Tank's Poetry
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united states mine rescue association
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Tank's Poetry |
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Smoke in the Mine Kills 8 Workmen San Antonio Light, Texas January 10, 1942 Oil exploded from an undetermined cause yesterday in the machine shop of the Pride of the West gold and silver mine. The blaze soon engulfed the boarding house, an abandoned mill and the compressor house. All the structures were destroyed. While fellow miners struggled against the flames, a call was sent to Durango for 12 gas masks. Only four were obtainable. In their flight from death, seven of the miners fell, suffocated, in a group at the end of one tunnel. The mine employed about 40 men. Only the eight were in it when the fire broke out. The Deceased:
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