City Mine Disaster 1925

Date: 20 Feb 1925 [unknown]
Location: Sullivan, Sullivan County, Indiana
Surnames/tags: Mining_Disasters Indiana Disasters

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Contents 1 History and Circumstances 1.1 Rescue Efforts 1.2 Results and Findings 1.3 Sources

History and Circumstances

• Date: 20 Feb 1925
• Location: Sullivan, Indiana
• Victims: 51 deaths
• Cause: Coal mine explosion

Miners Name Sourced Bio Connected Category Anderson, Harry Baird, George Boothe, Ross Boyle, James Brown, John Burris, James Carty, Cecil Collins, John Cottingham, Frank Cusack, Mike Dowdy, Russell Dunning, Pat J. Easton, Ellis Eller, James Freeman, Robert Gibson, Blaine Gorby, Harry Hawhee, Frank Hawhee, Pearl Higgenhotham, Clinton Jackson, R. Keagy, Oliver Keller, Everett Laughlin, Earl Lecocq, Emil Lecocq, Florenz Mason, Frank Maxwell, Harry McCammon, Charles McClanahan, De Witt Metcalf, Everett Miller, James Moberly, W. H. Neal, John Purcell, Dan Robertson, Earl Robertson, Lex Row, John Sanders, Claude Sheedy, Clares Smith, Dave Soloman, John Sullivan, Arthur C. Taylor, Gilbert Thomas, John Trader, Claude E. Wagner, Silas Walters, Phillip Walters, Wayne Ward, John A.

Rescue Efforts

Results and Findings

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Sources

• https://usminedisasters.miningquiz.com/saxsewell/city_news_only.htm
• https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/90-years-later-effects-of-mine-disaster-still-felt/article_3180264b-3a35-5dac-8dd8-af7aa599d43d.html