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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1907
Page
10
Reports describe a catastrophic explosion at Monongah with multiple mines affected. Rescue teams face extreme heat and unsafe conditions as they search for survivors and salvage bodies, while inspectors assess air quality and structural stability.
At 7 pm Fortythree bodies were removed from Monongah Mines Nos 6 and 8 listing ages from 15 to 41 and including residents of Monongah West Monongah and Wahoo with names such as Fred Cooper Carmon Jouriol John Herman and many others among the deceased. An official list names twenty four Monongah residents and several from nearby towns with several unknowns.
Time to buy and wear furs with a choice of muffs, scarfs, coats in brand new condition. Prices advertised as Money Saving and Christmas gifts with the largest line shown, including ladies union suits and fine ribbed fleeced garments in all sizes.
A blaze caused by a short circuit damaged the dining room and one bedroom of a frame house owned by Mrs Lynch and J Trevinsen on a Sunday evening. An explosion, possibly from gas, blew roof seams outward but no furniture losses beyond water damage occurred. Loss to the house estimated at about $2000, fully insured.
Relatives from Clarkspurg wait at the mine terminal for news as rescue efforts continue. Only Patrick Mc Donough has been recovered amid the disaster, with families enduring hunger, cold, and illness while awaiting further word.
About 95 000 passengers rode the street cars yesterday with an estimated 35 000 visitors counted, many from Clarksiaris, as crowds overwhelmed facilities at the upper end. Waiting times reached hours before cars could depart, marking a record day for the interurban line.
Mrs Jouisa M Taft mother of Secretary of War William Taft died in Milbury Massachusetts on Sunday at 12 20 pm She was the widow of Alphonso Taft who served as secretary of war and attorney general under Grant later minister to Austria and Russia The article notes she was attacked last July after a visit by her son who sailed from Cuxhaven for Boulogne and Plymouth.
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