Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-12-11
A MOST APPALLING
Mine ACCIDENT

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fell IN the Ground and cxpIodad Tie
roncr- vas something terrific and every
man anil Uassr Within four hundred
yards Of the conrusSiou was either
killed or MANNED
Two men. George and Edward Col
let had nrecrdcd PbiIlips and Nc
GIvpn into tha mine and were sitting
about six hundred feet from the fatal
nozvder when il exploded. They were
lifted y npr,l.r of feet in the air and
thrown ag,inst the siding with "A rhud.
ReaIizipg that some ,erious cxpllsion
had taken place. they Jumped 10 their
feet and ran through the dust aud
smoke toward, the place. They were
I tho first uniniured persons TO reach
the SCENE and the sight that met their
: avas was something terrible.
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. ant Superintendent Jones and No.
foreman Evans the work ot removing
the bodies began. The hoIstlng engIn
house was turned INTO temporar,
D hospital and all the llfeless aud IN
Jured bodies were taken there. Th'
scenes within that structure were
heartrending to behoid- The lnJur
ed men were taken to on corner o
the engine house on st.-etchers, tn
dead bodies lay along the side OF tn
engine, while ID the far corner TIN
task of washing tie dead began.
Phillips, who carried the deadl
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