Miners' Fate, The [Laws G10]

DESCRIPTION: "At just three o'clock in the morning As the whistles gave the death sound," a cave-in five hundred feet below the ground traps the Pittston miners. There can be no rescue; not even the bodies can be brought out. The families grieve
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 (Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch)
KEYWORDS: mining disaster death family
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
June 28, 1896 - The Pittston cave-in
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Laws G10, "The Miners' Fate"
Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch, pp. 198-199, "The Miners' Fate" (1 text)
DT 786, MINRFATE
Roud #3261
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Twin-Shaft Mine Squeeze" (subject)
File: LG10

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