Twin-Shaft Disaster, The

DESCRIPTION: "Kind friends draw nigh and give me your attention" as the singer tells of the Pittston cave-in. News comes at three in the morning that the men are "entombed." "Inspector McDonald what will be your answer When you face the Almighty?" The laws are no help
AUTHOR: John A. Murphy (source: Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch)
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 (Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch)
KEYWORDS: mining disaster death
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
June 28, 1896 - The Pittston cave-in
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch, pp. 199-201, "The Twin-Shaft Disaster" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Cumberland Crew" (tune)
cf. "The Twin-Shaft Mine Squeeze" (subject)
cf. "The Miners' Fate" [Laws G10] (subject)
NOTES [11 words]: John A. Murphy is also credited with "The Driver Boy" [Laws G12]. - RBW
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File: KMMP199

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