Women Searching For News, Walking Railroad Tracks Between Mines 6 and 8 After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.
- Identifier:
- 038501
- Collection Number:
- A&M 3574
- Title:
- Women Searching For News, Walking Railroad Tracks Between Mines 6 and 8 After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1907/12/06
- Description:
- In Monongah, West Virginia, December 6, 1907, an explosion destroyed Mines #6 and #8, killing most of the miners inside. The women in the foreground of the photograph, along with other families walked back and forth on the railroad tracks from one mine entrance to the other searching for news of loved ones. An eyewitness reports many women walked for more than 20 hours without food or sleep and some "were about to become mothers". The official death toll was 361 mine workers killed.
- Subjects:
- Coal Mines and Mining--Mine Disasters--Monongah, 1907., Monongah Mines Disaster, Monongah, W. Va., 1907., Mine accidents--West Virginia--Monongah.
- Corporate Names:
- Fairmont Coal Company. Monongah Mine no. 8., Fairmont Coal Company. Monongah Mine no. 6.
- Acquisition Method:
- Acquired
- Medium:
- print
- Projects:
- West Virginia History OnView