Hill Farm Mine Explosion

1890

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Hill Farm Mine Explosion
  • Title
  • Hill Farm Mine Explosion
  • Creator
  • Frederick T. Gretton
  • Identifier
  • MSP328.B001.F08.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP328.B001.F08.I01
  • Description
  • The explosion occurred on June 16, 1890, killing the thirty-one miners in the mine. A caption on the back of photograph reads, “Hill Farm Mine Explosion 1890 Dunbar, Pa. [Far right of photo]: Upper left shows Dunbar blast furnace one mile distant. To right, in back of building is graveyard where “Hays” is buried this day. [Center of photo]: Showing mine entrance on fire, two mine inspectors at left, bending over. See the tracks on the right from bank above mouth of level Man below fence – near building is Mr. Bigley who has two brothers in the fire. [Far left of photo]: Farm to left of mine entrance.”
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Coal mines and mining--Pennsylvania--Dunbar.
  • Source
  • Frederick T. Gretton Photographs, 1857-1953, MSP 328, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Frederick T. Gretton Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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