Tank's Poetry
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united states mine rescue association
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The men were killed when an explosion occurred and they were caught under falling rock. The dead:
5 Miners Die in Explosion Syracuse Herald, New York May 31, 1931 The bodies of four men were removed from the mine late yesterday several hours after the explosion. Joseph Moleski, 21, Mount Carmel, died in a hospital today. Paul Kish, 22, and Leonard Parginskie, 22, of Mount Carmel, and Louis Bogdon, 35 and Paul Trodilla, 35, of Shamokin, were killed as the explosion hurled them against the sides of the shaft. Twelve men were working in the section affected by the explosion, which occurred from an undetermined cause about 1,500 feet from the mouth of the mine. The blast caused only a slight fall of rock and coal and the mine was little damaged. |
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