Miami (AP) -- Two men died today and five others were hospitalized as a result of apparent hydrogen sulfide gas poisoning at the concentrator plant of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company
The dead men were identified as:
Don Brough, 42, Claypool, a fill foreman
Richard Martinez, 32, Miami, also an employee at the plant
Authorities believed that the gas came from an overheated thermo-couple, although that was only a preliminary speculation.
Of the other five men hospitalized, one, identified as Daniel Mathews, 30, of the Globe-Miami area, was reported in serious condition.
Mine inspectors were at the plant investigating the accident.
