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The '''2001 Jim Walter No. 5 Mine explosion''' was an explosion that happened at approximately 5:15 p.m. on [[September 23]], [[2001]], at the [[Brookwood Mine|Jim Walter Resources No. 5 Mine]] in [[Brookwood]]. Thirteen miners were killed when a cave-in in the | The '''2001 Jim Walter No. 5 Mine explosion''' was an explosion that happened at approximately 5:15 p.m. on [[September 23]], [[2001]], at the [[Brookwood Mine|Jim Walter Resources No. 5 Mine]] in [[Brookwood]]. Thirteen miners were killed when a cave-in in the vertical shaft coal mine released methane gas that fueled two major explosions. | ||
==Victims== | ==Victims== | ||
Latest revision as of 16:05, 29 December 2015
The 2001 Jim Walter No. 5 Mine explosion was an explosion that happened at approximately 5:15 p.m. on September 23, 2001, at the Jim Walter Resources No. 5 Mine in Brookwood. Thirteen miners were killed when a cave-in in the vertical shaft coal mine released methane gas that fueled two major explosions.
Victims
- Gaston Adams, Jr. (56) of Bessemer
- Ray Ashworth (53) of Cottondale
- Nelson Banks (52) of Bessemer
- Dave Blevins (52) of Tuscaloosa
- Clarence Boyd (38) of McCalla
- Wendell Johnson (52) of Cottondale
- John Knox (44) of Pleasant Grove
- Dennis Mobley (56) of Brent
- Charles Nall (59) of Birmingham
- Joe Riggs (51) of Cottondale
- Charles Smith (44) of Brookwood
- Joe Sorah of (46) Duncanville
- Terry Stewart (44) of Cordova
References
- "Mourning begins for 13 heroes." (September 26, 2001) p.1A The Tuscaloosa News