Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters

by David Kenney and Robert E. Hartley

Book Overview

Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters examines two of the most devastating coal mine disasters in United States history since 1928. In two southern Illinois towns only forty miles apart, explosions killed 111 men at the Centralia No. 5 mine in 1947 and 119 men at the New Orient No. 2 mine in West Frankfort in 1951. Robert E. Hartley and David Kenney explain the causes of the accidents, identify who was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809327066
• ISBN13: 9780809327065
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"