Charley Hill's Old Slope [Laws G8]

DESCRIPTION: Nine miners are riding a car out of the mine when the chain breaks. The car falls back into the mine, and all nine are killed
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 (Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch)
KEYWORDS: mining disaster death
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1865 - The mine car accident
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Laws G8, "Charley Hill's Old Slope"
Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch, pp. 196-197, "Charley Hill's Old Slope" (1 text)
DT 785, OLDSLOPE
Roud #3251
File: LG08

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