December 26, 1945, Boxing Day. Between thirty-five and fifty miners of the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company are trapped in an explosion at the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company at Fou... Read allDecember 26, 1945, Boxing Day. Between thirty-five and fifty miners of the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company are trapped in an explosion at the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company at Four Mile in Bell County Kentucky.December 26, 1945, Boxing Day. Between thirty-five and fifty miners of the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company are trapped in an explosion at the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company at Four Mile in Bell County Kentucky.