On This Day in West Virginia History, December 27th

December 27, 2022

Mountaineer News

Vintage West Virginia

On December 27, 1934, a boiler in a locomotive hauling mine workers at McDunn in Fayette County exploded, resulting in the death of eighteen miners.

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