Acmar No. 3 Mine Explosion

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Alabama Fuel and Iron Company
Acmar No. 3 Mine Explosion

Acmar, Saint Clair County, Alabama
May 25, 1922
No. Killed - 11

See also:

Acmar No. 6 Mine Explosion, July 10, 1941

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Ellensburg Daily Record, May 26, 1922

Eleven Men are Killed in Alabama Mine Blast
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX
May 27, 1922

Birmingham, Ala., May 26. -- Eleven miners were killed last night in an explosion in Acmar No. 3 mine of the Alabama Fuel and Iron Company, St. Clair County, according to reports received today at the Birmingham station of the Bureau of Mines. Five of the men were white, according to the report.

The deceased:

Herbert Brown
N. W. Byers
Newman H. Engle
John Fincher
Calvin Lindsey
J. F. Martin
John Mitchell
Virgil Stone
Hez Walker
James Wedgeworth
G. W. White

Source: Alabama Mining Accidents, 1891-1999

Alabama Fuel and Iron CompanyAcmar No. 3 Mine Explosion

Alabama Fuel and Iron Company
Acmar No. 3 Mine Explosion