CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, April 24, 1938

• Red Jacket Coal Company mine explosion
• Keen Mountain - Grundy Virginia VA

The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "MINE EXPLOSION TOLL 45; BODIES ALL RECOVERED" with subhead and related photo. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with all 28 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.

Background: Occurring on April 22, 1938, at the Keen Mountain Mine in Buchanan County, Virginia, the Red Jacket mine disaster claimed the lives of 45 miners in a violent coal dust and gas explosion, making it the deadliest U.S. coal mining accident of that year and one of the worst industrial catastrophes in state history. The blast erupted from the mine portals with volcano-like force during a shift change, leaving only three survivors and devastating the local coal community of Hanger. Beyond its immediate human toll, the tragedy exposed the fatal hazards of inadequate ventilation and uncontrolled coal dust at a time when inspectors lacked enforcement authority, serving as a vital catalyst for national mine safety reform that helped push through expanded federal inspection powers in 1941.