Albia, IA Coal Dust Explosion In Mine, Feb 1893
Posted February 1st, 2012 by Stu Beitler
CATASTROPHE IN IOWA.
ONE MAN KILLED AND TEN INJURED BY A DUST EXPLOSION IN A MINE NEAR ALBIA.
Des Moines, Ia., Feb. 16. -- By an explosion of dust ignited by a shot in the Cedar Mines, 2 miles from Albia, Wednesday, one man, JOSEPH GALLAGHER, was killed and ten others seriously burned in their faces and hands, and as many more received lesser wounds. About one hundred men were in the mines at the time, and but for the fact that they were close to the cold-air shaft many would have been killed.
The man who fired the shot, JOSEPH GALLAGHER, was beheaded by the explosion, and the coal dust igniting, shot a flame for 100 feet above, throwing all the miners within that distance to the floor, rendering some unconscious.
Logansport Reporter Indiana 1893-02-16
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!
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