West Kentucky Coal Company
No. 9 Mine Explosion
Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky
June 8, 1925
No. Killed - 17
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Cause of explosion: Ignition of a body of gas by an open light.
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About 8:45 a.m., an explosion occurred in the No. 9 Mine of the West Kentucky Coal Company, resulting in the death of seventeen men.
The deceased:
- W. R. Alexander, 29
- A. H. Baird, 32
- L. B. Barnett, 56
- Clarence Cherry, 34
- Lonzo Evans, 35
- Riley Floyd, 37
- Mathew Johnson, 34
- Liston Merritt, 18
- Henry Morgan, 37
- Henry Patrick, 39
- Dudley Quinn, 32
- George Richardson, 49
- Will Smith, 40
- Will Thomas, 39
- Tom Turner, 35
- W. M. Washington, 21
- Sam Woolfolk, 35
Source: Kentucky Mine Accident Index
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