Draft:Palos Coal Mine

Not to be confused with other subjects named Palos including Christopher Columbus' hometown

Palos, Alabama

An explosion at the Palos Coal Mine in Jefferson County, Alabama killed 81 people on 1910. The mine was owned by the Palos Coal and Coke Company.

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-news-may-5-1910-at-palos/50858211/

https://www.nytimes.com/1910/05/06/archives/explosion-in-mine-entombs-145-men-scores-of-workers-are-probably.html

The Pittston Gazette in Pennsylvania reported the names of some of the white miners trapped in the mine including teenagers.

Afterdamp was a problem for rescuers.

A photo postcard of the Palos, Alabama train depot is extant. The Palos Mining Hill Cemetery is in Palos. Little Warrior River (Blount County, Alabama)

Sally Conforte born in Palos?

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Reports_of_Cases_Argued_and_Determined_i/NzUyAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=palos+alabama&pg=PA261&printsec=frontcover