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Successful Rescue Eleven miners were rescued from the Fidelity No. 9 mine after an undisclosed period. Overcome by the toxic gases, these men had to be resuscitated by pulmotor. Some of those rescued were badly burned. Twenty Lives Lost in Kansas Mine Explosion Des Moines Daily News, Iowa December 14, 1916 A combination gas and powder explosion is believed to have been the cause of the disaster. With but one exception the loss of life was the greatest in the history of Kansas coal mining. Forty men were killed in 1888 in an explosion in a mine at Frontenac. Those killed in the disaster were either burned or suffocated and some of those rescued were badly burned. Most of the dead were foreigners, living at Stone City, near the scene of the explosion. It is not known definitely how many were in the mine at the time of the explosion but it is believed there were sixty. Thirty-three escaped uninjured from the side opposite that where the explosion occurred. With the 20 dead, seven injured, and 33 uninjured, 60 have been accounted for. Mine officials say they believe this is all the men in the mine at the time of the explosion, but are not sure, the rescue teams continue their work trying to locate more bodies. For hours a mine rescue team from Pittsburg, Kan., worked heroically in an effort to save those caught by the explosion and while the bodies were being brought to the surface, wives, children and other relatives and friends of the trapped men stood about, hoping against hope. There were many pitiful scenes at an undertaking establishment at Mineral, near here last night, where the bodies of 11 victims lay in a row. Other bodies were taken to Scammon and Cherokee. List of men who perished:
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