Download or read book Underground Fire: Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage in the Cherry Mine Disaster written by Sally M. Walker and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of the 1909 coal mine disaster in Cherry, Illinois, that killed hundreds of men, left more than four hundred children fatherless, inspired the first worker's compensation laws, and helped bring about changes in child labor practices.