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The Eccles Mine Disaster

Nov 11, 2023 · 15m 30s
The Eccles Mine Disaster
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In 1914 a series of massive explosions occurred in the Eccles Mine No. 5 near Eccles, West Virginia in Raleigh County, West Virginia, leaving over 180 men and boys dead,...

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In 1914 a series of massive explosions occurred in the Eccles Mine No. 5 near Eccles, West Virginia in Raleigh County, West Virginia, leaving over 180 men and boys dead, including an insurance salesman who had the bad luck of making a call on the miners that day.

Today we tell the story of West Virginia's second-worst mine disaster.

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Author Steve Gilly
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