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From the Google News Archives:  (news links open in a separate window)
Seven Miners Killed Lebanon Daily News, Pennsylvania March 10, 1905 From what can be learned at this time, no blame can be attached to any of the employees for the awful disaster. It was thought by those who claim to know that the rope or so-called cable became weakened by excessive use. The men had finished their work for the day and had boarded the mine cage to return to the surface, and when about 200 feet above the bottom of the shaft the cable gave way and they were instantly killed. They were all Lithuanians, with the exception of George Haas, who was a German, born in this country. The dead are:
The bodies were brought to the surface, where they were awaited by hundreds of grief-stricken people, many of whom gave a lending hand in having them removed to the nearest undertaker. The grief of the wives and children of the dead men was heart-rending. |
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