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  • Charlie Chaplan nervous breakdown...
    Item #572481
    THE OMAHA MORNING BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, January 24, 1927  This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "Charlie Chaplin Suffers Relapse, Sent Back to Bed" and more. (see)

    Other news of the day. Light browning, minor spine wear, otherwise good.
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  • 1927 Baylor basketball team disaster....
    Item #572477
    THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE, Nebraska, January 23, 1927

    * Baylor basketball team (The Immortal Ten)
    * Round Rock TX Texas disaster (1st report)


    This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include:

    * 10 Students Die as Train, Bus Crash
    * Crack Athletes of Baylor University Lose Lives in Fatal Accident; Bodies Dragged and... Read full description  
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  • Broncho Bill...
    Item #572472
    THE GRAPHIC, Chicago, Illinois,November 12, 1887 (print only) This is a single page print entitled "Red Shirt and Broncho Bill are Invited to Hunt by a Master of Hounds in Hertfordshire" which is comprised of 9 scenes.  This is in very good condition and suitable for framing.
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  • Print on Mississippi....
    Item #572468
    Every Saturday, Boston, Massachusetts, May 27, 1871 (print only) This is a single page print entitled "On the Mississippi, -- At Fort Jackson".  This has very lite scattered foxing, otherwise is in very good condition and suitable for framing.
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  • Color print from London....
    Item #572464
    ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS extra supplement, England, October 13, 1883 (print only) This is a single page colored print entitled "Capercailzie-Shooting" is of a bird hunter with his dog. This is in very good condition and suitable for framing.
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  • Color print from London....
    Item #572460
    ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS extra supplement, England, May 19, 1888 (print only) This is a single page colored print entitled "Sunshine", from a painting by Alice Havers, is of a mother and daughter in a woods setting. This is in very good condition and suitable for framing.
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  • Illustrated London News prints... California...
    Item #572456
    Prints from Illustrated London News... a lot of 3 prints from Illustration London News issues. These are prints of views from Upper and Lower California. You simply cannot go wrong. All are suitable for framing and are in good condition.
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  • Illustrated London News prints...
    Item #572455
    Prints from Illustrated London News... a lot of 4 prints from Illustration London News issues. If you are a reseller, or simply enjoy illustrations from this era, this lot is a perfect way to obtain many prints for a fraction of the cost of 1st-rate issues. There are no duplications.  You simply cannot go wrong. All are suitable for framing and... Read full description  
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  • Kingston WV mine disaster....
    Item #572426
    ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, January 26, 1929

    * Kingston WV West Virginia
    * Coal mine explosion disaster


    This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "17 ENTOMBED BY GAS BLAST IN COAL MINE" and "Flame Shoots from Shaft With Force Enough to Raze House" and more. This tells of the Kingston Pocahontas... Read full description  
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  • Ruth Elder... Transatlantic flight try...
    Item #572411
    THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, October 14, 1927  This 30 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "GIRL FLYER IN STORM 8 HOURS OVER ATLANTIC" with subheads. (see)

    Other news of the day. Light browning with little right margin wear, slightly affecting the mentioned report, otherwise in good condition.
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  • Richard Speck mass murder....
    Item #572409
    THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Russell, Kansas, July 15, 1966   This 6 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Fellow Employee Could Have Been Slayer of Nurses".

    This tells of the famous mass murder of 8 student nurses in Chicago IL.

    Other news of the day. A few small binding holes along the spine, otherwise in nice... Read full description  
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  • Pittsburgh Steel riots...
    Item #572395
    THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, September 22, 1919

    * Steel strike
    * Riots in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


    This 28 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page:  "RIOTING BREAKS OUT ON EVE OF GREAT STEEL STRIKE" with subheads (see photos).

    Other news of the day throughout including various advertisements. Light browning with little... Read full description  
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  • Bethany Oklahoma tornado disaster...
    Item #572391
    ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, November 19, 1930

    * Bethany, Oklahoma
    * Camel Creek tornado disaster


    The 64 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include:  "TEN KILLED BY TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA", "25 Reported Inured as Windstorm Strikes Town of Bethany" and more.

    Tells of the tornado outbreak in... Read full description  
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  • Berea, Ohio school bus tragedy....
    Item #572390
    THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, January 23, 1930

    * Berea OH Ohio
    * Train - school bus tragedy

    This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "9 PUPILS IN BUS KILLED BY TRAIN", "Driver Also Dies When Central Mailer Rams Vehicle at Crossing"

    This tells of the school bus - train disaster at Berea,... Read full description  
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  • 1930 Albert Einstein daughter marriage...
    Item #572381
    ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, November 29, 1930 

    * Albert Einstein 
    * Margot wedding
     

    This 16 page newspaper has a three column headline at the  bottom of the front page: "Einstein Spares Half Hour to See daughter Wed" with subheads and photo of Margot Einstein. Tells of the wedding of Albert Einstein's... Read full description  
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  • Great fires at Nashua, New Hampshire...
    Item #572376
    THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, May 5, 1930

    * Nashua NH New Hampshire fire
    * 1st report

    This 16 page newspaper has a six column headline on the front page: "Seven Fires About New London; Thousands of Acres Burn Over; Rage All Night; Loss Unknown" with subheads that include: "Fire at Nashua Razes 250 Homes, $3,000,000 Loss"... Read full description  
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  • 1930 George J. Whelan sinking....
    Item #572318
    ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, July 29, 1930  This 24 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "15 of Crew, Woman, Drowned As Erie Sand Dredge Sinks" and more. (see)

    Tells of sinking of the sand dredger George J. Whelan off of Dunkirk, New York in Lake Erie.

    Other news of the day. Light browning... Read full description  
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  • 1933 Tomahawk, Kentucky bizarre sacrifice...
    Item #572300
    ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, February 9, 1933 

    * Bizarre family human sacrifice 
    * Tomahawk Inez Kentucky
     

    This 26 page newspaper has two column headlines at the bottom of the front page: "EIGHT OF MOUNTAIN FAMILY JAILED IN CULT 'SACRIFICE' OF WOMAN" "Seven Accused of Actual Killing--Hours of Praying... Read full description  
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  • 1930 Elizabeth, New Jersey refinery explosion...
    Item #572296
    THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, February 19, 1930 

    * Elizabeth, New Jersey 
    * Oil refining plant disaster
     

    This 24 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "4 KNOWN DEAD AND 100 HURT IN N. J. BLAST" with subheads. (see)

    Tells of the Standard Oil Company refinery plant explosion... Read full description  
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  • 1873 Old West Newspaper From San Diego California...
    Item #572294
    THE SAN DIEGO UNION, San Diego, California,  November 2, 1873 

    * Uncommon title from the Old West 
    * Early Southern California
     

    This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get... Read full description  
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  • Yancey KY mine disaster...
    Item #572281
    LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, December 10, 1932

    * Coal mine explosion disaster
    * Yancey KY Kentucky

    This 8 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "4 MORE BODIES TAKEN FROM MINE".

    This tells of the Zero Mine explosion of the Harlan Fuel Company in Yancey, Kentucky.

    Other news of the day, sports and... Read full description  
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  • 1932 Pocahontas VA mine disaster....
    Item #572279
    LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, February 27, 1932  This 8 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "30 MINERS TRAPPED BY MINE BLAST".

    This tells of the coal mine explosion in the Boissevain coal mine of the Pocahontas Fuel Company in Virginia.

    Other news of the day. Little spine wear,... Read full description  
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  • 1932 New Madrid NM mine disaster...
    Item #572278
    THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, December 8, 1932 

    * Madrid, New Mexico 
    * Coal mine explosion
     

    This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "14 MINERS PERISH IN COAL PIT BLAST" "Weeping Families Huddled at Pit as 13 Bodies Are Taken Out"

    Tells of the  Morgan Jones coal... Read full description  
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  • Early Niagara Falls tragedy...
    Item #572275
    NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington D.C. May 24, 1851 

    * Niagara Falls (good & bad reports) 

    This 4 page newspaper has a one column headline at the bottom of the front page: "THE FALLS OF NIAGARA" giving a short description of it's mighty splendor. (see)

    Also a even smaller article at the bottom of page 3 is titled:... Read full description  
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  • 1968 U.S. Open... Lee Trevino...
    Item #572267
    LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, June 17, 1968 

    * U.S. Open Golf Championship 
    * Lee Trevino wins (1st report)
     

    This 12 page newspaper has a three column headline on page 6: "Last Years 'Poor Boy' Lee Trevino Shot First Ever Four Sub-par Rounds"

    Tells of the 1968 U.S. Open in which Lee Trevino won the title for the first... Read full description  
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  • 1965 U.S. Open golf... Gary Player...
    Item #572265
    FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, June 22, 1965 

    * U.S. Open golf championship 
    * Gary Player wins (1st report)
     

    This 18 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 2: "Gary Player Joins Select Golf Greats" with photo. (see)

    Tells of the 1965 U.S. Open gold Championship in which South Africa's Gary Player won the... Read full description  
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  • 1932 Dover NH fire....
    Item #572236
    LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, New Hampshire, January 4, 1932

    * Dover NH New Hamsphire
    * Morrill Block fire


    This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the the front page:

    * DOVER, N.H., HAS BIG FIRE
    * Four-Story Business Block in Heart of City IS Destroyed


    Tells of the Morrill Block fire in Dover, New Hampshire caused by spontaneous... Read full description  
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  • Long Beach, California earthquake...
    Item #572233
    THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, March 11, 1933

    * The Long Beach, California earthquake

    This 12 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page:  "EARTHQUAKE DEATH LIST GROWS!" with subheads and related photo with map (see photos).

    Other news of the day throughout including various advertisements. Light browning with some... Read full description  
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  • College reports...
    Item #572213
    THE INDEPENDENT, New York, October 4, 1849  Page three of this issue contains a headline "College Record" which presents the reports on the colleges such as Columbia, North Carolina University, Lewisburg University, Jackson College, Franklin College, Dartmouth, Madison, Lafayette, Burlington College, Yale, William and Mary, Georgetown, Rutgers and... Read full description  
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  • Crescent City FL school bus disaster....
    Item #572212
    THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, December 15, 1933  This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include:

    * 10 CHILDREN DIE AS SCHOOL BUS IS HIT BY TRUCK
    * 4 of Dead Are Members of One Family; Dense Fog and Poor Visibility Are Blamed in Florida Crash


    and more. (see)

    This tells of school bus disaster... Read full description  
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  • 1933 Griffith Park fire....
    Item #572208
    THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, October 4, 1933  This 22 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "52 Burn to Death, Trapped in Gully By Forest Blaze" with subheads. (see)

    This tells of the 1933 Griffith Park fire in Los Angeles, California.

    Other news of the day. Light browning with minor margin wear, otherwise... Read full description  
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  • Powellton WV locomotive explosion...
    Item #572204
    ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, December 27, 1934  This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "13 ARE KILLED IN BLAST OF MINER ENGINE" "20 More Injured as Train Is Torn Asunder by Explosion" and more. (see)

    This tells of the boiler explosion of miners' locomotive of the... Read full description  
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  • 1937 Mulga Al mine explosion...
    Item #572199
    LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, October 16, 1937 

    * Mulga, Alabama 
    * Coal mine disaster - Early same day report 

    This 8 page newspaper has a early same day breaking news one column headlines on the front page: "30 Men Are Killed By Mine Blast" "Explosion in Alabama Coal Mine Today Is Blamed on Gas"

    ... Read full description  
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  • 1874 Bakersfield, California...
    Item #572188
    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Bakersfield, California, August 13, 1874 
     
    * Rare Old West title 
    * Kern County 


    This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the old West back when cowboys,... Read full description  
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  • 1st fog out in MLB history...
    Item #572173
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, June 7, 1957

    * 1st ever fog out
    * Dodgers vs. Cubs



    This 48 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 37: "Bums Lost in Fog".

    This tells of the very 1st cancellation of a MLB baseball game due to fog. This game was to be played at Ebbets Field between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs.... Read full description  
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  • Carnegie Tech...  Notre Dame...
    Item #572168
    THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, November 27, 1926

    * Carnegie Tech (Mellon) vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish... One of the greatest upsets
    * Knute Rockne skips game (mistake)

    This 16 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 8: "College Gridiron Season Closes In East Today"

    This game would be a huge upset of Notre Dame by Carnegie Tech.... Read full description  
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  • Al Capone heads for prison...
    Item #572165
    THE TIMES PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 4, 1932

    * Al Capone heads for prison for tax evasion
    * Chicago gangster boss


    This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 3: "CAPONE, SMILING, HURRIED BY HEAVY GUARDS TO TRAIN", "Dethroned Gangster Due at Atlanta Penitentiary Tonight", with smaller subheads (see images).

    ... Read full description  
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  • Sand Merchant sinking.....
    Item #572164
    ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, October 19, 1936

    * Sand Merchant sinking in Lake Erie
    * Cleveland OH Ohio


    This 28 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 4 that reads: "18 Men and Woman Drowned as Canadian Ship Sinks in Lake Erie" with subheads (see images).

    This tells of the Canadian sand ship "Sand Merchant" sinking in... Read full description  
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  • Fort Payne AL tornado..
    Item #572163
    THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, January 20, 1936

    * Chipley Fl Florida
    * Fort Payne AL Alabama

    This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "17 KILLED BY TORNADOES IN THREE STATES" "Entire Family of 6 Wiped Out In Florida; Georgia, Alabama Report Death Tolls".

    This tells of the tornado outbreak in parts of... Read full description  
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  • 1938 Ocean Grove, New Jersey Hotel fire...
    Item #572119
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, March 8, 1938 

    * Ocean Grove, New Jersey 
    * North End Hotel fire 
    * Asbury Park
     

    This 38 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 3 that include: "$150,000 FIRE RUINS OCEAN GROVE HOTEL" "Firemen of Nine Communities Finally Control the Flames, Saving Near-By Homes"... Read full description  
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  • Martin Niemoeller imprisonment...
    Item #572110
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, March 7, 1938  This 14 page newspaper has two column headlines at the bottom of the front page:

    * Niemoeller in Nazis' Hands Likened to Jesus in Jews'
    * Imprisoned Pastor's Colleague Draws Tears to Eyes of Big Congregation


    Tells of the Lutheran pastor Martin Niemoeller being thrown into... Read full description  
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  • Max Schmeling K.O.'s Stribling...
    Item #572086
    THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, July 3 & 4, 1931

    * Max Schmeling (German Boxer) vs. Young Stribling
    * Title boxing match
    * 2 issue lot


    The July 4th, 14 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 8:
    "Schmeling Stops Stribling in Fifteenth Round of Bout" with subheads and photo of Schmeling (see photos).

    As an extra bonus you also get... Read full description  
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  • San Jose lynchings... Roger Touhy...
    Item #572082
    OMAHA EVENING BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, November 28, 1933

    * Roger 'Terrible' Touhy freed 
    * San Jose, California lynchings photo
     

    This 24 page newspaper has a great banner headline on the front page: "FREE TOUHY IN KIDNAPPING" with subhead. (see) Tells of Chicago mob boss Roger Touhy being acquitted for the kidnapping... Read full description  
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  • 1938 Harwick, Pennsylvania mine disaster...
    Item #572078
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 13, 1938 

    * Harwick, Pennsylvania 
    * Coal mine explosion disaster (1st report


    This44 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 22: "MINE EXPLOSION KILLS TEN IN PENNSYLVANIA" "Masked Rescue Crews Fight Fumes in the Harwick Shaft to Reach the Victims"

    Tells of... Read full description  
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  • Pittsburgh Steel riots...
    Item #572072
    THE NEW YORK WORLD, New York, September 24, 1919 

    * Steel strike of 1919 
    * Riots in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 


    This 28 page newspaper has a three line banner headline on the front page: "STEEL STRIKE SHUTS MORE MILLS, DEADLOCK UNBROKEN; 4 NEW DEATHS, MANY WOUNDED, IN RIOTS WITH POLICE; SENATE BEGINS INQUIRY AT ONCE INTO CAUSE OF... Read full description  
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  • Marion Parker murder.... William Hickman....
    Item #572070
    THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, December 30, 1927 

    * Marion Parker kidnapping and murder 
    * re. William Edward Hickman arrest 

    This 18 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Hickman to Plead Insanity; Authorities Now Believe He Had Aid in Parker Girl Murder" with subheads and photo of... Read full description  
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  • 1938 Aviator Frank Hawks killed...
    Item #572063
    LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, August 24 & 25, 1938 

    * Frank Hawks killed in airplane crash 
    * Aviation - aviator
     

    The Aug. 24th issue has one column headlines on page 5 include: "Frank Hawks, Noted Flier, Dies In Crash" "Socialite Companion Also Perishes In Blazing Plane" "HIT WIRE"... Read full description  
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  • Kerns Hotel fire...
    Item #572061
    THE ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, December 11, 1934 

    * Kerns Hotel fire (1st report) 
    * Lansing MI Michigan
     

    This 26 page newspaper has  a four column headline on the front page: "Fire Levels Michigan Hotel; 40 Feared Dead; 27 Injured". Tells of the Kerns Hotel fire disaster in Lansing Michigan with subheads (see photos).

    Minor... Read full description  
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  • 1939 Providence, Kentucky coal mine disaster...
    Item #572059
    THE NEWS, Frederick, Maryland, July 15, 1939 

    * Providence, Kentucky 
    * Coal dust mine explosion
     

    This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "19 MINERS DIE IN UNDERGROUND BLAST; 9 MMISSING" "Rescue Parties Report All Of Entombed Men Were Killed" "CARBON... Read full description  
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  • 1940 Bartley, West Virginia mine explosion....
    Item #572056
    LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, January 11 and 12, 1940 

    * Bartley, West Virginia coal mine disaster 

    The Jan. 11th, 10 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Rescue Crews Fighting To Save Miners" "Struggle Toward 87 Men Entombed in West Virginia"

    As an extra bonus, you also... Read full description  
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