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Very rare "Coal Mine Calamity Supplement"...
Very rare "Coal Mine Calamity Supplement"...
Item # 696886
September 25, 1869
THE COAL MINE CALAMITY SUPPLEMENT TO FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, dated within: Sept. 25, 1869 In our 47 years in the hobby this is the first we have located this rare "Supplement" issue on the tragic Avondale Coal Mine tragedy.
The full front page is taken up with 3 prints on the tragedy with four more related prints within.
The Avondale Mine disaster was a massive fire at the Avondale Colliery near Plymouth, Pennsylvania, 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.
Complete in 8 pages, a bit irregular at the margin from disbinding, some minor margin tears, good condition.
Complete in 8 pages, a bit irregular at the margin from disbinding, some minor margin tears, good condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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