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Cherry Mine Disaster program set Oct. 21 in Ottawa

Jack Rooney, a Cherry native, will lead discussion

By Shaw Local News Network

Display pieces from the Cherry Mine Disaster exhibit tell the stories of the Cherry Relief Commission (left) and the mine disaster itself. The commission was created to provide financial relief to families who lost fathers and sons in the mine disaster. The relief was unique during a time when insurance was a luxury few mining families could afford. A program about the disaster will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at the La Salle County Genealogy Guild, 115 W. Glover St., Ottawa. (Shaw Media)

The Cherry Mine Disaster of 1909 was the nation’s worst mine fire disaster, in which 200 men and boys died.

To hear more of the disaster, Jack Rooney, a native of Cherry, will present a program sharing insights and anecdotes of the event.

The program will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at the La Salle County Genealogy Guild, 115 W. Glover St., Ottawa.

The public is invited to attend and refreshments will be served, however, research will not be allowed during the program.

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