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Avoca, Pennsylvania coal mine disaster...
Avoca, Pennsylvania coal mine disaster...
Item # 584754
June 03, 1938
FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, June 3, 1938
* Avoca, Pennsylvania mine disaster (1st report)
* Robert Goddard - Rocket invention
This 18 page newspaper has a one column heading on the front page: "Ten Killed, Six Injured In Mine Blast" coverage of the explosion of the Volpe Coal Company mine near Avoca, Pennsylvania.
Also on the front page is a two column headline that reads: "Rocketspace Craft Zooms At 700 Miles an Hour".
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. A few tiny binding holes along the spine, otherwise in good condition.
Category: The 20th Century