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1932 Moweaqua IL coal mine disaster....
1932 Moweaqua IL coal mine disaster....
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December 25, 1932
THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, December 25, 1932
* Moweaqua IL Illinois
* Coal mine disaster (1st report)
This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include:
* 52 ENTOMBED BY ILLINOIS MINE WRECK
* Christmas Eve Disaster Hits Little Town; Rescuers Laboring Desperately to Enter Plugged Tunnel
and more. (see)
Tells of the coal mine explosion disaster at Moweaqua, Illinois.
Other news of the day. Light browning with little margin wear, slightly effects mentioned report, otherwise good.
The Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster happened on December 24, 1932, in Moweaqua, Illinois. The disaster was caused by a methane gas explosion killing 54 miners. The Moweaqua Coal Mine Museum (which was founded in 1986) contains many mining artifacts from the time that the mine operated.
The explosion occurred shortly after the day shift started, sometime between 7:30 and 8:00 Christmas Eve morning.
Category: The 20th Century
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