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Westmoreland County, PA Coal mining Strike 6 (plus 9 miners' wives) [51] Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–1911: 70 percent of the miners were Slovak immigrants. Employers used force to intimidate striking miners, partially paying the cost for the Coal and Iron Police, local law enforcement and the Pennsylvania State Police.
The Centralia mine fire is a coal-seam fire that has been burning in the labyrinth of abandoned coal mines underneath the borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania, ...
The Westmoreland County coal strike was the setting for one of the more colorful incidents in the life of Mary Harris Jones, better known as "Mother Jones". Even though she was 73 years of age, Mother Jones agreed to travel to Westmoreland County to support the United Mine Workers in their strike. [citation needed]
Memorial to the Darr Mine disaster Entrance of the Darr Mine, now covered in forest; photographed June 2011. The Darr Mine disaster at Van Meter, Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, near Smithton, killed 239 men and boys on December 19, 1907. [1]
Fire (building) Chicago, Illinois: Worst theater fire in American history; worst single-building fire. 600 1928 St. Francis Dam: Accident – dam failure Santa Clarita, California: 581 1947 Texas City disaster: Accident – explosion Texas City, Texas: Ammonium nitrate on board ship 501+ 1896 Tornado outbreak sequence of May 1896: Tornado ...
The Eaton Fire has burned 13,690 acres as of early Friday. Firefighters have yet to contain the blaze. The couple grabbed a few personal belongings and their two dogs before evacuating their home.
Kecksburg is an unincorporated community in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located in a heavily wooded area along PA Route 982, it is approximately thirty miles southeast of Pittsburgh at an elevation of 1,209 feet.
L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna confirmed an additional two fatalities in the Eaton fire, where the death toll stood at 11 on Saturday night. The Los Angeles County medical examiner had previously ...