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Victims of the Scotia Coal Mine Explosions
Scotia Coal Company
Scotia Mine Explosions
Oven Fork, Letcher County, Kentucky
March 9, 1976
No. Killed - 15
March 11, 1976
No. Killed - 11
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Middlesboro, KY Daily News Articles
The Ballad of the Shadow Miner
© Written by E. B. "Reb" Allen 1976
Remembering Scotia
by Bob Cornett
No.
Name
Age
Job Classification
Job Experience
Mining Experience
1
Glenn Barker
29
Motorman
5 yrs.
5 yrs.
2
Dennis Boggs
27
Utility Man
2 yrs.
2 yrs.
3
Everett Scott Combs
29
Ventilation
5 yrs. 3 mos.
5 yrs. 3 mos.
4
Virgil Coots
24
Section Foreman
7 mos.
4 yrs. 2 mos.
5
Don Creech
30
Utility Man
4 mos.
8 yrs. 4 mos.
6
Larry David McKnight
28
Motorman
1 yr. 10 mos.
3 yrs. 5 mos.
7
Earl Galloway
44
Shuttle Car Operator
11 yrs. 7 mos.
14 yrs. 7 mos.
8
David Gibbs
30
Repairman
10 yrs. 9 mos.
10 yrs. 9 mos.
9
Robert Griffith
24
Belt Cleaner
2 yrs.
2 yrs.
10
John Hackworth
29
Timberman
2 yrs. 6 mos.
2 yrs. 6 mos.
11
J. B. Holbrook
43
Tipple Operator
13 yrs.
13 yrs.
12
Kenneth B. Kiser
45
Federal Mine Inspector
5 yrs.
27 yrs.
13
Roy McKnight
31
Timberman
4 yrs. 6 mos.
4 yrs. 6 mos.
14
Lawrence Peavy
25
Supplyman
6 yrs. 8 mos.
6 yrs. 8 mos.
15
Carl Polly
47
Roof Bolter
7 yrs. 2 mos.
7 yrs. 2 mos.
16
Richard M. Sammons
55
Federal Mine Inspector
5 yrs.
26 yrs.
17
Tommy Ray Scott
24
Miner Operator
3 yrs. 6 mos.
3 yrs. 6 mos.
18
Ivan Gail Sparkman
34
Bratticeman
1 yr. 11 mos.
1 yr. 11 mos.
19
James Sturgill
46
Belt Cleaner
1 yr. 11 mos.
11 yrs. 11 mos.
20
Jimmy W. Sturgill
20
Utility Man
1 yr. 6 mos.
1 yr. 6 mos.
21
Monroe Sturgill
40
Roof Bolter
3 yrs. 10 mos.
13 yrs. 10 mos.
22
Kenneth Turner
25
Roof Bolter
3 yrs. 9 mos.
3 yrs. 9 mos.
23
Willie D. Turner
25
Shuttle Car Operator
5 yrs. 8 mos.
5 yrs. 8 mos.
24
Grover Tussey
45
Federal Mine Inspector
1 yr.
26 yrs.
25
Denver Widner
31
Ventilation
1 yr. 11 mos.
1 yr. 11 mos.
26
James Williams
23
Section Foreman
6 mos.
4 yrs.
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