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Henry Clay Colliery Explosion

Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
December 8, 1884
No. Killed - 4

1884 Pennsylvania Department of Mines Annual Report

See also:	Henry Clay Colliery Explosion, June 10, 1873
	Henry Clay Colliery Boiler Explosions, Oct. 11, 1894

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Toronto Daily Mail, Dec. 9, 1884

The deceased (according to the Annual Report):

Richard Tucket
John Fox
Peter Koble
Joseph C. Duceman

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