+"Boissevain Virginia USA" +1932 stock footage and images

Local people grieve loss of 38 miners killed in explosion at the Pocahontas Fuel Company Coal Mine in Boissevain, Virginia.

A team of miners enters the Pocahontas Fuel Company Coal Mine in Boissevain, Virginia, following a tragic explosion that killed 38 miners. They descend on a platform elevator, and return again after a short while. Large crowd of mourners standing around the mine entrance. A truck carrying large wooden coffins moves along the road. Two boys read funeral plans for individual miners written on a blackboard at side of church building. Dollie Phipps (wife of JL Phipps) and children Harry, Preston and Mack sit outside the church.