Vintage West Virginia; On This Day in West Virginia History, October 28th

October 28, 2022

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Vintage West Virginia

On October 28, 1958, an explosion at the Oglebay Norton's Burton coal mine in Nicholas County resulted in the deaths of fourteen miners.

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