Fifty-nine Coal-mine Fires
Author : George Samuel Rice
Publisher :
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 19,71 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Mine fires
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Author : George Samuel Rice
Publisher :
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 19,71 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Mine fires
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Author : David Dekok
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 12,16 MB
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0762758244
How a modern-day mine disaster has turned a Pennsylvania community into a ghost town * For much of its history, Centralia, Pennsylvania, had a population of around 2,000. By 1981, this had dwindled to just over 1,000—not unusual for a onetime mining town. But as of 2007, Centralia had the unwelcome distinction of being the state’s tiniest municipality, with a population of nine. The reason: an underground fire that began in 1962 has decimated the town with smoke and toxic gases, and has since made history. Fire Underground is the completely updated classic account of the fire that has been raging under Centralia for decades. David DeKok tells the story of how the fire actually began and how government officials failed to take effective action. By 1981 the fire was spewing deadly gases into homes. A twelve-year-old boy dropped into a steaming hole as a congressman toured nearby. DeKok describes how the people of Centralia banded together to finally win relocation funds—and he reveals what has happened to the few remaining residents as the fiftieth anniversary of the fire’s beginning nears.
Author : Ernest J. Gleim
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Page : 22 pages
File Size : 19,79 MB
Release : 1937
Category : Coal mines and mining
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Author : George Stanley Scott
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Page : 224 pages
File Size : 30,5 MB
Release : 1944
Category : Coal mine accidents
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 37,92 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Accidents
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Author : United States. Bureau of Mines
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Page : 116 pages
File Size : 12,28 MB
Release : 1946
Category : Coal mine accidents
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Author : W. Dan Walker
Publisher :
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,63 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Coal mines and mining
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Author : George Samuel Rice
Publisher :
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 16,57 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Coal mines and mining
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Author : Sara Jeannette Davenport
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 20,96 MB
Release : 1948
Category : Accidents
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Author : Daniel Harrington
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,57 MB
Release : 1933
Category : Mine fires
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