Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA): An Exhibit on Mining Disasters

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Mining Disasters - An Exhibition

1907 Fairmont Coal Company Mining Disaster
Monongah, West Virginia

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For a time pandemonium reigned. Every local mine official was missing. It was impossible to fathom the nature and extent of the catastrophe, or to tell whether either mine was on fire or full of gas.


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