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The coal mine calamity at Avondale & Plymouth, Pennsylvania...
The coal mine calamity at Avondale & Plymouth, Pennsylvania...
Item # 689445
September 25, 1869
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Sept. 25, 1869 The front page has 2 scenes of: "The Coal Mine Calamity--View of Avondale and Plymouth, Pennsylvania" with a related article within. Inside has related prints including: "Scenes Near Avondale--Receiving Contributions for the Widows and Orphans" "The Coffins for the Victims of the Accident" plus a very dramatic doublepage centerfold: "The Coal Mine Calamity at Avondale, Pa. General View of the Scene--Bringing the Dead From the Mine".
The Avondale Mine disaster was a massive fire at the Avondale Colliery causing the death of 110 workers. It started when the wooden lining of the mine shaft caught fire and ignited the coal breaker built directly overhead. The shaft was the only entrance and exit to the mine, and the fire trapped and suffocated 108 of the workers (the other two fatalities were rescuers). It was the greatest mine disaster to that point in American history
Sixteen pages, the last two leaves have a lower corner missing, not affecting mentioned content, otherwise good condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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