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The explosion was of a small pocket of gas, which was ignited from the lamp of a miner. There were nearly two hundred men at work in the mine, and had the explosion been caused from dust, in all probability, all would have been killed. Only Two Americans The dead men were all Italians or Austrians, except two, whose names are Miller and Moran, Americans. Among the dead are:
The explosion occurred in the old workings. Fifty miners working in an adjoining entry were slightly burned, but all escaped. The dead were all in one room. |
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