Harwick Miners Memorial — Plum, Pennsylvania

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Harwick Miners Memorial

Plum, Pennsylvania · In Memoriam of the Harwick Miners

Historical Marker Database · Mike Wintermantel

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On January 25, 1904, a mine explosion at Harwick killed 179 miners and mine laborers. In their memory, members of local unions of District No. 5 of the United Mine Workers of America subscribed for a memorial erected on May 30, 1905.

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Plum, Pennsylvania · USA

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A Gift from Henry Clay Frick

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