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Death underground : the Centralia and West Frankfort mine disasters
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Death underground : the Centralia and West Frankfort mine disasters

Author: Robert E Hartley; David Kenney
Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : English
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert E Hartley; David Kenney
ISBN: 9780809327058 0809327058 9780809327065 0809327066
OCLC Number: 62897610
Description: xiv, 231 p., [22] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents: pt. 1. The 1947 Centralia mine disaster. --
More than a coal town --
"Please save our lives" --
Day of reckoning --
Years of strife --
A pox on all houses --
Miners' lives --
The reality of coal politics --
pt. 2. The 1951 West Frankfort mine disaster. --
"It's all blown to hell" --
Burying the dead --
Seeking the cause and greater safety --
Affected lives --
Conclusion: After the disasters --
Appendix 1. Miners killed in the Centralia mine disaster --
Appendix 2. Miners killed in the West Frankfort mine disaster.
Responsibility: Robert E. Hartley and David Kenney.
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