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Portage, Pennsylvania mine disaster...
Portage, Pennsylvania mine disaster...
Item # 578823
July 16, 1940
LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, July 16, 1940
* Portage, Pennsylvania
* Sonman coal mine explosion (1st report)
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6: "BODIES OF 63 MINERS TAKEN OUT OF MINE" and "One Still Missing in Gas-Filled Mine Shafts" which tells of the explosion at the Sonman coal mine in Portage, Pennsylvania.
Other news of the day including period advertising. This issue has light browning with minor margin wear, otherwise in good condition.
Category: The 20th Century