Berry's Burg, WV Mine Explosion, Nov 1900

EXPLOSION STREWS GROUND WITH HUMAN LEGS AND ARMS

Philippi, W. Va., Nov. 3 -- At least thirteen miners were killed by an explosion that occurred this morning at 10 o'clock at the mines of the Southern Coal & Transportation company at Berry's Burg, six miles from this place.
The Dead:
OLLILE MARKS, pit boss.
ANDREW BLACKWELL.
ALBERT BROWN.
LAWRENCE DUNCAN.
PACK ADAMS.
Seven others whose names are not obtainable.
WILLIAM MARKS and JAMES JACKSON were fatally injured.
A messenger just returned from the mines states twenty men are unaccounted for. The men are mostly negroes and Slavs.
The force of the explosion was so great that two men were found sixty feet from the mouth of the mine. An hour after the explosion hundreds had visited the mine. The sight was a most horrible one. Strewn along the main channel and about the opening were the arms, legs, hands and other portions of the bodies of the dead miners. The miners insist that the explosion was caused by fire damp.

Salt Lake Herald Utah 1900-11-04
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!