December marked the 100th anniversary of the Monongah mining disaster, which took the lives of at least 362 men. Read the Gazette's coverage of the Monongah disaster: 100 years later.
Watch video from the anniversary event
View the 1907 Gazette story
Watch video from the anniversary eventView the 1907 Gazette story
December 7, 2007
Dead workers from America's worst coal mine accident honored
MONONGAH — A kerchief tied around her head against the cold, 79-year-old Leanna Meffe carefull ...
December 6, 2007
Monongah disaster
ONE hundred years ago today, at 10 a.m. on a Friday, an explosion ripped through two mines at Monong ...
December 2, 2007
At about 10:30 on the morning of Dec. 6, 1907, J.H. Leonard watched as 14 loaded coal cars rose out ...
November 30, 2007
Documentary looks at destitution after Monongah explosion
One woman was giving birth at home when they hauled her husband’s corpse through the door. Officials ...
November 18, 2007
The morning after an explosion ripped through the Monongah No. 6 and No. 8 mines, the Fairmont Times ...
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