| KING COAL TAKES TOLL The injured are treated and bodies recovered after gas explosion in coal mine | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5307 |
| Catalog #: | 101045 | |
| Clip Number: | 101045-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1170 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:15 - 01:01:08 | |
| Location: | Sullivan, Indiana | |
| Year Shot: | 1925 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Explosions DISASTERS: Rescues DISASTERS: Victims INDUSTRY/MINING: Misc LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Indiana | |
| Description: | See also catalog # 243595 King Coal takes toll. Affecting scenes at pithead in which 51 miners lost lives in gas explosion. Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America (U.S.A.). L/S of the pit, the camera pans across the many people waiting there. M/S as four men carry out a body covered up on a stretcher and take it through the crowds. M/S of a man coming out supported by two others, he is injured and shaken, other injured men also come out. M/S of a man on a stretcher, another man leans over and speaks to him. M/S of three men drinking coffee and eating sandwiches. | |
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