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No. 9 : the 1968 Farmington Mine Disaster / Bonnie E. Stewart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stewart, Bonnie E. (Bonnie Elaine), 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mine explosions--West Virginia--Farmington.
- Mine explosions.
- Coal mine accidents--West Virginia--Farmington.
- Coal mine accidents.
- Mine fires--West Virginia--Farmington.
- Mine fires.
- Farmington (W. Va.).
- West Virginia.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Morgantown, W. Va. : West Virginia University Press, 2011.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "Murder One, 78 times." That was the judgment of one of the coal miners who escaped death in the 1968 mining explosion disaster at the Consolidation Coal Company No. 9 in Farmington, West Virginia, and it iss a judgment generally corroborated by Stewart (an investigative reporter covering the environment for Oregon Public Broadcasting) in her reconstruction of the events that took the lives of 78 coal miners, 19 of whose bodies were never recovered, which documents the illegal shortcuts taken by the managers of the mine (including the crucial disabling of a ventilation fan's safety alarm), efforts by the company to conceal evidence surrounding the causes of the disaster, and the failures of federal and state authorities to adequately investigate the disaster or hold anyone accountable. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- 1 Good Night, Dad 5
- 2 Dangerous History 10
- 3 How Such Things Happen 19
- 4 Rules of Survival 33
- 5 A Beautiful Mine 37
- 6 Methane Madness 42
- 7 Dry and Dusty 54
- 8 Warning Signs 58
- 9 The Last Shift 65
- 10 The Disaster Hits Home 80
- 11 A Paralyzed Community 90
- 12 Bungled Investigation 109
- 13 Widows and Wildcat Strikes 121
- 14 Body Production 134
- 15 In Search of Justice 143
- 16 Three More Men 153
- 17 Hidden Evidence 159
- 18 Ungodly Work 169
- 19 Inundated by Death 180
- 20 Who Can Stop Us? 187
- 21 Business Is Business 197
- 22 Widows' Last Stand 204.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
- OCLC:
- 923514750
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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