THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Dec. 27, 1932 

* Moweaqua, Illinois disaster
* Coal mine gas explosion

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "39 BODIES TAKEN FROM MINE; REST DEAD IN GAS PIT" with subheads. (see images) 
Complete with 12 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally nice.

Background: On Christmas Eve morning in 1932, the small town of Moweaqua, Illinois, suffered a devastating tragedy when a massive underground gas explosion at the Moweaqua Coal Mine instantly killed all 54 miners working the morning shift. The disaster was triggered by a rapid drop in atmospheric pressure that forced pockets of trapped, volatile methane gas out of the coal seams into the mine shafts, where it met the open-flame carbide lamps worn on the miners' caps and detonated. Rescue teams worked tirelessly over the holiday to recover every body from the destroyed shafts before the mine was sealed, leaving dozens of families widowed and fatherless on Christmas. The tragedy made national headlines and served as a major catalyst for sweeping industrial safety reforms across American coal mining, directly accelerating the nationwide phase-out of hazardous open-flame lights in favor of battery-powered electric safety headlamps.