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Oxygen Helmets

Date: 11 13 1909
Description: Two men in oxygen helmets outside of the Cherry, Illinois, mining disaster.
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Ruins of Fan House and Escape Shaft

Date: 11 13 1909
Description: The ruins of the fan house and escape shaft after a mining disaster at Cherry mine. A group of men and children are standing in the foreground.
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Burning Oil Tank

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Description: An oil tank burns in an oil field, probably in Titusville, Pennsylvania, where the first oil well was constructed in 1859. In total, 35,000 barrels burned...

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