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Benjamin Bannan

A Pottsville editor’s letter to Abraham Lincoln in support of the Emancipation Proclamation

Posted on May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 by Jake Wynn

Editor Benjamin Bannan vehemently supported the end of slavery in the summer of 1862.

Posted in Civil War, NewspapersTagged 1862, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Bannan, Civil War, Coal Region, Emancipation Proclamation, Letter, Miners Journal, Pennsylvania, Politics, Pottsville, Primary Source, Schuylkill County, Slavery1 Comment

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Remembering the Porter Tunnel Disaster today... On March 1, 1977, nine mineworkers were killed deep inside Porter Tunnel, an anthracite mine operated by the Kocher Coal Company on the outskirts of Tower City, Pennsylvania. Workers breached an old mine in the bowels of Big Lick Mountain, inundating the Porter Tunnel workings with millions of gallons of water, leaving 9 dead, 3 injured, and one man trapped. Ronald Adley survived the rush of water, but found his path to escape blocked by fallen rock. Adley was later rescued on March 6, 1977. An investigation found that maps of the adjacent workings were not accurate, something common in areas of the Coal Region that experienced bootleg mining starting in the 1930s. One of these workings had been accidentally ruptured, causing an inrush of water with incredible force that flooded out swaths of the mine. The bodies of all nine men were recovered in the weeks after the disaster. (Photograph: UPI, March 2, 1977) #CoalRegion #Pennsylvania #SchuylkillCounty #PennsylvaniaHistory #Coal #CoalMining #Anthracite #Mining
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