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Beaver Brook, PA Mine Accident, Mar 1916

Posted June 27th, 2008 by Linda Horton

Buried an Hour, Is Rescued

Special to The Inquirer.

HAZELTON, Pa., March 31.---Alexander Sharmansky, aged 38 and married, was rescued alive after being buried for over an hour by a fall of coal in the C. M. Dodson Company mines at Beaver Brook. He took out a prop that supported overhead material before he stood a new timber and sustained a crushed pelvis, fractures of both legs and internal injuries. He is in a critical condition at the State Hospital.

Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 1 Apr 1916
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!

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