Van Lear No. 55 Mine Explosion

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Consolidation Coal Company
Van Lear No. 155 Mine Explosion

Van Lear, Johnson County, Kentucky
July 17, 1935
No. Killed - 9

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	The Kentuckian-Citizen, July 19, 1935
	Lexington Herald-Leader, July 30, 1935
	The Paintsville Herald, Nov. 14, 1935

A gas explosion occurred in this mine resulting in the death of nine men. Three others in the vicinity escaped uninjured.

The Deceased:

Clay, Virgil
Gould, John
Hefford, Sherley
Kretzer, Charles
Kretzer, William
Litz, Durwood
Murray, Roy
Tuzzy, Frank
Vaughan, James

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