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Item # 572572
November 01, 1951
THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1, 1951

* Union  West Virginia 
* Coal mine explosion 
* Cabin Creek field
 

This 62 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 5: "COAL MINE BLAST FATAL TO TWELVE" "Bodies Are Found Deep in W. Va. Mountain"

Tells of the Truax-Traer Coal Company Cabin Creek mine explosion at Union, West Virginia.

Other news of the day. Minor margin wear, otherwise good.