[2] Two explosions were caused by the ignition of methane gas and coal dust.
[1][3][4] The majority of the victims were European immigrants of the early 20th Century from Poland, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, England, Wales and Scotland.
A memorial for the 119 victims of the 1924 Benwood Mine Disaster was erected at the mouth of Boggs Run along Boggs Run Road/Roosevelt Avenue in Benwood, Marshall County, West Virginia in 2014.
[5] On September 2, 2019, a memorial was dedicated at the Benwood Mine Disaster Memorial Site honoring Joseph "Joe" Tellitocci, Jr. (December 31, 1952 - March 15, 2018), who served as the Project Coordinator of the Benwood Mine Disaster Memorial Committee from 2011 until his death in 2018 and was a former Benwood City Councilman from 1982 to 2002.
He and his oldest son, Joseph Anthony "Joey" Tellitocci (who served as the Co-Chairman, Treasurer and Historian of the Benwood Mine Disaster Memorial Committee), were both honored as West Virginia History Heroes in 2015 at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia for their efforts in establishing the memorial.