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united states mine rescue association
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18 Men Trapped in Mine Explosion The Pinnacle News, Middlesboro, Bell County, Kentucky December 1, 1917 Rescue parties from Benton and Hortin reached the scene a few hours after the explosion and aided the men already on the ground. That only 18 men were caught in the mine was due to the fact that Thursday was a holiday and the remainder of the 700 employes were not at work. Officials of the company say they have been unable to learn the cause of the explosion, as no unusual amount of gas had been noted in the mine. So great was the force of the explosion that wreckage was blown a thousand yards, a cage being hurled through the top of the tipple house, wrecking the cage transportation machinery. The imprisoned men were employed in repairing shafts and at various other work after the mine had closed down for the day. |
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