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A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
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Monongah mining disaster
1907 coal mine explosion
The Monongah mining disaster was a coal mine explosion on December 6, 1907, at Fairmont Coal Company's Nos. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia, which killed 362 miners. It has been described as "the worst mining disaster in American history" and was one of the contributing…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Monongah, West Virginia
Town in West Virginia, United States
Monongah is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, United States, situated where Booths Creek flows into the West Fork River. The population was 972 at the 2020 census. Monongah was chartered in 1891. Its name is derived from the nearby Monongahela River.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)