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Hanna, Wyoming’s 1903 “Frightful Disaster”
It was a normal Tuesday morning in the Union Pacific Coal Company mining town of Hanna, Wyoming, when disaster struck on June 30, 1903. It was about 10:30 in the morning when coal gas in the Hanna No. 1 mine caught … Continue reading
Posted in Coal industry, Mine disasters, mining history, Uncategorized, Western history, Wyoming history, Wyoming History Day
Tagged 1903 Disaster, Hanna Basin Museum, Hanna No. 1 Mine, Hanna Wyoming, Immigrant Workers, Mine Explosion, Mine Safety, Nancy Anderson, Samuel H. Knight, Union Pacific Coal Company, WyoHistory.org, Wyoming Digital Newspaper Collection
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