Son of Eli Branch and Julia Flowers Chaffin, died in accidental explosion.
The Raleigh Herald, Beckley, West Virginia
Friday, April 20, 1917, page 1
Pt Pleasant, W Va, April 18. - Two more names were added to the list of the powder explosion early today at the Linden mine, near Mason, John Fields, 20, and Claude Fogelsong, 21, both of Mason, died tonight in a Huntington hospital. Willaim Harper, also of Mason, died of his injuries earlier in the day. The condition of John Chafflin, another one of the victims, was such tonight that little hope for his recovery was expressed.
These four men, with Henry Hennessy, of Mason, who was also seriously injured, were working in the powder house of the mine when a flash of lightning touched off 30 kegs of powder.
The Raleigh Herald, Beckley, West Virginia
Friday, April 20, 1917, page 1
Pt Pleasant, W Va, April 18. - Two more names were added to the list of the powder explosion early today at the Linden mine, near Mason, John Fields, 20, and Claude Fogelsong, 21, both of Mason, died tonight in a Huntington hospital. Willaim Harper, also of Mason, died of his injuries earlier in the day. The condition of John Chafflin, another one of the victims, was such tonight that little hope for his recovery was expressed.
These four men, with Henry Hennessy, of Mason, who was also seriously injured, were working in the powder house of the mine when a flash of lightning touched off 30 kegs of powder.
Son of Eli Branch and Julia Flowers Chaffin, died in accidental explosion.
The Raleigh Herald, Beckley, West Virginia
Friday, April 20, 1917, page 1
Pt Pleasant, W Va, April 18. - Two more names were added to the list of the powder explosion early today at the Linden mine, near Mason, John Fields, 20, and Claude Fogelsong, 21, both of Mason, died tonight in a Huntington hospital. Willaim Harper, also of Mason, died of his injuries earlier in the day. The condition of John Chafflin, another one of the victims, was such tonight that little hope for his recovery was expressed.
These four men, with Henry Hennessy, of Mason, who was also seriously injured, were working in the powder house of the mine when a flash of lightning touched off 30 kegs of powder.
The Raleigh Herald, Beckley, West Virginia
Friday, April 20, 1917, page 1
Pt Pleasant, W Va, April 18. - Two more names were added to the list of the powder explosion early today at the Linden mine, near Mason, John Fields, 20, and Claude Fogelsong, 21, both of Mason, died tonight in a Huntington hospital. Willaim Harper, also of Mason, died of his injuries earlier in the day. The condition of John Chafflin, another one of the victims, was such tonight that little hope for his recovery was expressed.
These four men, with Henry Hennessy, of Mason, who was also seriously injured, were working in the powder house of the mine when a flash of lightning touched off 30 kegs of powder.
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