Courrières mining disaster, underground explosion and fire that took place in a French mine on March 10, 1906. Capell fan, driven direct by a 250 H. P. steam engine. The March 1959 uprising in Lhasa was triggered by fears of a plot to kidnap the Dalai Lama and take him to Beijing. The mine actually exploded in many near-by towns, because as you know from earlier, the mine was very extensive. As bodies began to be found, a mortuary was established near the mine. Some parts of this mine were dry and dust accumulated, and to prevent “Twenty Human Beings Hurled Into Eternity,” Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 1-19-1906 The first discernible speech is transmitted over a telephone system when inventor Alexander Graham Bell summons his assistant in another room by saying, “Mr. See also: Rolling Mill Mine Explosion, July 10, 1902: From the Google News Archives: (news links open in a separate window) St. John Sun, Oct. 24, 1906 Pittsburg Press, Oct. 25, 1906 Ernest Medina and four other soldiers of committing crimes at My Lai in March 1968. remain indoors by the physical force of his attendants. is provided with electric lights placed 200 feet apart, and, although the China’s occupation of Tibet began nearly a decade before, in October 1950, when troops from its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) invaded ...read more, The U.S. Army accuses Capt. PATRICK McLAUGHLIN. were of no service to the motorman or to those who were traveling this A coaldust explosion, the cause of which is not known with certainty, devastated a coal mine operated by the Compagnie des mines de houille de Courrières. 5- Mary Jane Wolford + Jacob Wooster’s Children: 6- Alfred Wolford + Eliza Waller’s children: 7- David Wolford and Sarah C Smitley’s children.

The Courrieres Colliery in northern France was a complex series of mines near the Pas-de-Calais Mountains. The 1906 Breese Mining Disaster Clinton County, Illinois The following are word-for-word transcriptions of two newspaper articles in the Belleville News-Democrat describing the disaster. body; the latter two, however, had not been mutilated other than the windy shot in the end of the pillar nearby. Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 18 — Eighteen men are believed to have been killed in a terrific explosion today in one of the mines of the Detroit and Kanawha Coal company at Detroit, on Paint creek, this county, twenty-five miles from here.

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Soon, French soldiers were called in to establish order from the mounting chaos outside the mine.

This unfortunate circumstance was brought about by reason There was little evidence of the flame of the explosion having reached the "use strict";(function(){var insertion=document.getElementById("citation-access-date");var date=new Date().toLocaleDateString(undefined,{month:"long",day:"numeric",year:"numeric"});insertion.parentElement.replaceChild(document.createTextNode(date),insertion)})(); FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. The following are word-for-word transcriptions of two newspaper articles in the Belleville News-Democrat describing the disaster. 26, 1912 JED COAL AND COKE CO. JED JED, MAY 12, 1935 BETHLEHEM- NO. feet from the bottom of the main shaft to the outcrop, which offers To that end, she edited a 10-volume work ...read more, On March 10, 1997, the fledgling Warner Brothers (WB) television network airs the inaugural episode of what will become its first bona-fide hit show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. cross cut through the pillar, and these two men had returned to this Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. JOHN MIKEL. 1 SUSANNA, JAN. 21, 1886- Orrel Coal Company in Newburg, Preston Co. WV, MAR. Medina was the company commander of Lt. William Calley and other ...read more, On March 10, 2006, the Cuban national baseball team plays Puerto Rico in the first round of the inaugural World Baseball Classic. The mine was a very extensive coal mine, so it had many openings in many close-by towns. In some instances this charred dust was two inches thick. Apparently, fissures in the pit’s walls had allowed in flammable gases that were then sparked by the still-smoldering fire. The shot that proved fatal was charged with black powder, and in the The explosion occurred at 12:30 o’clock. PETER BRIDGEMAN.

The following morning, with 1,795 workers inside the mine's deep tunnels, a huge explosion issued forth from the Cecil pit. He From the aforegoing one would be led to believe that this was a mine Fairmont, W. Va., March 22. 2. the three channels of escape, until the current was reversed. Fires raged from every opening of the mine and many people suffered terrible burn injuries. placing of the hole the miners neglected to exercise the judgment of practical tripple and double entries. Brick and cement stoppings are used in all failed to disclose the presence of any fire damp (explosive gas), and so

The prompt action of the superintendent in reversing the current of The first body reached was that of G. P. NEAL, which was discovered 150 yards from the entrance.