North Carolina

Tar Heel Traveler: Coal Glen mine disaster

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On this day 99 years ago — May 27, 1925 — the largest industrial disaster in the history of North Carolina happened near the county line between Chatham and Lee counties, a coal mine explosion that killed 53 men.

Reporter : Scott Mason
Photographer : Sean Braswell
Web Editor : Joseph Ochoa

Posted 2024-05-27T18:56:53-0400 – Updated 2024-05-27T18:56:53-0400



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