Duvin Mine Disaster - 1939

THE DEAD
Following is a list of the miners who lost their lives in the Duvin Coal Company mine explosion on Friday night. White: Daniel B. Barnes, Sr., 48 Daniel B. Barnes, Jr., 23 Daniel W. Byrum, 66 Richard B. Byrum, 35 Ira Taylor Campbell, 40 James Clyde Cole, 27 Forrest Dunbar, 30 Osmond W. (Ned) Fugate, 19 Archie Gold, 43 Randall Greene, 40 Gordon Dixon Hodge, 41 Carl Holloman, Jr., 22 Arthur Little, 36 Rudell N. Little, 30 Robert A. Mays, 40 Elmer Herman Sale, 48 Charles Wallace, 34 Earl White Woodring, 32 Negroes: Sike Boyd, 49 Allen Chambers, 31 Ellis Chandler, 35 George Clark, 49 James R. Gaither, 31 Dave Ivy 27 Lee Mitchell, 45 George Springfield, 27 Hobard Williams, 43 Wanda Lee Williams, Jr., 26 The Providence Enterprise Providence, Kentucky Thursday, July 20, 1939 used with permission
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Duvin Mine Explosion Kills 28
The Dead
Red Cross Relief Fund nears $3,000
Last Rites Conducted for 28 Blast Victims
Editor Comments on Disaster
Final Report
Company Plans
Colorado Springs, CO newspaper article
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