Benwood Mine Disaster Marker

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Benwood in Marshall County, West Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Benwood Mine Disaster

By Mike Wintermantel, July 7, 2012

1. Benwood Mine Disaster Marker

Inscription. Nearby mine supplied coal to large Wheeling Steel mill. An explosion here, 28 April 1924, resulted in third worst mine disaster in state history. 119 miners, many natives of Poland, Italy and Greece, were killed. There were no survivors. Led to mine safety measures such as rock dusting and self-rescuers.

Erected 2009 by West Virginia Division of Archives and History.

Location. 40° 0.78′ N, 80° 44.05′ W. Marker is in Benwood, West Virginia, in Marshall County. Marker is on Marshall Street 0.2 miles north of 13th Street, on the right when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Benwood WV 26031, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. The Great Stone Viaduct (approx. 0.4 miles away in Ohio); Imperial Glass (approx. half a mile away in Ohio); Marshall County/Ohio County (approx. 1.5 miles away); B & O Railroad (approx. 3.6 miles away); Old Custom House (approx. 3.6 miles away); The First Campaign (approx. 3.6 miles away); Independence Hall (approx. 3.6 miles away); Lewis and Clark (approx. 3.7 miles away).

Also see . . . Benwood Mine Disaster. Article from The Wheeling Register, April 29, 1924 on the West Virginia Archives and History webpage (Submitted on July 7, 2012, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

By Mike Wintermantel, July 7, 2012

2. Benwood Mine Disaster Marker

Credits. This page originally submitted on July 7, 2012, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 173 times since then. Last updated on September 27, 2012, by Joseph Anthony Tellitocci of Benwood, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 7, 2012, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.