Rush Run Slope Explosion

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Rush Run Slope Explosion

Nesquehoning, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
April 12, 1876
No. Killed - 4

1876 Pennsylvania Annual Report Narrative (1.1 Mb)

The deceased:

Thomas Sheilds,56
Hugh Gaffield, 38
Charles Collans, 22
Thomas M'Govern, 27