Sandoval Coal Company Sandoval Mine Explosives Detonation
Sandoval, Marion County, Illinois
March 31, 1903
No. Killed - 8
Coal Mine Explosion Causes Death of Five
Logansport Reporter, Indiana
April 2, 1903
Sandoval, Ill., April 1. -- Five men were killed and four fatally injured by an explosion in the coal mine here.
The accident was due to an accumulation of gases in the mine from imperfect ventilation and coal dust which had been allowed to gather two feet in depth in many places. The force of the explosion wrecked the interior of the mines, destroying trap doors and knocking down props. The coal shaft is the property of the Sandoval Coal Company, of which T. S. Marshall of Salem is the principal stockholder.
The Deceased:
