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Jack Rooney - Family Memories

Jack Rooney, a native of Cherry Illinois, shares his insights and many anecdotes of the Cherry Mine disaster of 1909, the nation's worst mine fire disaster, in which over 200 miners perished

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Early life to experiences in Cherry, IL

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