Little Betty Mine Disaster 1931

Date: 28 Jan 1931 [unknown]
Location: Dugger, Sullivan County, Indiana
Surnames/tags: Mining_Disasters Indiana Disasters

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Contents 1 History and Circumstances 1.1 Victims 1.2 Rescue Efforts 1.3 Results and Findings 1.4 Sources

History and Circumstances

• Date: 28 Jan 1931
• Location: Dugger, Sullivan County, Indiana
• Victims: 28
• Cause: Explosion

Victims

Miners Name Sourced Bio Connected Category Bedwell, Earl Bedwelll, Everett Boswell, William Butler, Hubert Cooper, Clarence Cross, Hugh Danders, John Donie, Martin Enochs, Ralph Hale, Otto Herod, Herbert Hofeditz, David Lee Jackson, Girchel Law, Charles Letot, Julian McPhail, John McQueary, Clarence Metz, Henry Mitchell, James Mitchell, Lotus Newkirk, Don Phipps, Dean Robertson, Homer Suthard, John Jr. Templeton, Marco Wellington, Jule Winterbottom, Sullivan

Rescue Efforts

On January 29, seven miners, who had been thought dead, were brought up alive.

• William Bedwell
• Herman Brown
• Charles Centers
• Locie Hale
• Charles Love
• Ben Snyder
• Jule Welllington

Results and Findings

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Sources

• https://usminedisasters.miningquiz.com/saxsewell/little_betty_news_only.htm