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Cook and White Mine Explosion

Madrid, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
April 21, 1899
No. Killed - 5

Note:  This accident is not included in the MSHA Fatality Archive Database, and according to the CDC/NIOSH disaster list, this accident occurred on April 20.  The correct date is April 21.
1899 Report of the Governor of New Mexico PDF Format
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News icon The San Francisco Examiner, Apr. 22, 1899
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News icon El Paso Herald, Apr. 27, 1899


Four men and a boy, Francis E. Watts, age 16, were killed in an explosion of gas in the Cook and White Mine at 11:50 a.m.  The gas was ignited by the open lights two of the men took into the area.

The four men were: Fred Aira, Italian, age 32; John Piva, Italian, age 39; John Sienowesky, a Polander, age 35; and Adam Jerosewiez, a Polander, age 35.  Source document External Link
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