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No. 9 : the 1968 Farmington Mine Disaster / Bonnie E. Stewart
- Author
- Stewart, Bonnie E. (Bonnie Elaine), 1952-
- Published
- Morgantown, W. Va. : West Virginia University Press, 2011.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations, maps
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- Contents
- Front Cover -- Cover Flaps -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Good Night, Dad -- Dangerous History -- Barometric Pressure -- A Gassy, Dusty Mine -- No. 9�s Record -- Federal Law -- Shooting Stumps -- How Such Things Happen -- The Explosion -- Coal First, Safety Second -- Recovery Begins -- Afraid to Complain -- Rules of Survival -- More Ways to Die -- A 1965 Explosion -- A Beautiful Mine -- New Owners -- Methane Madness -- A Gassy Mine -- New Monitors -- Fan Failures -- Overload Protection -- Gas on the Gobs, Crosscuts and StoppingsBrothers Walk Out -- Dry and Dusty -- Warning Signs -- Saturday, November 16 -- Sunday, November 17 -- Monday, November 18 -- Tuesday, November 19 -- Day Shift -- Afternoon Shift -- The Last Shift -- 9North -- Slope Bottom -- Outside the Slope -- Mods Run -- Railway -- Mods Run -- East Side -- Llewellyn Run Portal -- Llewellyn Parking Lot -- 7South -- Power Pull -- Mods Run -- 7South -- A-Face -- Slope Bottom -- Police Escort -- 7South at the Mahan Run Shaft -- Underground Motor Barn -- A-Face, 7South at the Mahan Run ShaftOn the Surface -- 7South at the Mahan Run Shaft -- The Disaster Hits Home -- Bad News Morning -- Wives at Work -- Rookie Reporter -- Missing Fathers -- No Good Answers -- The Wait -- More Explosions -- A Paralyzed Community -- Day 2: Thursday, November 21 -- Day 3: Friday, November 22 -- Day 4: Saturday, November 23 -- Day 5: Sunday, November 24 -- Day 6: Monday, November 25 -- Day 7: Tuesday, November 26 -- Day 8: Wednesday, November 27 -- Day 9: Thursday, November 28 -- Day 10: Friday, November 29, Day 11: Saturday, November 30Bungled Investigation -- Stay Home -- Intimidation Factor -- Two Men, 22 Square Miles -- Blocked Bleeders -- Failure to Report -- Widows and Wildcat Strikes -- Wildcats -- Boyle Goes Ballistic -- Body Production -- Methane Check -- August Meeting -- The Unsealing -- The Search Continued -- In Search of Justice -- Local Action -- Three More Men -- Hidden Evidence -- The Memo -- The Fan Charts -- People on the Scene -- 6 a.m. -- 7 a.m. -- 7:30 a.m. -- 8 a.m. -- 8:15 a.m. -- 9:05 a.m. -- Other Clues, and No. 1 FanAthas Run Fan -- Mods Run Fan -- Ungodly Work -- More Men Out -- Request to Mine Coal -- Shilling for the Coal Company -- Westfield Gets the Boot -- Back to Washington -- More Bodies -- Inundated by Death -- Another Consol Disaster -- The Men in 5Right-8North -- Who Can Stop Us? -- UMW Elections -- Another Disaster -- Eleven More Bodies -- A New Agreement -- Take the Money -- Business Is Business -- High Alert -- Too Many Problems -- Thinking It Over -- 6Right-7South -- Feds Get the Picture -- Last Man Out
- Summary
- Annotation Ninety-nine men entered the cold, dark tunnels of the Consolidation Coal Companys No. 9 Mine in Farmington, West Virginia, on November 20, 1968. Some were worried about the condition of the mine. It had too much coal dust, too much methane gas. They knew that either one could cause an explosion. What they did not know was that someone had intentionally disabled a safety alarm on one of the mines ventilation fans. That was a death sentence for most of the crew. The fan failed that morning, but the alarm did not sound. The lack of fresh air allowed methane gas to build up in the tunnels. A few moments before 5:30 a.m., the No. 9 blew up. Some men died where they stood. Others lived but suffocated in the toxic fumes that filled the mine. Only 21 men escaped from the mountain. No. 9: The 1968 Farmington Mine Disasterexplains how such a thing could happenhow the coal company and federal and state officials failed to protect the 78 men who died in the mountain. Based on public records and interviews with those who worked in the mine, No. 9 describes the conditions underground before and after the disaster and the legal struggles of the miners widows to gain justice and transform coal mine safety legislation.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781935978220 (electronic bk.)
1935978225 (electronic bk.)
1933202785 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781933202785 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1933202777 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781933202778 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1935978225 - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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