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silica dust that quickly caused acute silicosis, a fatal lung disease. This is considered America's worst industrial disaster. Workers in the tunnel were primarily migrant workers, mostly black, who were paid a few dollars per day. When they became sick, many were driven out of the camps to die elsewhere. Those African Americans who died in the camps could not be buried in local "white" cemeteries. A few were sent by rail back to their families. More were taken at night under the cover of darkness to Summersville and buried unceremoniously on a farm. Later these graves had to be moved to widen US Route 19. The remains were disinterred in 1972 and transported several miles to the present site. The decomposed remains were placed in child size coffins and reburied here, resulting in about 48 small grave depressions seen at this grave site.
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This Memorial honors an estimated 764 tunnel workers who died from mining a 3.8 mile tunnel through Gauley Mountain to divert water from the New River to a hydroelectric plant near Gauley Bridge in 1930–31. The tunnel cut through almost pure silica in some areas and exposed the unprotected workers to
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There are no definitive statistics as to the death toll from the Hawks Nest disaster. According to a historical marker on site, there were 109 admitted deaths. A Congressional hearing placed the death toll at 476. Other sources range from 700 to over 1,000 deaths amongst the 3,000 workers. Many of
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Construction of nearby tunnel, diverting waters of New River through Gauley Mt for hydroelectric power, resulted in state's worst industrial disaster. Silica rock dust caused 109 admitted deaths in mostly black, migrant underground work force of 3,000. Congressional hearing placed toll at 476 for
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which followed the fictional accounts of several tunnel workers and their families. Skidmore wrote the book only a few years after the incident (originally published in 1941) and likely used direct sources for his story
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the workers at the site were African-Americans from the southern United States who returned home or left the region after becoming sick, making it difficult to calculate an accurate total.
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professor Richard Hartman, after local couple George and Charlotte Yeager spearheaded effort to build the memorial in 2009. The Memorial was dedicated on September 7, 2012.
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where many of the black miners were buried, since they were not allowed to be buried in "white" cemeteries. The Memorial has the following text:
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1930-35. Tragedy brought recognition of acute silicosis as occupational lung disease and compensation legislation to protect workers.
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A memorial to the Hawks Nest workers and a grave site is located at 98 Hilltop Drive in
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to divert most of the New River flow into the tunnel. It then re-enters the river near
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Spelce, David; Rehak, Timothy R; Meltzer, Richard W; Johnson, James S (2019).
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wrote and sang "Silicosis Is Killing Me", describing the plight of the miners.
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Prior to the 1970s, respirator standards were under the purview of the
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Istituto nazionale per l'assicurazione contro gli infortuni sul lavoro
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Tunnel in West Virginia where hundreds of workers contracted silicosis
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The memorial was created at the site, unmarked for 40 years, where
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Historical Marker at Hawks Nest Workers Memorial and a Grave Site
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project. This project is considered to be one of the worst
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reburied the bodies of about 48 miners while widening
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in the 1930s as the result of the construction of the
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Kanawha and New River Power Company, a subsidiary of
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Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
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38°07′20″N 81°07′42″W / 38.12222°N 81.12833°W / 38.12222; -81.12833
silicosis

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Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
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Union Carbide
New River
Alloy, West Virginia
Hawks Nest
Gauley Bridge
Great Depression
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Muriel Rukeyser
The Book of the Dead
Vladimir Pozner
Hubert Skidmore
Hawk's Nest
Trust Us, We're Experts
Sheldon Rampton
John Stauber
Josh White
Saints and Villains

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