Browsing Items (15 total)

Oral History: Two mine disasters, at Knox, and Sheppton are the subject of a series

Oral History: Two mine disasters, at Knox, and Sheppton are the subject of a series

Image: When daylight comes I go to work, When dark I go to bed, The money that my labor earns, Keeps us in meat and bread. Poor father he was killed one day, Yet mother for him pines, And that is why you see me here.

Image: Rescue workers, Porter Tunnel, Tower City, March 1977

Image: Rescue workers coming out of mine-trip car, Tower City

Image: One of rescue workers, Tower City, March 1977

Image: Sister of Louis Bova, miner whose body was never recovered

Image: Sister comforting Anna Fellin, wife of one of the trapped miners

Image: Father Michael Svercheck comforts wives of miners, (from the left) Anna Fellin, Mrs. Henry Throne, and Eva Bova.

Image: Rescue workers preparing harness

Image: Two rescue workers, Sheppton, Pennsylvania

Image: Dan Bova, younger brother of miner who died in Sheppton cave-in

Image: Steel tube lowered into ground to facilitate rescue of trapped miners, Sheppton, August 1963

Image: Trying to dam the breach, Port Griffith, January 1959

Image: Anxious wives of miners during rescue efforts, Port Griffith, January 1959