Tag: West Virginia
47 Miners Found Alive After Four Days Trapped Underground in West Virginia
For four days, rescuers searched the wrecked Layland Mine in West Virginia believing that nearly everyone trapped below had perished. The gas explosion had devastated…
West Virginia Jail Armed With Machine Guns After Riot Threats
In the summer of 1922, tensions surrounding America’s coal mines were running dangerously high. Strikes, violence, arrests, and threats of retaliation had turned some mining…
West Virginia Senator Wanted to Refund Convicted Wartime Profiteers
A few years after World War I ended, Washington was still dealing with the financial aftermath of wartime price gouging. During the war, food profiteers…
Massive Store Sign Nearly Crushed Clarksburg Man in 1909
A strong gust of wind nearly turned an ordinary walk along Pike Street into a fatal accident for A. A. Cather of Clarksburg, West Virginia….
Film Caught Fire During a 1909 Show at West Virginia’s Bijou Theatre
Early motion picture theaters carried dangers that modern audiences rarely consider. Film stock was highly flammable, and a small spark inside the projection booth could…
Landgraff Flood Aftermath Reveals Two Bodies
In Landgraff, West Virginia, the work of recovery after a flood was still underway when two bodies were found caught in a drift pile, tangled…
Midnight Train Carries Soldiers to Coal Strike
In the autumn of 1919, the nation’s coal fields were tense. Across the country, miners were demanding better wages, shorter hours, and safer working conditions….
Violence Erupts in Cabin Creek as Coal Company Stables Burned
An outbreak in West Virginia’s Cabin Creek coal field resulted in the destruction of the Ohley Coal Company stables by fire, with militia forces clashing…
Rejected West Virginia man attempts to cremate 15-year-old girl
A West Virginia man, 28, was unsuccessful in wooing a girl, 15, and decided that if he could not have her then no one else…
10 Strange Petrified Bodies and Body Parts Found in the United States
How many petrified bodies and body parts have been uncovered in the United States? Apparently far more than this article can cover. Since the 1800s,…
