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Poteau Mine Explosion
Poteau, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
June 7, 1942
No. Killed - 4
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Lawrence Journal-World
, June 8, 1942
Four miners called out for extra holiday work died instantly Sunday as an explosion of accumulated gas shattered a mine tunnel 600 feet underground In the Poteau coalfields.
Dead in the blast were:
Jack Walker, 30
Ray Watson, 28
Bert Kline, 28
Clarence Russell, 50
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