Tank's Poetry
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united states mine rescue association
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Tank's Poetry |
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Two workmen and four children were killed when six boxes of explosives let go with a terrific force in a blacksmith shop at a rock-quarry operated by A. B. Terry of Roanoke, Va., sub-contractor of a road improvement project a mile and a half from here. The victims were:
Two other workmen had just left the blacksmith shed and were 50 feet away when the explosion occurred. They were knocked to the ground by its force but escaped injury. A coroner's jury returned a verdict that the victims came to their death by an explosion from an unknown cause. What caused the blast was undetermined as the only two men inside the shed met death and the building itself was demolished. The shed was divided into two sections, the front housing the blacksmith shop with the explosive stored in the rear. Shires was believed to have been preparing the dynamite for a blast later in the day while Johnson, the blacksmith, was in the front part of the shed. |
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