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Scranton, PA Leggett's Creek Colliery Mine Accident, Dec 1900
Posted January 13th, 2008 by Linda Horton
FELL FIVE HUNDRED FEET DOWN MINE SHAFT
Gate Was Open and He Thought Carriage Was Up.
Special to The Inquirer.
SCRANTON, Dec. 14.----Thomas Hughes, a miner employed at the Leggett's Creek Colliery, fell down the shaft a distance of 500 feet last night, and was crushed into a shapeless mass.
The gate at the top of the shaft was raised momentarily. Hughes happened along and wanting to descend, stepped into the open, thinking that because the gate was up the carriage was there.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 15 Dec 1900
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!
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