
Trapped : The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster (Paperback)
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Publishers Weekly,Tintori, the granddaughter of a mineworker in Cherry, Ill., has brought to life the worst coal mine fire in U.S. history. Although a fortuitous hangover kept her grandfather home on November 13, 1909, out of the 480 men who went to work that day, 259 died underground. "Trading daylight for a future," these workers, chiefly from Italian and Slav immigrant backgrounds, undertook backbreaking and dangerous work in order to provide a better life for their families. Tintori vividly recounts how a small hay fire in a coal car caused overhead timbers to catch fire. The flames spread rapidly, but the call to abandon the mine was not given until 45 minutes later. Drawing on diaries, letters, written accounts of survivors and testimony from the coroner's inquest, a picture emerges of men running through smoky passages in terror. Twelve men went down six times to rescue trapped miners until they, too, were smothered. Particularly heartrending is the author's description of the 21 men who were trapped underground for eight harrowing days after the mine was sealed to smother the fire. They were miraculously discovered and brought up by rescue workers. An independent investigation of the disaster found the coal company to be solely responsible for the loss of life and in violation of the child labor laws (four underage boys, illegally hired, died in the fire). Tintori's engaging prose keeps readers on the edge throughout her story. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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- Pub date2003-09-17
- Pages288
- SubgenreNon-fiction
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A gripping account of the worst coal mine fire in US history--the 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster that claimed the lives of 259 men. Drawing on diaries, letters, written accounts of survivors and testimony from the coroner's inquest...Tintori's engaging prose keeps readers on the edge (Publishers Weekly). Inspired by a refrain of her girlhood--Your grandfather survived the Cherry Mine disaster--Karen Tintori began a search for her family's role in the harrowing tragedy of 1909. She uncovered the stories of victims, survivors, widows, orphans, townspeople, firefighters, reporters, and mine owners, and wove them together to pen Trapped, a riveting account of the tragic day that would inspire America's first worker's compensation laws and hasten much-needed child labor reform. On a Saturday morning in November of 1909, four hundred and eighty men went down into the mines as they had countless times before. But a fire erupted in the mineshaft that day and soon burned out of control. By nightfall, more than half the men would either be dead or trapped as officials sealed the mine in an attempt to contain the blaze. Miraculously, twenty men would emerge one week later, but not before the Cherry Mine disaster went down in history as the worst ever coal mine fire in the US--and not before all the treachery and heroism of mankind were revealed.
Author: Karen Tintori
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 09/01/2003
Pages: 273
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.52w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780743421959
Author: Karen Tintori
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 09/01/2003
Pages: 273
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.52w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780743421959
About the Author
Karen Tintori worked in journalism and public relations before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Michigan with her family.
Publishers Weekly,Tintori, the granddaughter of a mineworker in Cherry, Ill., has brought to life the worst coal mine fire in U.S. history. Although a fortuitous hangover kept her grandfather home on November 13, 1909, out of the 480 men who went to work that day, 259 died underground. "Trading daylight for a future," these workers, chiefly from Italian and Slav immigrant backgrounds, undertook backbreaking and dangerous work in order to provide a better life for their families. Tintori vividly recounts how a small hay fire in a coal car caused overhead timbers to catch fire. The flames spread rapidly, but the call to abandon the mine was not given until 45 minutes later. Drawing on diaries, letters, written accounts of survivors and testimony from the coroner's inquest, a picture emerges of men running through smoky passages in terror. Twelve men went down six times to rescue trapped miners until they, too, were smothered. Particularly heartrending is the author's description of the 21 men who were trapped underground for eight harrowing days after the mine was sealed to smother the fire. They were miraculously discovered and brought up by rescue workers. An independent investigation of the disaster found the coal company to be solely responsible for the loss of life and in violation of the child labor laws (four underage boys, illegally hired, died in the fire). Tintori's engaging prose keeps readers on the edge throughout her story. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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