A trapped miner, named Jacob Vowell, wrote this letter in his notebook to his wife and mother to their 6 children before dying in the Fraterville Mine Disaster in Tennessee in 1902. Vowell’s 14-year-old son Elbert was also trapped within the mine beside him [851×1247]
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Drums in the deep. They are coming…
Man, tough to read crazy they still have cave ins in the mines today good men just going to work
I don’t care for mines or caves
thats heartwrenching, the fear is unimaginable
Over 200 people died. The worst mining disaster in U.S. history. The town of Fraterville lost all but three of its adult men. There’s a story of a miner who wasn’t on shift at the time of the disaster who had to be restrained after spending over 36 hours trying without success to dig out his fellow men.
Ellen, darling, goodbye for us both. Elbert said the Lord has saved him. We are all praying for air to support us, but it is getting so bad without any air.
Ellen I want you to live right and come to heaven. Raise the children the best you can. Oh how I wish to be with you, goodbye. Bury me and Elbert in the same grave by little Eddie. Godbye Ellen, goodbye Lily, goodbye Jemmie, goodbye Horace. We are together. Is 25 minutes after two. There is a few of us alive yet.
Jake and Elbert
Oh God for one more breath. Ellen remember me as long as you live Goodbye darling.
Several of the doomed miners wrote farewell notes or letters.
Now that we’re dismantling things like OSHA and child labor laws, but reinstating cursive in school, we can recreate this situation in our own lifetime.