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White Oaks, NM Mine Fire Traps Men, Mar 1895

Posted May 11th, 2012 by Stu Beitler

EIGHT DOOMED TO DEATH.

MINERS ENTOMBED IN A BURNING MINE.

CANNOT ESCAPE SUFFOCATION.

DREADFUL DISASTER AT THE OLD ABE MINE AT WHITE OAKS, NEW MEXICO.  read more »

White Oak, NM Mine Shaft Fire, Mar 1895

Posted May 1st, 2012 by Stu Beitler

MINE SHAFT BURNED.

EIGHT MINERS IMPRISONED IN THE MINE.

THEIR FATE AS YET UNKNOWN.  read more »

Cumnock, NC Coal Firedamp Explosion, Dec 1895

Posted March 23rd, 2012 by Stu Beitler

FORTY-THREE KILLED.

TERRIBLE MINE DISASTER IN NORTH CAROLINA.

AN EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP.  read more »

Central City, CO Overflow In Coal Mine, Aug 1895

Posted February 28th, 2012 by Stu Beitler

MINERS DROWNED.

THIRETEEN MEN CAUGHT BY AN OVERFLOW AT CENTRAL CITY.  read more »

Adelaide Park, CO Giant Powder Explosion, Sep 1895

Posted February 21st, 2012 by Stu Beitler

CARELESS MINER.

CAUSES AN EXPLOSION IN A COLORADO MINE -- SIX KILLED.

SIXTY-FIVE POUNDS OF GIANT POWDER ARE DROPPED -- TERRIFIC DETONATION CAUSES A CAVE-IN.  read more »

Clarksville, TN Montgomery County Courthouse Roof Collapse and Fire, Feb 1895

Posted August 26th, 2011 by Teri

A PANIC IN A TENNESSEE COURT ROOM

The Roof Fell In and the Building Was Wrecked by Fire.  read more »

Pinole, CA Powder Works Explosion, May 1895

Posted April 5th, 2011 by Stu Beitler

MANY ARE KILLED.

TEN THOUSAND POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVES GO UP AT SAN FRANCISCO.

FOURTEEN ARE BLOWN TO PIECES.  read more »

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