Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Miss Sullivan Comes to Visit, Finds Her Father and Brothers-in-Law Died in Coal Mine Disaster, June 4, 1925

Finds Relatives Dead. . . Miss Sullivan Coming on Farm Visit from Alabama Fails to Learn of Death of Father and Brothers-in-Law

One of the worst smitten families of all in the Coal Glen disaster was that of the Sullivans of Alabama. Two Sullivan sisters married two brothers, Ed and Walter Dillingham. A few months ago Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan and their two daughters with their husband came to Coal Glen and engaged in mining. All three of the men were among the victims of the mine disaster.

The bodies were taken to High Point and given burial, the Dillinghams having lived there for a while before coming to Coal Glen.

On Sunday another of the Sullivan daughters arrived from Alabama state. It is said, that she learned of the disaster only after she had reached the borders of this state. She learned that her father and brothers-in-law were dead. On her arrival, she discovered that the burial had already taken place in High Point.

This young woman’s grief is said to have been the most violent of all the sufferers from the terrible blasts which took the tole of 53 lives.

From page 4 of the Chatham Record, Pittsboro, N.C., Thursday, June 4, 1925

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