William and others, The McDowell County Historical Society is in the process of printing "The Heritage of McDowell County, Part II." This publication will concentrate on mining disasters and veterans. Their webpage has the ordering information. Good luck. ---Stephen Phelps. William Mele wrote: > If any one needs information from the Welch Daily News , you will find > them > courteous, knowledgeable, and helpful. You should not expect to much > as most of the newspaper archives have been distroyed by fires. This is > common so I have been told for most of the McDowell County news > agencies. > The Welch Daily News started publishing in Dec 1923. > > If there are any members on line who belong to the McDowell Historical > Society. I need information concerning a mine accident resulting in > deaths approximately July 15, 1923 in McDowell County. I am seeking the > name of the company, the mine name or number, the location of the mine > and any information concerning the causalities. I lost my grand father > in this accident. > > Thanks for your time, > Bill Mele > > ==== WVMCDOWE Mailing List ==== > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > .........................McDOWELL MAILING LIST......................... > To Unsubscribe send Email to: WVMCDOWE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the > word UNSUBSCRIBE in the message body. Your request will be processed > automatically so PLEASE be sure that this is the only thing in the body > Even a signature file is going to cause your message to fail. THANKS! > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%