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Monongah: the tragic story of the worst industrial accident in US history
J. Davitt McAteer
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgments (page ix)
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Introduction (Robert B. Reich, page 1)
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1 J. H. Leonard, Oiler for the No. 6 Mine (page 3)
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2 The Northern Coal Fields of West Virginia (page 7)
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3 Lester Emmitt Trader: Assistant Fire Boss at Age 22 (page 17)
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4 The Company Men (page 27)
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5 The Mining Companies: The Early Years (page 36)
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6 The City of Mines (page 44)
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7 Immigrants Wanted (page 74)
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8 "Hire Bands or Anything That Is Necessary" (page 91)
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9 And The Explosion Came (page 114)
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10 Escape and Rescue (page 125)
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11 "They Are All Gone" (page 141)
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12 "We Know So Little About How These Explosions Occur" (page 158)
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13 The Mononogah Mine Relief Fund in Aid of Sufferers from the Mononogah Mine Explosion (page 171)
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14 Wheels of Justice (page 199)
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15 The Number (page 218)
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16 "An End to This Huge Loss and Waste" (page 242)
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17 The Conscience of a Nation (page 265)
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Postscript (page 269)
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Notes (page 272)
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Bibliography (page 288)
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Index (page 324)
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Published: 2007
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
- 9781933202297 (hardcover)