Mossboro No. 1 Mine Disaster 1926

Date: 29 Jan 1926 [unknown]
Location: Helena, Jefferson County, Alabama
Surnames/tags: Mining_Disasters Alabama 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: Jan 29, 1926
• Location: Helena, Alabama
• Victims: 27 casualties
• Cause: Explosion

Miners Name Sourced Bio Connected Category James Adams Robert Ball Pat Burke William Carrick Glenn Duncan Henry Gold W. J. Harrison M. J. Holloway Doyle Lambert Joe Mayner Henry Oakes W. M. Odum Hassey Harris Will Johnson Henry Peterson Enoch Woodwon W. H. Segress Amberson Grigley More Coillins Eli Tradewell Willie Temple Cliff Gibson Willie Fitts Primus Hendersib Rodger Williams Sam Hawkins

Those who escaped:

J. D. Lowery; J. B. Lowery, a son Edgar Lowery; Zach Chapman; Lonnie Chapman; Lloyd Robertson; B. D. Gold; George Zimmerman, Will Simmons; Jess Chestnut; Stanley Maddox; Walter Pearce; Archie Jackson; Percy Pearce; Scott Saulders; Fletcher Anderson; Will Lambert; Millard Garner; G. G. Garner.

Rescue Efforts

Results and Findings

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Sources

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