Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the cemetery by W. S. Thomas. An excerpt of text from the front states, "Between 400 and 600 killed."Back reads: "Where is that post card picture of your school you were going to send me? How are you? One of my cousins (Becca Clinton) was buried yesterday. 3 of her sisters and her brother Luke are not expected to live. You remember him. You had his knife. They have Spinal Meningitis. I am not teaching this week. [Maurie?] Alice. To Ada Ballentine, Waverly, West Virginia."

Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the Cemetery

Identifier:: 054396
Collection Number:: A&M 4520
Title:: Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the Cemetery
Date:: 1907
Description:: Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the cemetery by W. S. Thomas. An excerpt of text from the front states, "Between 400 and 600 killed."Back reads: "Where is that post card picture of your school you were going to send me? How are you? One of my cousins (Becca Clinton) was buried yesterday. 3 of her sisters and her brother Luke are not expected to live. You remember him. You had his knife. They have Spinal Meningitis. I am not teaching this week. [Maurie?] Alice. To Ada Ballentine, Waverly, West Virginia."
Subjects:: Coal Mines and Mining--Mine Disasters--Monongah, 1907.
Acquisition Source:: Ron Rittenhouse
Acquisition Method:: Loan
Medium:: postcard
Projects:: West Virginia History OnView