Fraterville Mine disaster
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The Fraterville Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion that occurred on May 19, 1902 near the community of Fraterville in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Official records state that 216 miners died as a
Fraterville Miners' Circle
Cross Mountain Mine disaster
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The Cross Mountain Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion that occurred on December 9, 1911, near the community of Briceville, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. In spite of a well-organiz
Fraterville Mine disaster
…Historic Places. Other miners who lost their lives in the Fraterville disaster are buried in Longfield Cemetery on U.S. Route 441 just east of Rocky Top. Cross Mountain Mine disaster Coal Creek Watershed Foundation…
Cross Mountain Miners' Circle
View along Slatestone Rd. from its junction with TN-116 in Briceville, with Cross Mountain rising in the distance
Officials gathered at the mine's main entrance following the explosion