1919 Kimball mining disaster

1919 explosion in West Virginia, USA February 2025 Kimball mining disaster File:Front page of the Oklahoma City times July 18 1919.jpg Front page of the Oklahoma City times July 18, 1919 July 18, 1919 Carswell coal mine in Kimball, West Virginia which was owned by the Tazewell Creek Coal company Coal mine explosion 6 The Kimball mining disaster happened on July 18, 1919, at the Carswell coal mine in Kimball, West Virginia, killing six miners. Greenberg 2006 192 Initial reports said that 221 men had been killed but they were trapped by the explosion. A rescue party was able to dig through the wreckage, allowing 215 to return alive to the surface. The Oklahoma City Times 1919 1 Bibliography Notes 20em References Greenberg Michael I. Encyclopedia of Terrorist, Natural, and Man-made Disasters 2006 Jones & Bartlett Learning 9780763737825 - Total pages: 295 July 18, 1919 Rescuers Search For bodies of 14 men in Wreckage The Oklahoma City Times The Oklahoma Times https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86064187/1919-07-18/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=07%2F18%2F1919&index=11&rows=20&sequence=1&date2=07%2F18%2F1919&words=&dateFilterType=range&page=2 The Oklahoma City Times Oklahoma City 2333-0201 13764083 July 18, 2019 37 25.808 N 81 30.518 W type:event_region:US-WV title Category:Coal mining disasters in West Virginia Category:1919 disasters in the United States Category:1919 mining disasters Category:1919 in West Virginia Category:July 1919 in the United States Category:Kimball, West Virginia