Portage in Cambria County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Sonman Mine Disaster Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 25, 2024
1. Sonman Mine Disaster Memorial
who took the Last Trip on July 15, 1940,
to work for the good of mankind.
August Bem · Andrew Bobrowicz · Chester Bradley · Clayton Brunnet
Horace Chappell · Frank Chileski · Angelo Constantino · Stephen Domen
John Dubulis · Leo Etienne · William Flinn · Joseph Gavlak Jr. · Freeman George
John Hebda · Joe Holliday · Thomas Hough · Philip Hufford · John Inman
Stanley Kalsky · Charles Klatt · John Kuczynsky · Joseph Kuzen · Homer Leap
Melvin Leap · Thomas Leap · John Lester · George Lutz · Edward Mantell
Lewis Mantell · John Muscoviak · Arthur McDonald · Sheldon McDonald
Harry McVicker · John Metorko · James Monteith · Emmet Moyer · John Nowobielski
Melvin Owens · John Panyek · Flori Pasi · Ted Pitman · John Pristas
Andrew Rudash Jr. · John Rudash · Mike Sarnecki · Steve Sarwash · Thomas Shaw
Walter Sibis · Mike Simo · John Simo · Joseph Simo · John Smindak · Joseph Smith
August Snyder · George Stauski · Frank Szura · Walter Szura · John Thomas
John Trunak · Alex Uveges · William Wisniewski · Laird Zimmerman · George Zimmerman
Erected by United Mine Workers of America District 2.
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Disasters
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Location. 40° 22.789′ N, 78° 40.752′ W. Marker is in Portage, Pennsylvania, in Cambria County. It is on Monument Way, in the median. Memorial is in Crichton McCormick Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1200 Johnson Avenue, Portage PA 15946, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); War Memorial (about 600 feet away); World War I Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Walter Edward Mintus (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Allegheny Portage Railroad Plane No. 2 (approx. 1.1 miles away); Summerhill (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Portage.
Regarding Sonman Mine Disaster Memorial. The dead are listed on the rear of the monument.
Also see . . .
1. 63 Men Down The Sonman Mine Explosion (Portage Area Historical Society) on YouTube. (Submitted on October 27, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Sonman "E" Mine Explosion
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 25, 2024
2. Sonman Mine Disaster Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on October 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 539 times since then and 106 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 27, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
