On April 28, 1924, 119 miners were killed in an explosion at the Benwood mine of the Wheeling Steel Corporation.
Learn more:
"Dead Bodies Cover Mine Floor (Benwood Mine
Disaster)
Department of Mines Report on Benwood
Explosion
List of Victims, Benwood Mine Disaster
Eccles/Benwood Coal Mining Disasters
April 28: Fort Seybert