Mine Disaster
The explosion in the West Virginia mine has claimed 11 of the 12 miners trapped for two days. The news was initially twisted and misreported. Still, it was not like the Avondale, PA, mine disaster of 1869 pictured above, when 110 men and boys perished. We pray that God will comforrt the families.
Things in West Virginia don't stray too far from the norm. Remember the legendary family feud, between the Hatfields and the McCoy's?
The CEO of the mine is Ben Hatfield; the only survivor now is Randall McCloy.
posted by Greg Finnegan @ 6:03 AM
3 Comments:
At 10:43 AM,
kenju said…
Mr. Kenju just pointed that out to me a few minutes ago. My grandmother was descended from the Hatfields (sort of a second cousin twice removed kind of thing).
At 8:09 AM,
kenju said…
Did you notice that the survivor's name is McCloy? Not McCoy. That finally came out in the papers.
Thanks for the visit, Greg. I have often wondered if my experiences with gun shooting as a child had anything to do with my starting to lose my hearing earlier than I should have. We never wore ear protection in those days, and the 22 rifles could be pretty loud.
At 2:27 PM,
Greg Finnegan said…
Yes, Kenju, I noticed the name change and I typed it correctly.
According to the FirstFoot.com, "After much painstaking research, FirstFoot can exclusively reveal that "the real McCoy" does not exist.
"We have discovered several similar genuine Clan names such as Maccaa, McKee, Maccay, Maccaw, McCloy, Maceol, Mackim, Maclae, Macowl, Macure and MacRoy but nowhere at all within the official list of Clans and associated names does the mythical moniker McCoy appear."
So, McCloy is as close as we get.
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