Algoma Coal & Coke Big Four Explosion
Algoma, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA – *No GPS coordinates
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Add PhotosGas and powder explosion of September 15, 1902. The rescue was hampered by the gas and smoke which was ignited by an open light of a miner that set off 6 kegs of blasting powder. The explosion knocked down all the brattices for a mile back to the surface, butting the air off to the trapped miners.
"The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette" IN Sept 16, 1902: A gas and powder explosion...James Lester and Engineer John Recckle, a Hungarian miner and 15 colored miners are known to be imprisoned.
Gas and powder explosion of September 15, 1902. The rescue was hampered by the gas and smoke which was ignited by an open light of a miner that set off 6 kegs of blasting powder. The explosion knocked down all the brattices for a mile back to the surface, butting the air off to the trapped miners.
"The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette" IN Sept 16, 1902: A gas and powder explosion...James Lester and Engineer John Recckle, a Hungarian miner and 15 colored miners are known to be imprisoned.
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- Added: 4 Jan 2023
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2768418
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