Monongah Mines Disaster, Monongah, W. Va., 1907
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Name (Hebrew)
אסון מכרות מונונגה, וירג'יניה המערבית, 1907
Name (Latin)
Monongah Mines Disaster, Monongah, W. Va., 1907
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-80.21361111 -80.21361111 39.46027778 39.46027778 (gooearth )
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Mine accidents West Virginia
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Q2157600
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sh 85086950
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Wikipedia description:
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 killed 362 miners. It has been described as "the worst mining disaster in American history" and was one of the contributing events that led to the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.
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