Hellington Chronicle: November 21, 1968

Mine Site Disaster

At approximately 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 21, 1968, seventy-four miners
were killed due to an explosion that occurred in the Consol No. 8 Mine at Gull's Gap, West Virginia.
Twenty-one miners survived the explosion and escaped to the surface. Other survivors were in areas
unaffected by the intense explosion at the site.