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Mulga Mine Explosion

Mulga, Jefferson County, Alabama
April 20, 1910
No. Killed - 40



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See also: Mulga Mine Explosion - Oct. 5, 1914
Mulga Mine Explosion - Oct. 15, 1937

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Cause of Explosion: A comparatively new mine with few working rooms, numerous headings, a high velocity in the air.  A fall in a pillar section forced gas out on the naked lights.  The explosion was propagated by dust.  The mine foreman who was outside the mine was the only man on the mine crew who escaped alive.




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