Street Morgue After Monongah Mine Disaster
- Identifier:
- 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.
- Subjects:
- Mine accidents--West Virginia--Monongah., Coffins., Coal Mines and Mining--Mine Disasters--Monongah, 1907., Monongah Mines Disaster, Monongah, W. Va., 1907., Coal miners--Death.
- Corporate Names:
- Fairmont Coal Company.
- Acquisition Source:
- Lee, Thomas Davis
- Acquisition Method:
- Gift
- Medium:
- print
- Projects:
- West Virginia History OnView