Excitement is building as spring arrives.  The Coalhurst High School production of firedamp will be staged at the end of May.  You can can find out more at the following links on the Coalhurst High School website:

Firedamp Main

Firedamp Tickets

The author of the play, CHS teacher Arlene Purcell, has also launched a website which you can explore at the link below. The site is still under construction and new content will be added so be sure to check back often.  You can read the testimony of surviviors, view video  clips from the 1998 production and look at images that have been provided by long time residents.  Arlene hopes to build an archive that showcases all the research she did as she worked to gather the stories and the facts related to the event that changed the community of Coalhurst forever.

Firedamp:  The Story of the Coalhurst Mine Disaster