The Fraterville Mine Disaster
01/01/22 • 13 min
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The Fraterville Mine Disaster
In May of 1902 one of the best-run mine companies in the Coal Creek, Tennessee, area suffered a disaster when an explosion trapped and killed 216 miners, all but 3 of the adult male population of the Fraterville community. Today we tell that story. You can subscribe to the audio version of the Stories podcast […]
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