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Authors book revisits sheppton mine disaster, explores. Sheppton book featured on australian paranormal podcast. An illustrated history, is a concise history of the people, places, and events that have propelled the concept of the physician assistant from its inception at duke university in 1965 to its position as a major force in american medicine today. Mysteries at the museum s04e08 sheppton mine disaster hdtv. As a lifelong resident of northeastern pennsylvania, music journalist and author maxim w. A2z computing services and make no warranties as to the accuracy of any information posted on our history or trivia pages and discussions. All the early roads of sheppton were indian trails and corduroy roads. The sheppton mine disaster and rescue in sheppton, pennsylvania, united states, was one of the first rescues of trapped miners accomplished by raising them through holes bored through solid rock, an event that gripped the worlds attention during august 1963 the roof of the sheppton anthracite coal mine collapsed on august and three miners were trapped 300 feet below ground. Throne and fellin were rescued after spending two weeks underground. Over the years i have borrowed a copy from the chester co library to explore at my leisure at home. Mining disaster and urban legend, a 2016 book by maxim furek, of mocanaqua, but also cite research of former standardspeaker reporters ed. Find local sheppton pa aarp programs and information.
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