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ID: 603253

Title: Underground Fire

Author: Sally M. Walker

Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:41:56

Language: English

Release date: 10-11-22

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Historical

Summary:

'It is November 13, 1909, and the coal miners of Cherry, Illinois, head to work with lunch pails in hand, just like any other day. By seven a.m., 484 of these men are underground, starting jobs that range from taking care of the mules that haul coal to operating cages that raise and lower workers and coal to chiseling out rocks and coal from the tunnels of the mine. With the electrical system broken, theyre guided by kerosene torchesand come early afternoon, a slow-moving disaster begins, barely catching the mens attention until its too late. In what starts as an hour-by-hour account, Sally Walker tells the riveting and horrifying story of the Cherry Mine fire, which trapped hundreds of men underground. Alternating between rescue efforts above and the heroic measures of those trying to survive the poor air and entrapment below, this tragic story unfolds over eight excruciating days in a narrative compelled by the miners hope and absolute will to survive.'

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