1. Harrison DuBosar THE 1909 CHERRY COAL MINE DISASTER

2. Written in a reporters style Author Karen Tintori, granddaughter of miner Takes various personal accounts TRAPPED: THE 1909 CHERRY MINE DISASTER 3. A Saint Paul mining company Generally electrically operated Opened in 1905 Additional vein (3rd) added in 1908 Roughly 450-500 Miners would report for work Jobs included Engineers, Managers, Operators, Miners, Electricians Average 1500 tons of coal mined each day Miners paid by the ton $1.08 per ton The Cherry Mine was approximately 7000 acres Constant inspection GENERAL PRODUCTION 4. THE CHERRY COAL MINE 5. Approximately 480 miners, men and boys showed for work Electricity problems 12:30pm feeding time for the mules Kerosene lamps attached to the cart sparked a fire Miners Francesco and Dhesse associated The fire continued to blaze and attracted attention from the town NOVEMBER 13TH, 1909 6. Rescue teams were formed from escaped miners and surrounding townspeople 12 heroes turned martyrs The vent fan was ordered to reverse in an attempt to suffocate the fire 259 Miners were pronounced dead 21 Miners barricaded themselves The fire was not extinguished until days later 7. Tintori: Not enough direction being given or fire planning, regulations outdated, access to water, poor education of engineers on the vent, lack of crowd control Personal: Too many miners with no real escape plan, young boys put in place as operators and controllers, no fire rescue department within at least 3 miles, ignorance of workers WHAT WENT WRONG 8. Illinois Worker Compensation Act of 1910 Child Labor Law of 1910 Stricter Fire Codes Increased Disaster Planning REGULATORY CHANGES 9. Tintori, K. (2002). Trapped: the 1909 cherry mine disaster. New York: ATRIA Books. Joyce, R. (2010). Early days of coal mining in northern illinois. Illinois labor history society, Retrieved from http://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/articles/166-early-days-of- coal-mining-in-northern-illinois.html Stout, S. (1979). Tragedy in november: the cherry mine disaster. Informally published manuscript, Digital Library, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, Retrieved from http://dig.lib.niu.edu/ISHS/ishs-1979february/ishs- 1979february57.pdf Worker's compensation. In (2013). Legal-dictionary: the free dictionary. Retrieved from http://legal- dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Workers' Compensation REFERENCES 10. Tutaj Jr., R. [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://guitarjourney.tripod.com/cherrycoalminedisaster/id6.h tml Illinois labor history society. (2013). Cherry mine disaster. Retrieved from http://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/cherry- mine-disaster.html REFERENCES