002471
Title:
Wives Waiting for Husbands at Mine No. 8 after Monongah Mine Disaster, Marion County, W. Va.
Date:
1907/12/6
Description:
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.
Men lined up to view the caskets in the streets of Monongah.

6. Viewing the Dead of the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
002476
Title:
Viewing the Dead of the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907/12/6
Description:
Men lined up to view the caskets in the streets of Monongah.
Men lined up to view caskets of the dead in the streets of Monongah.

7. Viewing the Dead of the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
002478
Title:
Viewing the Dead of the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907/12/6
Description:
Men lined up to view caskets of the dead in the streets of Monongah.
Ruined fan and boiler house after Monongah Mine Explosion.

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

IDNO:
002502
Title:
Mine No. 8 Fan and Boiler House after Monongah Explosion
Date:
1907/12/07
Description:
Ruined fan and boiler house after Monongah Mine Explosion.
crowd of people looking at the destroyed fan and boiler house after Monongah Mine explosion.

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

IDNO:
002503
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.
Crowd of people looking at the destroyed fan and boiler house after Monongah Mine explosion.

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

IDNO:
002504
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.
Crowd looks at the destruction in Monongah, W. Va. after explosion.

11. Monongah Mine After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
002505
Title:
Monongah Mine After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907/12/07
Description:
Crowd looks at the destruction in Monongah, W. Va. after explosion.
Crowd looks at the destruction in Monongah, W. Va. after explosion.

12. Monongah Mine After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
002506
Title:
Monongah Mine After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907/12/07
Description:
Crowd looks at the destruction in Monongah, W. Va. after explosion.