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...worst ever in the U.S.: a 1907 explosion at Monongah, W. Va., a mere dozen miles from the site of last week's blast, which killed 361. Since that year, 87,850 U.S. miners have died in accidents...
...Jones is willing and able to trudge in from the bullpen to save a game. Despite its long medical history, Jones's arm is plenty strong enough to stand the strain. It always was; his problem was control. Although he had not played much baseball growing up in Monongah, W. Va. (pop. 1,622), Jones developed such speed that Army Air Corps coaches turned him into a scatter-armed fireballer during World War II. After the war, Wild Man Jones wandered with indifferent success through the Indians' system until 1955, when he was sold to the Chicago Cubs...
...worst in U.S. history: the 1907 Monongah, W. Va. disaster. Dead...