Woman Pushes to Remember 22 Who Died in Dola Mine Explosion
Charleston Gazette › March 06, 2006
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FAIRMONT - Raymond Swiger is among the thousands of West Virginia coal miners whose names have been forgotten by all but family and friends. But now, 43 years after the explosion that killed him, that may change.
Debbie Stout of Wallace is behind a campaign to erect a black granite memorial to her grandfather and 21 other men who died in a methane gas explosion at Clinchfield Coal Co.'s Compass No. 2 Mine in Dola.See the full content of this document
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Woman Pushes to Remember 22 Who Died in Dola Mine Explosion
It was April 25, 1963, but it might as well have been yesterday to Stout and her retired coal miner dad, Jimmie Swiger...
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