Tank's Poetry
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united states mine rescue association
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From the Google News Archives:  (news links open in a separate window)
Successful Rescue Several miners working near the scene of the accident made a rush for the foot of the shaft and were overcome by the after damp following the explosion. They were rescued after an undisclosed period by the relief party and sent at once to the gangway. Four Killed in Explosion of Gas in a Shamokin Mine Boston Daily Globe, Massachusetts November 30, 1902 Officials are now conducting an investigation, but have not yet announced the cause of the explosion. They are of the opinion, however, that a miner carelessly opened a safety lamp. The workings are very gaseous and the body of gas, once ignited, swept with a roar up the gangway, carrying death and destruction with it. Timbers were torn out, mine cars blown apart and brattices destroyed. The dead:
Anxious wives and mothers gathered about the mouth of the shaft as the dead and injured were brought to the surface, and their grief was pitiful. The colliery employs 1000 men, and is operated by the Mineral Railroad and Mining Company. |
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