The Cross Mountain Mine explosion occurred 9 December 1911 near Briceville, Anderson County, TN. Eighty-four coal miners were killed and five were rescued. This disaster occurred less than 10 years after the Fraterville mine explosion, which was also near Briceville, TN. As one might expect in a small community, there are many family connections among the miners in each disaster and connections between the miners and families involved in both disasters. This page is dedicated to the miners in the Cross Mountain mine explosion. My goal was to develop genealogical information on as many miners as possible and show as many inter-relationships as I could determine. Last year, I published my pages on the Fraterville disaster. In honor of the pending 100th anniversary of the Cross Mountain mine explosion later this year, I have published my pages about the Cross Mountain miners. Each miner's name below is linked to a page with information about him.
WHO WERE THE CROSS MOUNTAIN MINERS?
The oldest miner killed was John Samuel PETERSON, 61. The youngest miner killed was Charlie MARLIN, 16. Fourteen pairs of brothers were killed along with 1 of their fathers. Five fathers were killed, each with 1 of his sons. Fifty-four of 83 (65%) of the miners killed were married. Eleven of the 54 widows (20%) also lost their fathers and/or 1 or more brothers. I have tried to be as complete and accurate as possible. There is missing information. There may be incorrect information. If you find errors and/or have additional information, please write me. I will be happy to add to and/or correct the information that I have published.
Bailey Francis |