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Avondale Disaster

“In the mines of Avondale” – A Coal Region ballad

Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 by Jake Wynn

"The Avondale Mine Disaster" is a miner's ballad originally recorded by folklorist George Korson in 1946.

Posted in Anthracite mining, Coal RegionTagged anthracite, Avondale, Avondale Disaster, Ballad, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Disaster, George Korson, Luzerne County, Music, PennsylvaniaLeave a comment

Avondale – The Coal Region’s deadliest mining disaster

Posted on March 4, 2019May 12, 2019 by Jake Wynn

The Avondale Mine Disaster of September 6, 1869 killed 108 miners and 2 volunteer rescuers.

Posted in Anthracite mining, Coal RegionTagged 1869, anthracite, Avondale, Avondale Disaster, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Disaster, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Plymouth, Workingmen's Benevolent Association3 Comments

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Speaking this evening at the Civil War Roundtable of New York about Clara Barton and have been treated to this view of St. Patrick’s Cathedral from the venue on 51st Street! Wow!
Made a stop in Mechanicville, New York to commune with one of the earliest Union heroes of the #CivilWar. Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth was killed on May 24, 1861 while removing a Confederate flag from a hotel rooftop in Alexandria, Virginia. He became a martyr to the Union; “Avenge Ellsworth” became a rallying cry across the North. My great-great-great grandfather S. Ellsworth Schwalm was named in his honor. #AmericanCivilWar #AmericanHistory #USHistory
Stumbled across the grave of General George H. Thomas in Troy’s Oakwood Cemetery! Happy surprise to see the man with the best #CivilWar nickname: “the Rock of Chickamauga.”
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