Miners Die In West Virginia Explosion
Fourteen miners were killed at Kingston West Virginia when an explosion partially wrecked the Kingston Pockahontas Coal Company mine. Sixty nine men were in the workings. fifty five escaped.
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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1929
Page
2
Fourteen miners were killed at Kingston West Virginia when an explosion partially wrecked the Kingston Pockahontas Coal Company mine. Sixty nine men were in the workings. fifty five escaped.
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Senator Vandenberg opened a fight for a reapportionment bill to add an extra North Carolina seat after the 1930 census. The measure faces strong opposition from states losing representation, but a larger NC population could win two chairs in the House.
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