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| farmington mine disaster video: No. 9 Bonnie Elaine Stewart, 2011 Ninety-nine men entered the cold, dark tunnels of the Consolidation Coal Company's No.9 Mine in Farmington, West Virginia, on November 20, 1968. Some were worried about the condition of the mine. It had too much coal dust, too much methane gas. They knew that either one could cause an explosion. What they did not know was that someone had intentionally disabled a safety alarm on one of the mine's ventilation fans. That was a death sentence for most of the crew. The fan failed that morning, but the alarm did not sound. The lack of fresh air allowed methane gas to build up in the tunnels. A few moments before 5:30 a.m., the No.9 blew up. Some men died where they stood. Others lived but suffocated in the toxic fumes that filled the mine. Only 21 men escaped from the mountain. No.9: The 1968 Farmington Mine Disaster explains how such a thing could happen--how the coal company and federal and state officials failed to protect the 78 men who died in the mountain. Based on public records and interviews with those who worked in the mine, No.9 describes the conditions underground before and after the disaster and the legal struggles of the miners' widows to gain justice and transform coal mine safety legislation. |
| farmington mine disaster video: Historical Mining Disasters Jane DeMarchi, 1997 |
| farmington mine disaster video: 1968 Farmington Mine Disaster Bob Campione, 2016 Coal in the United States was discovered in the 18th century by landowners and farmers on the slopes of the hillsides in the Appalachian region. It was not until the late 19th century that this black rock would become a part of an industrial revolution. One of the first mines to commercially produce coal was in Fairmont, West Virginia, and began the Consolidated Coal Corporation. On November 20, 1968, the Farmington No. 9 mine explosion changed the course of safety for future mining and the lives of 78 families whose sons, husbands, fathers, and loved ones never came back from the cateye shift the next day. |
| farmington mine disaster video: Monongah J. Davitt McAteer, 2007 To commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Monongah, West Virginia mine disaster, the West Virginia University Press is honored to carry Davitt McAteer's definitive history of the worst industrial accident in U.S. history. Monongah documents the events that led to the explosion, which claimed hundreds of lives on the morning of December 6, 1907. Nearly thirty years of exhaustive research have led McAteer to the conclusion that close to 500 men and boys--many of them immigrants--lost their lives that day, leaving hundreds of women widowed and more than one thousand children orphaned. McAteer delves deeply into the personalities, economic forces, and social landscape of the mining communities of north central West Virginia at the beginning of the twentieth century. The tragedy at Monongah led to a greater awareness of industrial working conditions, and ultimately to the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, which Davitt McAteer helped to enact. |
| farmington mine disaster video: The Silver Bridge Disaster of 1967 Stephan G. Bullard, Bridget J. Gromek, Martha Fout, Ruth Fout, The Point Pleasant River Museum, 2012-10-01 Point Pleasant’s Silver Bridge, the first eyebar suspension bridge in the United States, was an engineering marvel when it was constructed in 1927 and 1928. Located on US Highway 35, the bridge spanned the Ohio River and linked Point Pleasant, West Virginia, with the towns of Kanauga and Gallipolis, Ohio. For almost 40 years, the structure provided dependable service for travelers in the region. On December 15, 1967, this service came to a dramatic and disastrous end. At 4:58 p.m., during the height of rush hour, the bridge suddenly collapsed. Rescue and recovery operations started immediately but were hampered by poor weather conditions and freezing rain. The cause of the collapse was linked to the bridge’s innovative design. Undetected corrosion stress cracks caused an eyebar on the Ohio side to fracture; because the eyebars were linked together in a chain, the failure of one led to the catastrophic collapse of the entire bridge. In total, 46 lives were lost in the disaster. |
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| farmington mine disaster video: Death and the Mines Brit Hume, 1971 Study of working conditions and labour relations in the coal mining industry in the USA, with particular reference to the activities of the united mine workers trade union - outlines the growth of the umw, strike and unofficial strike activities, collective bargaining issues, occupational accidents and occupational disease resulting from a lack of occupational safety standards, political aspects, etc., and comments on relevant labour legislation. Illustrations. |
| farmington mine disaster video: Dunedin Vincent Luisi, A. M. De Quesada, 1999 In 1878, when two Scottish merchants were granted a petition to open a post office in their small unincorporated Florida community, they were also given the privilege of officially naming the area. They called it Dunedin, the Gaelic word for Edinburgh, their Scottish home. Now, celebrating the 100th anniversary of its incorporation in 1999, Dunedin has experienced more than a century of progress, struggle, and success. From the early conflicts among residents about hogs roaming the streets and the resulting, though ineffective, hog law, to the development of romantic Honeymoon Island, now preserved as a state park, Dunedin's history is full of interesting stories, people, and images. The beautiful oak-lined streets, the yachting clubs and competitions, and the development of the citrus and fishing industries in Dunedin are all an integral part of the area's rich heritage. |
| farmington mine disaster video: Jupiter Lynn Lasseter Drake, William Carlin White, 2003 Protruding further out into the Atlantic than any other point along Florida's east coast, Jupiter has long served as a port of call for sailors, settlers, tourists, and the occasional hurricane. Before the famous Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse began sending flashes of warning to those at sea in 1860, Spanish explorers, Black and Seminole inhabitants, and early American pioneers began building their own histories there, contributing to the consciousness and pride of residents today. |
| farmington mine disaster video: Lexington Bo Bennett, 2006-06-07 Lexington, North Carolina, heralded as the Barbecue Capital of the World, is located in the heart of the Triad, just 30 miles from High Point, Winston-Salem, and Greensboro. Along with barbecue, the town enjoys a rich history in the furniture business and textile industry. Legend claims that the European families who made Lexington their home in the early 1700s named it after a battle of the American Revolution. On April 19, 1775, the brave soldiers of Lexington, Massachusetts, armed themselves and courageously fought the British, losing seven American lives. News of their courage reached North Carolina, and it was decided to name the town in honor of the place where one of the first known British resistances occurred. |
| farmington mine disaster video: Elizabethtown Meranda L. Caswell, 2012 The heritage of the city of Elizabethtown exuberates through the buildings, the streets, and the community. Renovations of historic homes and businesses spark the interest of the modern traveler. The community has incorporated history into today's structures to provide a venue for entertainment. |
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| farmington mine disaster video: New Orleans Television Dominic Massa, 2008 A sentimental journey through early TV in 1950s and 1960s New Orleans. |
| farmington mine disaster video: Parchman Farm Bryan King, Kate Stewart, 2019-03-11 In 1900, the Mississippi legislature appropriated funds to purchase approximately 4,000 acres of farmland in Sunflower County, the heart of the Delta. The state's aim was to establish the Mississippi State Penitentiary, commonly known as Parchman because of the hamlet where it is located. From its inception, the prison farm was designed to preserve the vestiges of the antebellum South. Legislators believed they had designed the ideal correctional institution because Parchman would turn a profit, preserve the planter culture, and keep the black population enslaved in the Jim Crow era. The 1930s represented a turning point in the life of the prison. During this time, the Depression caused a drop in profits, some political leaders initiated measures to improve the standards of care for the inmates, and the New Deal's Works Progress Administration Writers' Project brought musical historians to Parchman. |
| farmington mine disaster video: Jacksonville's Southside Debra Webb Rogers, 2012 Beneath the asphalt and concrete of Southside's bustling streets lurks a fascinating and surprising history filled with stories from the past that rival anything found in a best-selling novel. From the remains of a Civil War gunboat to an elephant named Miss Chic, the vintage photographs in Images of America: Jacksonville's Southside feature vaudeville performers and lion tamers, peacocks and pioneers, alligators and bears, time capsules and Times Square, towers and turpentine, immigrants and entrepreneurs, Insta-Burger King and Storyland U.S.A., chain gangs and a giant orange T. Rex, underground tunnels, and even a profound miracle in the pines. |
| farmington mine disaster video: Underground Life, Or, Mines and Miners Louis Simonin, 1869 |
| farmington mine disaster video: White Noise Don DeLillo, 2009-12-29 The National Book Award–winning classic by the author of Underworld and Libra, featuring an introduction by Richard Powers, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory and Playground Now a major motion picture starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig White Noise tells the story of Jack Gladney, his fourth wife, Babette, and four ultramodern offspring as they navigate the rocky passages of family life to the background babble of brand-name consumerism. When an industrial accident unleashes an airborne toxic event, a lethal black chemical cloud floats over their lives. The menacing cloud is a more urgent and visible version of the white noise engulfing the Gladneys—radio transmissions, sirens, microwaves, ultrasonic appliances, and TV murmurings—pulsing with life, yet suggesting something ominous. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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| farmington mine disaster video: Loss of the Sultana and Reminiscences of Survivors Chester D. Berry, 1892 |
| farmington mine disaster video: White Noise Don DeLillo, 2011-11-21 Now a major Netflix film from Noah Baumbach, starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig. 'An extraordinarily funny book on a serious subject, effortlessly combining social comedy, disaster, fiction and philosophy' – Daily Telegraph Jack Gladney is the creator and chairman of Hitler studies at the College-on-the-Hill. This is the story of his absurd life. A life that is going well enough, until a chemical spill from a train carriage releases an ‘Airborne Toxic Event’ and Jack is forced to confront his biggest fear – his own mortality. White Noise is a combination of social satire and metaphysical dilemma in which Don DeLillo exposes our rampant consumerism, media saturation and novelty intellectualism. It captures the particular strangeness of life lived when the fear of death cannot be denied or repressed, and ponders the role of the family in a time when the very meaning of our existence is under threat. ‘America’s greatest living writer.’ – Observer Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature. |
| farmington mine disaster video: ICMJ's Prospecting and Mining Journal , 2002 |
| farmington mine disaster video: Bowker's Complete Video Directory , 1990 |
| farmington mine disaster video: The Aggregates Handbook, Second Edition National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association, 2013-03-20 |
| farmington mine disaster video: Surry County Carolyn Boyles, Wilma Hiatt, 2000 Founded in 1771 from parts of Rowan County, Surry County possesses a special charm and an engaging history in the northwest corner of the Tar Heel State--a heritage famous for rolling hills, autumn festivals, and the birthplace of Mayberry, which attracts countless tourists and visitors each season to the county's 15 townships. This volume, containing over 200 black-and-white images, transports readers into the Surry County of yesteryear, a time when the county's unpaved roads echoed with a cadence of noisy wagons matched with the sounds of early automobiles. Through these historic photographs, readers will explore the landscape of a bygone era, from the 1880s through the 1930s, and travel through each of the county's townships: Franklin, Bryan, Elkin, Marsh, Dobson, Stewarts Creek, Mount Airy, Eldora, Rockford, Siloam, Shoals, Pilot, Long Hill, Westfield, and South Westfield. Surry County uncovers the personal side of the county's history by touching upon many elements of everyday life, from family gatherings, church services, various occupations, daily work on the farm, early rural schoolhouses, and people at play. These scenes serve as fitting testimony to Surry Countians' sheer will and determination to carve successful and lasting communities into this beautiful setting. |
| farmington mine disaster video: Coal Fatalities , 2000 Illustrated abstracts from the official accident reports. |
| farmington mine disaster video: Vedic Culture Stephen Knapp, 2005-11-22 The Vedic tradition of India is rooted in Sanatana Dharma, the eternal and universal truths that are beneficial to everyone. It includes many avenues of self-development that an increasing number of people from the West are starting to investigate and use, including: Yoga Meditation and spiritual practice Vedic astrology Ayurveda Vedic gemology Vastu or home arrangement Environmental awareness Vegetarianism Social cooperation Global peace And much more Vedic Culture shows the advantages of the Vedic paths of improvement and self-discovery that you can use in your own life to attain personal awareness, happiness, and fulfillment. It also provides a new view of what these avenues have to offer from some of the most prominent writers on Vedic culture in the West, who discovered how it has affected and benefited their own lives. For the benefit of individuals and for social progress, the Vedic system is as relevant today as it was in ancient times. Discover why there is a growing renaissance in what the Vedic tradition has to offer in Vedic Culture. |
| farmington mine disaster video: A History of Farmington, Franklin County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Present Time, 1776-1885 Francis Gould Butler, 1885 |
| farmington mine disaster video: Thinking about Deterrence Air Univeristy Press, 2014-09-01 With many scholars and analysts questioning the relevance of deterrence as a valid strategic concept, this volume moves beyond Cold War nuclear deterrence to show the many ways in which deterrence is applicable to contemporary security. It examines the possibility of applying deterrence theory and practice to space, to cyberspace, and against non-state actors. It also examines the role of nuclear deterrence in the twenty-first century and reaches surprising conclusions. |
| farmington mine disaster video: Night Comes To The Cumberlands: A Biography Of A Depressed Area Harry M. Claudill, 2015-11-06 “At the time it was first published in 1962, it framed such an urgent appeal to the American conscience that it actually prompted the creation of the Appalachian Regional Commission, an agency that has pumped millions of dollars into Appalachia. Caudill’s study begins in the violence of the Indian wars and ends in the economic despair of the 1950s and 1960s. Two hundred years ago, the Cumberland Plateau was a land of great promise. Its deep, twisting valleys contained rich bottomlands. The surrounding mountains were teeming with game and covered with valuable timber. The people who came into this land scratched out a living by farming, hunting, and making all the things they need-including whiskey. The quality of life in Appalachia declined during the Civil War and Appalachia remained “in a bad way” for the next century. By the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, Appalachia had become an island of poverty in a national sea of plenty and prosperity. Caudill’s book alerted the mainstream world to our problems and their causes. Since then the ARC has provided millions of dollars to strengthen the brick and mortar infrastructure of Appalachia and to help us recover from a century of economic problems that had greatly undermined our quality of life.”-Print ed. |
| farmington mine disaster video: The Capitol Disaster. A Chapter of Reconstruction in Virginia George L 1841-1924 Christian, 2023-07-18 The Capitol Disaster tells the harrowing true story of the collapse of the Virginia State Capitol building in 1870, which killed 62 people and injured more than 200 others. The incident was a tragic symbol of the challenges facing the Reconstruction-era South, as the region struggled to rebuild after the devastation of the Civil War. The book is both a gripping narrative of a little-known historical event and an insightful analysis of the broader social and political context in which it occurred. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| farmington mine disaster video: The Rhetoric of Risk Beverly A. Sauer, 2003-01-30 This volume examines rhetorical practices relating to situations of risk, and how documents and communication succeed or fail in these contexts. For scholars in technical communication, rhetoric, and related areas. |
| farmington mine disaster video: The Oldest Vocation Clarissa W. Atkinson, 1991 According to an old story, a woman concealed her sex and ruled as pope for a few years in the ninth century, but her downfall came when she went into labor in the streets of Rome. From this myth to the experiences of saints, nuns, and ordinary women, The Oldest Vocation brings to life both the richness and the troubling contradictions of Christian motherhood in medieval Europe. |
| farmington mine disaster video: Catalog of Training Products for the Mining Industry National Mine Health and Safety Academy, 1989 |
| farmington mine disaster video: Hope for the Flowers , 1972 Stripe, an ambitious young caterpillar, abandons his struggle to reach the top when he meets a lovely yellow butterfly. |
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| farmington mine disaster video: The West Virginia Encyclopedia Ken Sullivan, 2006 |
| farmington mine disaster video: The Hurricane Creek Massacre Thomas N. Bethell, 1972 |
| farmington mine disaster video: Practical Healthcare Epidemiology Ebbing Lautenbach, Preeti N. Malani, Keith F. Woeltje, Jennifer H. Han, Emily K. Shuman, Jonas Marschall, 2018-04-19 Practical Healthcare Epidemiology takes a hands-on approach to infection prevention for physicians, healthcare epidemiologists, infection preventionists, microbiologists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Increased regulatory requirements and patient knowledge and involvement has elevated patient safety, healthcare-associated infections, antibiotic stewardship and quality-of-care to healthcare wide issues. This fully updated new edition brings together the expertise of leaders in healthcare epidemiology to provide best practice expert guidance on infection prevention for adult and pediatric patients in all types of healthcare facilities, from community hospitals and academic institutions, to long-term care and resource limited settings. Written in clear, straightforward terms to address prevention planning and immediate responses to specific situations, this is the go-to resource for any practitioners in medicine or public health involved in infection prevention, regardless of their current expertise in the field. |
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| farmington mine disaster video: The Prometheus Option Jeff Kirk, 2016-05-15 StruvePharma used to make drugs. Then they hired one of the smartest people who ever lived, and went in a radical new direction. Their goal: to create a new kind of computer to solve the hardest problems of medicine, biology and physics.Working in secret for seven long years, they're on the verge of perfecting the most disruptive advance in the history of technology, but they're nearly out of money. They need more'much more'to finish their research.Days after their first demo to an investor, things go very, very wrong.Now they face the prospect of losing everything. As they struggle to keep the company from failing, they discover something that could upend science and change the world's balance of power forever. Traitors and spies set their plans in motion. They and their backers will risk anything to seize this technology and the people behind it.Heroes set out to stop them.The winner of this battle will gain the power to save humanity'or to destroy it.The Prometheus Option is a sprawling, suspenseful, action-filled near-future thriller in the tradition of Michael Crichton and Tom Clancy. |
1968 Farmington Mine Disaster (West Virginia State Archives)
On November 20, 1968, Consolidated Coal Company's Number 9 Mine in Farmington, WV exploded, resulting in the deaths of 78 miners. The disaster led to mine sa...
The Farmington Mine Disaster | A Short Documentary - YouTube
"On the 20th of November, 1968, the ground shook beneath the town of Farmington in West Virginia..."As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make ...
Farmington #9 Coal Mine Disaster - YouTube
On November 20, 1968 there was an explosion at Consolidated Coal Company's Farmington Number 9 coal mine near Mannington, in Marion County, West Virginia. In...
Farmington Mine Disaster - 1968 | 50 years ago today, a massive ...
Nov 20, 2018 · The Farmington disaster brought to public attention the lack of proper safety conditions in the coal mines. The existence of today's federal mine Safety and Health …
1968 Farmington Disaster - 50th Anniversary Video - United Mine …
The UMWA and victims’ families remember the tragic Farmington #9 disaster and its aftermath.
Farmington Mine disaster - Wikipedia
The Farmington Mine disaster was an explosion that happened at approximately 5:30 a.m. on November 20, 1968, at the Consol No. 9 coal mine north of Farmington and Mannington, West …
56th Anniversary of The Farmington mine disaster
On Wednesday, November 20, 1968, an explosion tore through the Consolidation Coal Company’s No. 9 mine that would claim the lives of most of the nearly 100 miners working at the time of the …
Farmington No. 9: The West Virginia Disaster that Changed Coal …
The year before, on Nov. 20, 1968, 78 miners died in the Farmington Mine disaster, when a series of explosions ripped through the Consolidation Coal Company’s No. 9 mine, north of Farmington …
Farmington WV Coal Mine No. 9 Disaster 1968 - YouTube
A news report on the Farmington Wv No. 9 Mine explosion of 1968 by Jack Perkins.
2020 UMWA Workers Memorial Video (Farmington Mine Disaster)
2020 UMWA Workers Memorial Video (Farmington Mine Disaster) The United Mine Workers have long fought for better health and safety on the job, as we have lost more members than any other …
1968 Farmington Mine Disaster (West Virginia State Archives)
On November 20, 1968, Consolidated Coal Company's Number 9 Mine in Farmington, WV exploded, resulting in the deaths of 78 miners. The disaster led to mine sa...
The Farmington Mine Disaster | A Short Documentary - YouTube
"On the 20th of November, 1968, the ground shook beneath the town of Farmington in West Virginia..."As always, THANK YOU to all my Patreon patrons: you make ...
Farmington #9 Coal Mine Disaster - YouTube
On November 20, 1968 there was an explosion at Consolidated Coal Company's Farmington Number 9 coal mine near Mannington, in Marion County, West Virginia. In...
Farmington Mine Disaster - 1968 | 50 years ago today, a massive ...
Nov 20, 2018 · The Farmington disaster brought to public attention the lack of proper safety conditions in the coal mines. The existence of today's federal mine Safety and Health …
1968 Farmington Disaster - 50th Anniversary Video - United Mine …
The UMWA and victims’ families remember the tragic Farmington #9 disaster and its aftermath.
Farmington Mine disaster - Wikipedia
The Farmington Mine disaster was an explosion that happened at approximately 5:30 a.m. on November 20, 1968, at the Consol No. 9 coal mine north of Farmington and Mannington, West …
56th Anniversary of The Farmington mine disaster
On Wednesday, November 20, 1968, an explosion tore through the Consolidation Coal Company’s No. 9 mine that would claim the lives of most of the nearly 100 miners working at …
Farmington No. 9: The West Virginia Disaster that Changed Coal …
The year before, on Nov. 20, 1968, 78 miners died in the Farmington Mine disaster, when a series of explosions ripped through the Consolidation Coal Company’s No. 9 mine, north of …
Farmington WV Coal Mine No. 9 Disaster 1968 - YouTube
A news report on the Farmington Wv No. 9 Mine explosion of 1968 by Jack Perkins.
2020 UMWA Workers Memorial Video (Farmington Mine Disaster)
2020 UMWA Workers Memorial Video (Farmington Mine Disaster) The United Mine Workers have long fought for better health and safety on the job, as we have lost more members than any …
