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Description: A gas and dust explosion occurred about 5:30 a.m., Monday, June 13, 1932, in tho No.6 mine of the Splash Dam Coal Corporation, Splash Dam, Virginia. The explosion was practically confined to the No. 6 main entry, and resulted in the death of the 10 men who were in the mine; of these one was killed outright by violence, 3 had severe burns, 3 slight burns and 3 were evidently killed by afterdamp alone.
The Norton Station of the Bureau of Mines was notified by telephone about 9 a.m. by the secretary of the Virginia Coal Operators Association, Mr. C. B. Neel, and shortly after by the district state mine inspector, Mr. D. E. Stanton. The Norton Safety Station rescue equipment was taken to the mine immediately in the Bureau trucks driven by J. F. Davies and E. H. Hodgson, arriving at 11.30 a.m. Recoverry work had been started at once by mine officials, but had been found defective by State Inspector D. E. Stanton on his arrival at 11:10 a.m.; changes in methods were made and, with the cooperation of the representative of the State, the mining company, the Virginia Coal Operators Association, and the Bureau, all the bodies had been recovered by 3 p.m., June 14. Ventilation had been sufficiently restored by Wednesday, the 15th, so that the official investigation could be made. H. B. Humphrey of the Bureau arrived by auto from Washington about 4 p.m., June 14. The official investigation was made on June 16, in which J. F. Davies, E. H. Hodgson, and H. B. Humphrey, of the Bureau of Mines, assisted. Air and dust samples were taken on June 17. Bodies of Miners Taken from Mine Tyrone Daily Herald, Pennsylvania June 14, 1932 The mine usually employs 125 men, but only ten men were at work at the time of the tragedy. Those still in the diggings are Roy Scoles, David Adams and Delford Willis. Those recovered were:
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