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Old Ben No. 8 Mine Disaster 1947

Old Ben No. 8 Mine Disaster 1947

Old Ben No. 8 Mine Disaster 1947

Old Ben No. 8 Mine Disaster 1947

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Contents

History and Circumstances

Victims

Miners
Name Sourced Bio Connected Category
Berra, Clesta
Bidwell, Herbert D.
Bower, Thomas F.
Childers, J. Martin
Chitwood, Hiram B.
DeJulius, Peter
Fritts, Arthur
Gaubautz, Gustave
Grant, Gus G.
Griffith, George D.
Hilliard, Willis
Marlow, Louis
McPheron, Thomas
Nickelvich, Adolph
Owens, Louis F.
Palmer, Thomas M.
Pircentini, Domineco
Raymond, George
Sebben, John
Smith, Willie Ray
Stagner, Curtis O.
Stevens, Raymond C.
Summers, Giles C.
Walton, Horace M.
Wicker, Robert W.
Wilson, James T.
Yattoni, John P.

Rescue Efforts

Results and Findings

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