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Dust Explosion Kills 12 Miners

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
September
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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An explosiĆ³n of dust occurred in the old Sunshine coal mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Co., near Gleenwood, Colo., and at least 12 miners were instantly killed-. The 13 bodies were recovered in a short time by rescuing parties who continued at their work, iis it is believed that there ave other bodies in the debris. The bodies takeĆ¼ out were horribly mutilated and most of the identifications had to be made by the clothing-. Nearly all of the dead were Itaiians.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Register