Tank's Poetry
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Terrific Explosion Causes Fall of Slate at Vivian Washington Post, District of Columbia November 5, 1905 About fifteen men were working in the vicinity of the explosion and that more were not killed or injured is a miracle. There were several explanations as to how the disaster occurred but each is but an opinion and nothing definite is known. It is inferred by some that an accumulation of gas ignited from a miner's lamp. But the most reasonable version is that it was due to a shot blowing out. The explosion was of terrific force and caused a heavy fall of slate and debris. The dead are:
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