Vivid accounts of the dangers that miners faced on a daily basis in the northern, southern, and middle coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania. Since 1870, mining disasters have claimed the lives of over 30, 000 men and boys who toiled underground in the anthracite mines of Pennsylvania. Sometimes they survived; many times they did not. The constant threat of fire, explosion, collapsed rock and deadly gas brought miners face to face with death on a daily basis. Through original journal and newspaper accounts, J. Stuart Richards’s Death in the Mines revisits Pennsylvania’s most notorious mining accidents and rescue attempts from 1869 to 1943. From the fire at Avondale Colliery that resulted in the first law for regulation and inspection of mines, to the gas explosion at Lytle Mine in Primrose that killed fourteen men, Richards reveals multiple facets of Pennsylvania’s most perilous profession. Richards, whose family has worked in the mines since 1870, offers a startling yet sensitive tribute to an industry and occupation that is often overlooked and underappreciated.
John Stuart Richards
Death in the Mines [EPUB ebook]
Disasters and Rescues in the Anthracite Coal Fields of Pennsylvania
Death in the Mines [EPUB ebook]
Disasters and Rescues in the Anthracite Coal Fields of Pennsylvania
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● ISBN 9781625844248 ● 出版者 Arcadia Publishing Inc. ● 发布时间 2007 ● 下载 3 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 4317168 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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