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Fight in the Dark Aboard Cherry Mine Survivors Sealed Tomb
Dramatic account of 400 miners trapped 600 feet underground after the November 13 Cherry Illinois explosion. With scarce water and food, leader George Eddy unites a diverse group to wall themselves in against deadly black damp. A mutiny by The Bull is quelled, a winter of starvation ends with rescue of all but one, shaping a legendary post disaster chapter.
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Cherry
New York
St. Paul
Demp
George Eddy
Eddy
George Holdy
Walter Waite
Que Antoniese
Waite
Walowcezak
Zamarini
the Bull
Keddy
Walter Walte
Que. Antoniese
Walowesak
Moldy
Antoniese
Walte
Sturdy
Walowczak
Wolawezak
Holdy
Hddy
Bull
Wad
Thea Bull
Watte