Tank's Poetry
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united states mine rescue association
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The dead: (unofficial list)
The explosion was heard outside the mine and a call was made for volunteers to enter the workings. Rescuers entered the mine and, working their way into the mine, found Roy Yeager about 300 feet from the scene of the explosion. Yeager, who was alive, was unable to rise on account of a broken leg, and he probably owes his life to the broken leg. Lying on the floor, he did not inhale the fumes of the afterdamp, and the party carried him to a mine car and started toward the entrance. One of the rescuing party, Henry Fairhurst, went ahead to clear away debris from the track, and was overcome by afterdamp. He was placed in the car with Yeager, while the others in the party crawled on their hands and knees to the entrance, pushing the car ahead of them. Fairhurst died a short while later. Others in the party suffered greatly from the afterdamp. Yeager was taken to the hospital at Cambridge and will recover. It is believed that all the men met instant death. An investigation into the cause of the explosion was commenced today by officials of the state mining department. The O Gara Coal Company is composed principally of Cleveland stockholders. The bodies of all the victims have been recovered. |
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