Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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There is a tradition in mining communities as old as grief, but layered over with the special stresses of men who go into mines: the dead must have a decent burial; the bodies must be recovered. Since the 1968 disaster, only five of the bodies have been brought out of...
As recovery operations stretched to 15 months-the longest and costliest in mining history-some of the widows sought an end to the strain of wondering "when the phone will ring to say they've found him." Worried that their husbands' bodies had been incinerated in the intense...
The plan was originated by The Rev Everett Briggs of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Monongah. "They've been living under a pall of death," The Rev. Briggs said. "There was this fantasy that widows couldn't remarry because their husbands weren't buried. They couldn'...
The proposal was submitted to Consolidation's officers and quickly approved, with a $10,000 payment going to each of the families. Under the plan, Consolidation could resume commercial operation of the still accessible portion of the mine. An agreement, contingent upon approval of United Mine Workers, the U.S...
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