Underground Fire Hope Sacrifice And Courage In The Cherry Mine Disaster

Author : Sally M. Walker
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536212407
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Underground Fire: Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage in the Cherry Mine Disaster written by Sally M. Walker and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of the 1909 coal mine disaster in Cherry, Illinois, that killed hundreds of men, left more than four hundred children fatherless, inspired the first worker's compensation laws, and helped bring about changes in child labor practices.

Author : Sally M. Walker
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536224707
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Underground Fire: Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage in the Cherry Mine Disaster written by Sally M. Walker and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historic mine fire traps hundreds of men underground in a gripping work of narrative nonfiction meticulously researched and told by a master of the genre. It is November 13, 1909, and the coal miners of Cherry, Illinois, head to work with lunch pails in hand, just like any other day. By seven a.m., 484 of these men are underground, starting jobs that range from taking care of the mules that haul coal to operating cages that raise and lower workers and coal to chiseling out rocks and coal from the tunnels of the mine. With the electrical system broken, they’re guided by kerosene torches—and come early afternoon, a slow-moving disaster begins, barely catching the men’s attention until it’s too late. In what starts as an hour-by-hour account, Sally Walker tells the riveting and horrifying story of the Cherry Mine fire, which trapped hundreds of men underground. Alternating between rescue efforts above and the heroic measures of those trying to survive the poor air and entrapment below, the tragic story unfolds over eight excruciating days in a narrative compelled by the miners’ hope and absolute will to survive. Rich with archival photographs and documents, this stirring account includes sources, bibliography, an author’s note, and follow-up information about survivors, rescuers, and families.

Author : F. P. Buck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cherry Mine Disaster written by F. P. Buck and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cherry Mine Disaster - by Frank P. Buck This is a facsimile of the original (1st edition) Cherry Mine Disaster book written by Frank Buck in 1910. Mr. Buck gives his first hand experience account of the terrible disaster. This has been a scarce and coveted book for over 100 years, and is still hard to find and expensive when you find it. Most of the original books are very delicate and falling apart. As a resident of Bureau county who is concerned about preserving history, I have taken it upon myself to make this book available again in a tangible usable format. Of all of the Cherry Mine Disaster books, many say this one is the most powerful.

Author : Karen Tintori
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743428048
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trapped written by Karen Tintori and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping account of the worst coal mine fire in US history—the 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster that claimed the lives of 259 men. "Drawing on diaries, letters, written accounts of survivors and testimony from the coroner's inquest...Tintori's engaging prose keeps readers on the edge" (Publishers Weekly). Inspired by a refrain of her girlhood—"Your grandfather survived the Cherry Mine disaster"—Karen Tintori began a search for her family's role in the harrowing tragedy of 1909. She uncovered the stories of victims, survivors, widows, orphans, townspeople, firefighters, reporters, and mine owners, and wove them together to pen Trapped, a riveting account of the tragic day that would inspire America's first worker's compensation laws and hasten much-needed child labor reform. On a Saturday morning in November of 1909, four hundred and eighty men went down into the mines as they had countless times before. But a fire erupted in the mineshaft that day and soon burned out of control. By nightfall, more than half the men would either be dead or trapped as officials sealed the mine in an attempt to contain the blaze. Miraculously, twenty men would emerge one week later, but not before the Cherry Mine disaster went down in history as the worst ever coal mine fire in the US—and not before all the treachery and heroism of mankind were revealed.

Author : Ronald Glenn Bluemer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780967368085
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire Below! written by Ronald Glenn Bluemer and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a non-fiction account of the Cherry, IL coal mine fire, which claimed the lives of 259 men and boys in Nov. 1909. Research is mainly based on original newspaper interviews in 1909-1910, a 700-page inquest report, and personal acocunts by survivors. The book is illustrated with over 175 photos and 2 mine diagrams. Present day, on-site photographs, a bibliography and list of all fatalities with ages, ethnictiy, and specific occupation are included.

Author : F. P. Buck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cherry Mine Disaster written by F. P. Buck and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: November 13, 1909 was like any other day for the 480 men who went into the coal mine at Cherry, Illinois, to begin another day's work. The mine at Cherry was just a few years old, and it was considered the safest mine in America. However, within hours, a fire in the mine would take the lives of 268 men and boys. It would make widows of more than 100 women and orphans of 500 children. Eight days after the fire, twenty men emerged in a miraculous tale of survival. The Cherry mine disaster remains the third worst coal mining disaster in United States history.

Author : DEAN AND LORENA (GALLETTI) COTTON
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1418470856
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ONENESS written by DEAN AND LORENA (GALLETTI) COTTON and published by Author House. This book was released on 2004-09-24 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Golden Door When they first glimpsed “The New Colossus” - The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor - as described by Emma Lazarus, many immigrant’s future in America looked brilliant. One Augusto Sargenti disembarked after his long journey from northern Italy and proceeded to Cherry, Illinois to toil in the coalmines there. A few months later his wife Angiolina with their two children Armando and Mario, too, looked upon The Lady with the Lamp and the bright future ahead. The beacon dimmed when fire ripped through the dark pit and extinguished Augusto’s life and nearly smothered Angiolina’s. Through tears, frustration and deep grief, Angiolina finds the strength to withstand this severe test. She gathers all her courage, survives, and unexpectedly finds happiness and transcends the heartbreak. This book is a “quick read” that you will want to experience again and share with others who want to understand the challenges faced by one huddled family’s yearning to enter America through the golden door.

Author : Illinois. Bureau Of Statistics
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230456652
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report on the Cherry Mine Disaster written by Illinois. Bureau Of Statistics and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... parts of the workings, and that they had found groupes of men in the dry parts, all dead. Pumps were being made ready in the meantime to remove the water, partially at least, from the third vein workings so that the bodies could be recovered. During the succeeding few hours, however, it was noticed that the fire from the south and east sides of the main shaft, was slowly encroaching on the shaft itself. Holes were cut in the shaft lining as high as 30 feet from the bottom, and streams of water thrown in behind the shaft lining; but the steam and smoke continued to issue from the openings cut and also from the sides of the shaft, in increasing quantities; to offset this a board stopping was built around the south and east sides of the shaft, and as close thereto, as the working of the cages would permit, and a stopping closed tight, near the bottom of the airshaft. The object of this was to deaden, or partially subdue, the fire thought to be burning between those points; this, however, was not entirely successful as the smoke from behind the shaft lining, which formerly passed to the east and around to the upcast or airshaft, was now carried to the west side of the main shaft, and the rescuers there practically driven from the mine. A strong smell of coal smoke was noted indicating that the coal pillars were on fire, and as the gases given off by burning coal were known to be dangerous, great caution became necessary. Sometime shortly after midnight on the morning of Thursday, November 25, a consultation was held, at which, the President of the State Mining Board, chief of the fire department; expert helmet men from Champaign, the Illinois mine inspectors and representatives of the St. Paul Coal Company were present. The situation was...

Author : Jim Ridings
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634992022
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated History of the Cherry Mine Disaster of 1909 written by Jim Ridings and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "America through Time is a local and regional interest series that showcases the history and heritage of communities around the country." -- Publisher's website.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mine Disasters written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: