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united states mine rescue association
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Rescue Crews Recover Last Mine Victim By the Associated Press Bradford Era, Pennsylvania January 7, 1931 Seven bodies were recovered during the day but rescue crews were forced to work well into the night to reach the last one. R. M. Lambie, chief of the state department of mines, directing rescue work said the crews were forced to work under "very dangerous" conditions in bringing out the bodies. Slate continued to fall after the last body was recovered and gas was slow in leaving the mine. Lambie said there would be no work in it for several days. Identification of the men killed in the blast was completed after all the bodies had been brought to the surface. All but one were negroes. The white man was B. H. Smith. The others killed were:
The area affected by the explosion was located at the 650-foot level and was about three-fourths of a mile from the bottom of the shaft. It covered four working places. |
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