Today In History On January 7, 1892, the worst mining disaster during
the Indian Territory period occurred in Krebs. At the Osage Coal and Mining
Company's Mine Number Eleven a "windy shot" set off an explosion
that quickly swept through the entire mine, killing 100 men and injuring
another 200. The blast left a mass of dead bodies at the bottom of the
elevator shaft. The disaster was the third worst in the United States
at that time. After the tragedy at Krebs, the federal government established
a mine inspector position for Indian Territory. This development did not
really reduce accidents, as the inspector generally just chronicled disasters,
rather than preventing them.
(Photo no. 19589.70.1, Alvin Rucker Collection, OHS // Steven L. Sewell,
"Coal-Mining Disasters," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and
Culture, www.okhistory.org)
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