About This:
An audio book version of The Cherry Mine Disaster by Frank Buck. The author worked at the mine site and was a firsthand witness to the dramatic story that unfolded for those weeks in Cherry. Visit my Cherry Coal MIne Disaster website to find a wealth of info on this subject. There are 11 MP3 files covering the 26 chapters in the book. The reading is done by Ray Tutaj Jr. Contents Chapter 1. The opening of the Cherry Mine 2. Geographical Situation and Description 3. Environments, Inhabitants and Characteristics 4. The Day of Doom, Desolation and Death 5. The Disaster-Its Continuation 6. The Twelve Heroes 7. The Death of the Twelve 8. The Battle with the Flames 9. Monday, Nov the Fifteenth 10. Tuesday the Sixteenth 11. Wednesday the Seventeenth 12. The Recovery of the First Body 13. Friday the Nineteenth 14. The Rescue of the Living 15. The Rescue of the Living (continued) 16. Eight Days in the Mine Prison 17. The Stories of the Rescued men 18. A Remarkable Letter and a Strange Story 19. Sunday the Twenty-first 20. Monday the Twenty-second 21. Tuesday the Twenty-third 22. The Days that Followed 23. Unsealing of the Mine 24. The Work of the Chicago Fireman 25. The Inquest 26. Retrospection