1909 Cherry Mine disaster
This postcard shows the ruins of the fan building – with the semicircular roof – as a result of the Cherry Mine disaster | |
| Date | November 13, 1909 |
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| Location | Cherry, Illinois, USA |
| Coordinates | 41°25′36″N 89°12′45″W / 41.426667°N 89.2125°W |
| Cause | Coal Mine fire |
| Casualties | |
| 259 dead | |
| Three dozen mules dead | |
The Cherry Mine disaster was a fire which occurred at the Cherry Mine, a coal mine outside Cherry, Illinois, on November 13, 1909. The fire, which killed 259 men and boys as well as three dozen mules, is the third most deadly mine disaster in American coal mining history.