the disaster provoked a public outcry in favor of stronger safety regulations and public oversight of mines. One notable feature of the Monongah mining complex was that Nos. 6 and 8 mines were connected by a shaft in order to allow both mines to be ventilated from one entrance. This had the effect of placing those in both mines at risk, in the event of an accident. Even after this infrastructural flaw came to light, the Fairmont Coal Company did not disconnect the two mines. Other problems included the use of mechanical and electrical equipment and a failure to adequately water haulways in order to settle dust or to install more adequate dust removal systems. See also Smith Mine disaster Argonaut Mine Coal mining disasters in United States Treadwell Gold Mine References External links "Italians arrive to honor immigrants killed in 1907 Monongah mine blast:Remembering their countrymen" December 5, 2007, by Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Monongah Remembered--a movie by Argentine Productions (Pittsburgh, PA) RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana – Special programme by Gerardo Greco of Italian Television for TG2 Dossier Storie. In Italian. "Bell from Italy to toll in Monongah" November 28, 2007, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette WVPBS – West Virginia Public Broadcasting A document from Boise State University, Idaho. U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration. Monongah. La Marcinelle americana – a film on the tragedy by Silvano Console. In Italian. Norberto Lombardi, Monongah 1907. Una tragedia dimenticata., a book in Italian from Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2007. History.com Article. Coal mining disasters in West Virginia 1907 disasters in the United States 1907 mining disasters 1907 in West Virginia Marion County, West Virginia December 1907 events Italian-American history