This is my video documentation on the Avondale Colliery Disaster of Sept 6, 1869 that left 108 men dead + 2 rescuers, totalling 110 dead men and boys. This happened in Plymouth Pennsylvania, Luzerne County. This was primarily a "Welsh Tragedy" as the newspapers of the day coined it, as many of the dead were Welsh blooded or recent immigrants.
This disaster was avoidable and unnecessary, as there was only 1 way in & 1 way out of the mine itself. It was the vertical haulage shaft that was over 200 feet in vertical depth. In addition to there being only one way in and one way out, the shaft was physically connected to the large wooden breaker. If a fire was to break out, the men would be trapped underground. This is exactly what happened unfortunately. Noxious fumes from the burning breaker downcast into the mine workings via the shaft which asphyxiated all 108 underground. The youngest victim was just 10 years old. 2 rescuers bravely attempted to search for survivors, but they too asphyxiated.
So come along with me in this video, while I show you what the site looks like today & offering you the information about that horrendous day in 1869.
Please be sure to like & subscribe! Thanks for your viewership!
#anthracite #anthracitecoal #anthracitemining #anthracitecoalmining #urbex #history #forgotten #ushistory #us #usa #america #americanhistory #abandoned #abandonedcoal #forgottenhistory #pahistory #abanadonedcoalmine #pa #pennsylvania #mine #mining #coalmining #coalmine #industrial #industrialrevolution #miner #mines #hardcoal #avondale #avondalebreaker #avondalecolliery #plymouth #plymouthpa #plymouthpennsylvania #luzernecounty #luzerne #luzernecountypa #1869 #fire #arson #wales #welsh #irish #labor #laborhistory #strike #strikes #strikebreaker #dlw #dlwrr #rail #railroad #tragedy #sad #death #dead #calamity #tragic #abandonedhistory #bats #shaft #shafts #coalcar #coalcars #memorial #park #parks #public #rt11 #route11 #england
Негізгі бет The "Welsh Tragedy" The Avondale Anthracite Coal Mine Disaster of Sept., 1869. 110 Dead, Plymouth PA
Пікірлер: 49