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

Identifier:

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.'

Subjects:

Coal Mines and Mining--Mine Disasters--Monongah, 1907., Mine accidents--West Virginia--Monongah., Monongah Mines Disaster, Monongah, W. Va., 1907.

Corporate Names:

Fairmont Coal Company.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView