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West Kentucky Coal Company
No. 9 Mine Explosion

Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky
June 8, 1925
No. Killed - 17



USBM Final Investigation Report  (1.2 Mb)  PDF Format
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News icon News-Democrat, June 9, 1925
See also: West Kentucky No. 7 Mine Explosion, Aug. 4, 1917
West Kentucky No. 7 Mine Explosion, Aug. 3, 1927
West Kentucky No. 10 Mine Fire, Mar. 12, 1934
West Kentucky No. 10 Mine Explosion, Nov. 30, 1942


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  PDF Format




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