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The Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster was a large-scale incident of occupational lung disease in the 1930s as the result of the construction of the Hawks Nest Tunnel near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, as part of a hydroelectric project. This project is considered to be one of the worst industrial disasters in American history.
The Book of the Dead is a long narrative poem written by Muriel Rukeyser, appearing in her collection US 1.Published in 1938, the poem deals with the Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster, also known as the Gauley Tunnel Tragedy, in which predominately poor, migrant mine workers in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia succumbed to death caused by the occupational mining disease known as silicosis.
Hawk's Nest is a novel written by West Virginia author Hubert Skidmore, published in 1941.A fictionalized account of one of America's greatest industrial disasters, it is an account of the Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster in which hundreds or thousands of men were sickened and died as a result of silicosis they contracted while digging the tunnel under unsafe conditions.
The Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster is known as "America's worst industrial disaster". [40] The prevalence of silicosis led some men to grow what is called a miner's mustache, in an attempt to intercept as much dust as possible. [citation needed]
1915. Headquarters. 417 Main Street, Oak Hill, WV 25901. Circulation. 1,093 (as of 2016) [1] Website. fayettetribune .com. The Fayette Tribune is a newspaper serving Oak Hill, West Virginia, and surrounding Fayette County. [2] Published on Thursday, it has a circulation of 1,093 and is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings.
This list of United States disasters by death toll includes disasters that occurred either in the United States, at diplomatic missions of the United States, or incidents outside of the United States in which a number of U.S. citizens were killed. Domestic deaths due to war in America are included except the American Civil War.
1927–1932: Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster, near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, United States. Over several years, 476 workers died from silicosis. January 3, 1934: Nelson III Coal Mine, Osek u Duchcova, Czechoslovakia, Accumulated coal dust explosion. 142 dead miners including one woman. In June 1934, the accumulated gases knocked out the masonry ...
Hawks Nest State Park is located on 370 acres (150 ha) [2] in Fayette County near Ansted, West Virginia. The park's clifftop overlook along U.S. Route 60 provides a scenic vista of the New River, some 750 feet (230 m) below. [4] The hydro-electric project tunnel that passes underneath nearby Gauley Mountain was the scene of the Depression -era ...