Centralia Coal Company Mine No. 5 Disaster Historical Marker

On March 25, 1947 a violent explosion struck Centralia Coal Company Mine No. 5 located in Wamac, Illinois. (A historical marker located in Wamac in Marion County, Illinois.)

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111 who died in Centralia Coal Mine #5 Disaster remembered 75

Centralia Coal Company Mine No. 5 Disaster Historical Marker

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March 25, 1947 • 'Dear wife. Goodbye.' 111 die in southern

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Centralia Coal Company Mine No. 5 Disaster Historical Marker