The 1926 Rockwood mine explosion · the first reports from the Roane Iron Company mine
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ContextRockwood is a coal and iron town in east Tennessee, where the Roane Iron Company works the mines. State mine inspectors were officials charged with enforcing safety law underground, and gas and coal dust were the usual causes of mine explosions.
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