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    Monongah is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, United States, situated where Booths Creek flows into the West Fork River. The population was 972 at...
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    The Monongah mining disaster was a coal mine explosion on December 6, 1907, at Fairmont Coal Company's Nos. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia, which...
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  • West Virginia is a state located in the Southern United States. There are 232 municipalities. Largest municipalities in West Virginia by population Charleston...
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  • Ely, Nevada. 2 dead; 3 trapped. December 6, 1907: Monongah Mining disaster in Monongah, West Virginia. Official death toll is 362, but due to inadequate...
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    other state. West Virginia was the site of the worst coal mining disaster to date, the Monongah Mining disaster of Monongah, West Virginia in 1907. The...
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  • were killed in an underground explosion on December 6, 1907, in Monongah, West Virginia. The U.S. Bureau of Mines was created in 1910 to investigate accidents...
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    Marion County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 56,205. Its county seat is Fairmont. The county...
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    Summersville, Flatwoods, Weston, Jane Lew, Clarksburg, Shinnston, Worthington, Monongah, Fairmont, Rivesville, Westover, Morgantown, and Star City, in addition...
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    worst mine accident in Europe. December 6, 1907: Monongah mining disaster, Monongah, West Virginia. 362 people officially died. The worst industrial...
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    West Frankfort is a city in Franklin County, Illinois. The population was 7,275 at the 2020 census. The city is well known for its rich history of coal...
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    state 1907 – Gentlemen's Agreement 1907 – Coal mine explodes in Monongah, West Virginia, killing at least 361. Worst industrial accident in American history...
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  • governments prove incapable or unstable. 1907 – A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers. 1912 – The Nefertiti Bust is discovered. 1916...
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    Miners: West Virginia, 1907–1933 (1979), On labor conflicts of the early 20th century. McAteer, Davitt. Monongah: The Tragic Story of the 1907 Monongah Mine...
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  • The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Appalachian and Ohio Railroad (AO) Beech Mountain Railroad (BEEM) CSX Transportation...
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  • Everett Francis Briggs (category People from Marion County, West Virginia)
    days before Christmas, he arrived in Monongah, West Virginia, where he became interested in the history of the Monongah Mining Disaster of December 6, 1907...
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  • The West Virginia High School Football State Championships have been held since the early 1900s. The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission...
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  • West Virginia has a rich tradition of folklore – including folktales, legends, and superstitions – resulting from the diverse ethnicities, religions,...
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  • 1907 Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan 362 6 December 1907 Monongah Mining disaster Monongah, West Virginia, U.S. 344 21 December 1910 Pretoria Pit Disaster Westhoughton...
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    Nick Saban (category Catholics from West Virginia)
    sister, Dianna, and graduated from Monongah High School in the small coal mining community of Monongah, West Virginia, about 25 miles (40 km) southwest...
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    v t e Deadliest coal mine disasters in the United States Monongah, West Virginia, 1907 (362 killed) Dawson, New Mexico, 1913 (263 killed) Cherry, Illinois...
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    valley slicing between Walden Ridge to the east and Vowell Mountain to the west. Tennessee State Route 116 connects Fraterville with Briceville to the south...
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    v t e Deadliest coal mine disasters in the United States Monongah, West Virginia, 1907 (362 killed) Dawson, New Mexico, 1913 (263 killed) Cherry, Illinois...
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    died. A small monument marks the location, on County Road 44, about 1.5 km west of the Ludlow Monument, which commemorates those who died in a massacre during...
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    plane crash still linger". ECP. Lawrence Messina (April 5, 2010). "West Virginia Coal Mine Explosion: 25 Dead After Massey Blast". Huffingtonpost.com...
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  • v t e Deadliest coal mine disasters in the United States Monongah, West Virginia, 1907 (362 killed) Dawson, New Mexico, 1913 (263 killed) Cherry, Illinois...
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  • Father's Day service was held on July 5, 1908 in West Virginia to honor the fathers killed in the Monongah Mine Disaster, it is Sonora Smart Dodd who is...
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  • Ruth Broe (category People from Marion County, West Virginia)
    Heritage Foundation. Born Ruth Hammond on 10 December 1911 in Monongah, West Virginia, she joined the Marines in 1943 when the Marine Corps first started...
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  • doi:10.2307/3115362. ISSN 0007-6805. Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters. Robert E Hartley, David Kenney. Southern Illinois...
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    that killed six coal miners and three rescuers. Monongah mining disaster - 1907 explosion in West Virginia that killed at least 362 miners. Spurred the creation...
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    Yolande mine in Alabama explosion on December 16, the Monongah Mining disaster in West Virginia on December 6 that killed 362 miners and the Naomi Mine...
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