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John (left) and Susan Baloga lay a wreath across a monument to the 12 men who died during the Knox Mine Disaster. John Baloga’s grandfather, also named John, was one of the 12 victims.
During the Mass, the 12 victims’ names were read aloud at ... According to Sam De Alba, a member of the Knox Mine Disaster Memorial Committee, the turnout at the memorials in recent years ...
The calamity known as the Knox Mine Disaster exposed breathtaking corruption ... men and their families - as well as a roll call of the victims' names, a shroud-covered cross, a miner's pickax ...
Monday will mark 65 years since 12 men lost their lives in the Knox Mine disaster. Those 12 miners ... and most tragically, the victims are still down there. This is their marker, this is their ...
The calamity known as the Knox Mine Disaster exposed breathtaking corruption ... and their families — as well as a roll call of the victims' names, a shroud-covered cross, a miner's pickax ...
Jan. 21, Knox Mine Disaster Memorial Mass ... Joe Slusser (“Narrative of the Disaster”) and Heather Ruseskas (“The Victims and the Families”). Venue: First Welsh Baptist Church, 168 ...
Dozens of area residents gathered Sunday in Port Griffith to remember those who were lost in the Knox Mine Disaster ... we help the victims families cope with this and deal with this because ...
PITTSTON, Pa. — As families walked along the Susquehanna River through Jenkins Township and Pittston City Sunday, they were reminded of the Knox Mine disaster 64 years ago that changed deep ...
Though the lives of the victims of the Knox Mine Disaster were lost, the memories of the 12 men have continued to live on, honored and commemorated as they were on Sunday at the Baloga Funeral ...