New Straitsville Mine Fire - Ohio History Connection
Apr 16, 2011 · The mines fires affected coal deposits in Hocking and Perry Counties in southeastern Ohio. It was estimated that by 1938 the coal destroyed, more than two hundred square miles, was worth fifty million dollars.
Here’s a convoluted true story about the hell beneath our feet
Dec 4, 2016 · On Nov. 13, 1884, striking coal miners in New Straitsville, 10 miles or so north of Nelsonville, put some coal-oil-soaked timbers in a coal cart and set it afire before pushing it into a mine there. The resulting fire underground did a vast amount of damage and of …
World’s Greatest Mine Fire - The Historical Marker Database
Aug 22, 2018 · During the 9-month Hocking Valley Coal Strike beginning in June 1884, tensions between the Columbus & Hocking Coal and Iron Company and striking miners led to violence and destruction. (A historical marker located near New Straitsville in Perry County, Ohio.)
New Straitsville, OH - 117-Year Old Mine Fire - Roadside America
Apr 1, 2001 · Millions of dollars worth of coal burned up. As the coal burnt out under the ground, roads collapsed and flames shot out of the ground. One water well was so hot that you could make coffee directly with water drawn from the well. …
New Straitsville Mine Fire and Rock Run Reclamation
Nov 7, 2020 · Over the next 10 months, hostilities broke out and the Ohio governor called in the militia to keep order. During that time, angry striking miners pushed burning carts of coal into five mines owned by the Syndicate. The fires were untended until the strike was over in 1885. By that time, several of the fires could not be extinguished.
World's Largest Mine Fire - Lost In The States
Jul 24, 2024 · Deep in the Wayne National Forest in southeastern Ohio, between the towns of New Straitsviille and Shawnee, the ground stays warm all year long, including the middle of winter. This is the result of a coal fire that burns underground …
World’s Greatest Mine Fire - Discover Perry County
Starting October 11, 1884, unknown men pushed burning mine cars into six mines located around New Straitsville to protest being replaced by “scab” workers. Mine operators attempted to plug all fissures to no avail.
Remember When: The World’s Largest Coal Mine Fire, 1938
Jun 22, 2020 · If you follow that arrow you’ll eventually reach New Straitsville, Ohio, where in 1884 a large coal mine caught fire, perhaps by accident. Tourists came to see townspeople brew hot coffee...
New Straitsville, Ohio - Wikipedia
New Straitsville is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 652 at the 2020 census. New Straitsville was founded in 1870 as a coal mining town by the New Straitsville Mining Company. The town grew quickly and by 1880 the population was over 4,000 people.
Devil's Oven - A Video Documentary
New Straitsville, located in the foothills of the Appalachians in Ohio’s Hocking Valley, is home to "Devil's Oven" - a still-burning century-old mine fire, set during a labor dispute in 1884.
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