and 24 workers lost their lives in the freezing cold Ohio River.
If it where not for a Ferryman named John Deer who lived right beside the river running to his own ferry all but 2 would have survived. .
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| Photo Credit Frank Zouloufos |
A Forgotten Tragedy right next to the Mckeesrocks Bridge
I drive over the McKee's Rocks Bridge several times a month on my way to Neville island and all these years of driving seen plenty of tragedy's on the bridge deck from motorists speeding and causing horrific Crashes. I knew about the Pressed Car Steel Riot right beside the bridge and various explosions and fires .But I never knew about the tragedy that played out before the bridge was built in May 12, 1909 when a skip boat carrying 30 workers home after a hard days work capsized
and 24 workers lost their lives in the freezing cold Ohio River.
If it where not for a Ferryman named John Deer who lived right beside the river running to his own ferry all but 2 would have survived. .
and 24 workers lost their lives in the freezing cold Ohio River.
If it where not for a Ferryman named John Deer who lived right beside the river running to his own ferry all but 2 would have survived. .
Avella Pa. A town with a Dark Spot and How it played a deadly part in the Cliftonville WV Coal mine Riot which killed a Brooke CountySheriff and 13 known Miners.and many to this day unknown
When you ride thru the town of Avella Pa. today its one of those sleepy post industrial coal mining towns you can tell it was very prosperous town at one time when you see the large now abandoned Town Bank But you would never know the dark spot this town would play in the Cliftonville Riot in nearby Wellsville WV .
They marched the 4 miles to the mine from Avella that morning and what was suppose to be peaceful was anything but .
In the end several miners received jail sentences while the others got charges dismissed and the total number killed as well as who murdered the sheriff is unknown to this day.
and it is an all but forgotten tragedy and case of union members using violence and intimidation instead of our courts system.
It was a hot July 17 when Union Miners would gather in the town of Avella upset over the nearby Cliftonville mine being sold and now worked by Non Union Miners . They where supposedly going to peacefully remove them but it ended up a riot with the local Brooke County Sheriff Duval dead as well as 13 miners in the ensuing battle which saw the mines equipment and tipple destroyed.
They marched the 4 miles to the mine from Avella that morning and what was suppose to be peaceful was anything but .
In the end several miners received jail sentences while the others got charges dismissed and the total number killed as well as who murdered the sheriff is unknown to this day.
and it is an all but forgotten tragedy and case of union members using violence and intimidation instead of our courts system.
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