Mine Fires
- 1884 to present—New Straitsville, Ohio coal mine fire ignited by striking miners
- 1962 to present—Centralia, Pennsylvania mine fire, rendering the town uninhabitable
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Famous quotes containing the word fires:
“Looks like we got a trial ahead of us. But it’s not the first time. We’ve had to go it alone before, and we’ll have to go it alone again. We’re tough. We’ve had to be tough ever since Brother Brigham led our people across the plain. Well, they survived and I dang it, we’ll, well, we’ll survive too. Now put out your fires and get to your wagons.”
—Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965)
“Keep up the fires of thought, and all will go well.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)