May 22, 1902, Coal Creek Mine Disaster.
An underground explosion in the No. 2 Mine at the Coal Creek Colliery took the lives of 128 men in one of the worst mining disasters in Canadian history.
Complete coverage from the pages of The Cranbrook Herald of May 29, 1902.
Photos
- D-01631 — Fernie. Coal Creek Mine Disaster, Removing the Dead from the Mine, May 1902
- D-01633 — Fernie. Coal Creek Mine Disaster, Loading Dead Onto a Train, May 1902
- D-01634 — Fernie. Coal Creek Mine Disaster, Arrival of a Trainload of Dead, May 1902
- D-01632 — Fernie. Coal Creek Mine Disaster, Lacking Enough Hearses or Wagons, Most Bodies were Borne for Burial, May 1902
- D-01630 — Fernie. Coal Creek Mine Disaster, Combination Funerals, May 1902
- D-01635 — Fernie. Coal Creek Mine Disaster, Motor Cars and Miners, of which Only Four Escaped Death, May 1902
Mining Disasters