Monongah Disaster
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The Monongah Disaster Historical Marker is located on Bridge street in the town of Monongah which is on Route 19 south of Fairmont.
Waymark Code: WMCNP6
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/26/2011
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Historical Maker reads as follows:
On the 6th of Dec., 1907 361 coal miners, many of them from countries far across the sea, perished under these hills in the worst mining disaster of our nation. The four who escaped died of injuries.
Marker Number: Not listed
Marker Title: Monongah Disaster
Marker Location: In Monongah on Bridge street
County or Independent City: Marion
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Historical Commission, 1963
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