Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Benwood Mine Disaster. It was shortly after 7 a.m. on Monday, April 28, 1924, when an explosion and fire tore […]
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Farmington No. 9 service set today: 78 miners died in the 1968 disaster
The desk clerk at the motel in Fairmont had to look twice. “Huh?” he wondered. “What the heck was that?” The paperclips and pens collected in that […]
