The Great Royalton Ills. Mine Disaster of Oct. 27, 1914 Pt. 1 of 2
00:16:16 Title: Geo. L. Morgan, State Inspector of Coal Mines, Benton Ills. who directed the work of rescue.. in which 52 miners lost their lives... MS posing in front of house.
00:16:41 Title: “James Towal Supt. of the Mine Rescue Station, Benton Ills”. MS posing in front of same.
00:16:56 Title: “M.J. Carraher, Asst. Supt. Mine Rescue Station...” MS posing in front of same house.
00:17:08 Title: “The Illinois Rescue Station, Benton Ills.” LS Pan across building, trees in front; CU sign.
00:17:34 Title: “392 men in mine at time of explosion, all but 52 were rescued alive. Crowds around shaft while rescue work was in progress.”
00:17:48 LS Mine head w/ towers, large crowd of men in front moving about. Cars & people arriving, MCUs women & children, pan across, mine carts, railroad cars behind.
00:20:06 Large white horse-drawn Hospital Ambulance beside mine tower. Team of horses pull another white boxed wagon away; followed by Hospital Ambulance. MS men, women children standing by buildings.
00:20:44 Title: “Where bodies are awaiting identification.” Pan men in overcoats, hats. LS Ambulance wagons leaving on dirt road.
00:21:15 Title: “Miner found...sitting on powder keg w/ dead bodies all about him.” Posing on house porch in three-piece suit & tie w/ bowler hat beside woman & three children in dress clothes.
00:21:42 Title: “Recovering bodies...” People watch bodies carried out on stretchers, into ambulance & leaving. Unloaded & carried into house(?). MS Women looking thru window.
00:23:01 Title: “Home of stricken families of which a father...” Pan over shack like houses, smoke from tin chimneys, washing on line, a few people outside. Mine buildings, railroad & timbers. Dirt streets of town. Building under construction. Larger town houses w/ picket fences on dirt street. Continued...
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The Great Royalton Ills. Mine Disaster of Oct. 27, 1914 Pt. 1 of 2 00:16:16 Title: Geo. L. Morgan, State Inspector of Coal Mines, Benton Ills. who directed the work of rescue.. in which 52 miners lost their lives... MS posing in front of house. 00:16:41 Title: “James Towal Supt. of the Mine Rescue Station, Benton Ills”. MS posing in front of same. 00:16:56 Title: “M.J. Carraher, Asst. Supt. Mine Rescue Station...” MS posing in front of same house. 00:17:08 Title: “The Illinois Rescue Station, Benton Ills.” LS Pan across building, trees in front; CU sign. 00:17:34 Title: “392 men in mine at time of explosion, all but 52 were rescued alive. Crowds around shaft while rescue work was in progress.” 00:17:48 LS Mine head w/ towers, large crowd of men in front moving about. Cars & people arriving, MCUs women & children, pan across, mine carts, railroad cars behind. 00:20:06 Large white horse-drawn Hospital Ambulance beside mine tower. Team of horses pull another white boxed wagon away; followed by Hospital Ambulance. MS men, women children standing by buildings. 00:20:44 Title: “Where bodies are awaiting identification.” Pan men in overcoats, hats. LS Ambulance wagons leaving on dirt road. 00:21:15 Title: “Miner found...sitting on powder keg w/ dead bodies all about him.” Posing on house porch in three-piece suit & tie w/ bowler hat beside woman & three children in dress clothes. 00:21:42 Title: “Recovering bodies...” People watch bodies carried out on stretchers, into ambulance & leaving. Unloaded & carried into house(?). MS Women looking thru window. 00:23:01 Title: “Home of stricken families of which a father...” Pan over shack like houses, smoke from tin chimneys, washing on line, a few people outside. Mine buildings, railroad & timbers. Dirt streets of town. Building under construction. Larger town houses w/ picket fences on dirt street. Continued... Immigrants; Immigration; Work Place Hazards; Labor Unions; Workers; Deaths; Coal Mining Accidents;