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Hanna, Wyoming’s 1903 “Frightful Disaster”

Posted on June 27, 2022 by ahcadmin

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 →

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