Killed in a mine accident at the Black Star Coal mine in Alva (Blackstar), Kentucky.
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Four Miners Lose Lives In Harlan County Blast
By the Associated Press
While crack first aid teams of Kentucky coal mine companies toiled with theoretical problems at Lexington yesterday in their annual contest, miles away in Harlan County rescue squads tried unsuccessfully to save four men trapped by a mine explosion.
The men were trapped and killed three miles underground in the Black Star Coal Corporation's mine at Alva.
Four Men Are Missing
Mine officials said they were unable to determine immediately whether an explosion, a fire or a slate fall trapped the men.
Albert B. Hill, vice president of the corporation, said rescue workers found the bodies of the men at 10:15 p.m.
The victims were John Lee, mine foreman; Luther Thompson, assistant foreman; Dewey Proffit, coal loader, and Clifford Fore, day shirt worker.
The men were reported to have entered the mine about noon to investigate unexplained "trouble." Fellow workers had reported hearing a noise in the mine.
Rescue squads were sent into the mine when the four failed to return in due time.
(From the Louisville, KY Courier-Journal, 04 Oct 1942).
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4 Blast Victims Taken From Pit In Harlan County
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 4 - Bodies of four miners killed by a gas explosion in the Black Star Coal Corporation mine at Alva, Harlan County, were brought out early today, G. Moss Patterson, chief of the State Mines and Minerals Department, said.
Patterson said it was established definitely the explosion was caused by gas. The bodies were found last night by rescue squads wearing gas masks. Patterson, who lives here, had aided in attempts to reach the trapped miners.
The victims were John Lee, mine foreman; Luther Thompson, assistant foreman; Dewey Proffitt and Clifford Fore, all of Alva.
The men went into the mine for a checkup shortly after noon yesterday, and rescue workers were sent in search for them when they failed to return in due time.
(From the Louisville, KY Courier-Journal, 05 Oct 1942).
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Four Miners Lose Lives In Harlan County Blast
By the Associated Press
While crack first aid teams of Kentucky coal mine companies toiled with theoretical problems at Lexington yesterday in their annual contest, miles away in Harlan County rescue squads tried unsuccessfully to save four men trapped by a mine explosion.
The men were trapped and killed three miles underground in the Black Star Coal Corporation's mine at Alva.
Four Men Are Missing
Mine officials said they were unable to determine immediately whether an explosion, a fire or a slate fall trapped the men.
Albert B. Hill, vice president of the corporation, said rescue workers found the bodies of the men at 10:15 p.m.
The victims were John Lee, mine foreman; Luther Thompson, assistant foreman; Dewey Proffit, coal loader, and Clifford Fore, day shirt worker.
The men were reported to have entered the mine about noon to investigate unexplained "trouble." Fellow workers had reported hearing a noise in the mine.
Rescue squads were sent into the mine when the four failed to return in due time.
(From the Louisville, KY Courier-Journal, 04 Oct 1942).
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4 Blast Victims Taken From Pit In Harlan County
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 4 - Bodies of four miners killed by a gas explosion in the Black Star Coal Corporation mine at Alva, Harlan County, were brought out early today, G. Moss Patterson, chief of the State Mines and Minerals Department, said.
Patterson said it was established definitely the explosion was caused by gas. The bodies were found last night by rescue squads wearing gas masks. Patterson, who lives here, had aided in attempts to reach the trapped miners.
The victims were John Lee, mine foreman; Luther Thompson, assistant foreman; Dewey Proffitt and Clifford Fore, all of Alva.
The men went into the mine for a checkup shortly after noon yesterday, and rescue workers were sent in search for them when they failed to return in due time.
(From the Louisville, KY Courier-Journal, 05 Oct 1942).
Killed in a mine accident at the Black Star Coal mine in Alva (Blackstar), Kentucky.
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Four Miners Lose Lives In Harlan County Blast
By the Associated Press
While crack first aid teams of Kentucky coal mine companies toiled with theoretical problems at Lexington yesterday in their annual contest, miles away in Harlan County rescue squads tried unsuccessfully to save four men trapped by a mine explosion.
The men were trapped and killed three miles underground in the Black Star Coal Corporation's mine at Alva.
Four Men Are Missing
Mine officials said they were unable to determine immediately whether an explosion, a fire or a slate fall trapped the men.
Albert B. Hill, vice president of the corporation, said rescue workers found the bodies of the men at 10:15 p.m.
The victims were John Lee, mine foreman; Luther Thompson, assistant foreman; Dewey Proffit, coal loader, and Clifford Fore, day shirt worker.
The men were reported to have entered the mine about noon to investigate unexplained "trouble." Fellow workers had reported hearing a noise in the mine.
Rescue squads were sent into the mine when the four failed to return in due time.
(From the Louisville, KY Courier-Journal, 04 Oct 1942).
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4 Blast Victims Taken From Pit In Harlan County
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 4 - Bodies of four miners killed by a gas explosion in the Black Star Coal Corporation mine at Alva, Harlan County, were brought out early today, G. Moss Patterson, chief of the State Mines and Minerals Department, said.
Patterson said it was established definitely the explosion was caused by gas. The bodies were found last night by rescue squads wearing gas masks. Patterson, who lives here, had aided in attempts to reach the trapped miners.
The victims were John Lee, mine foreman; Luther Thompson, assistant foreman; Dewey Proffitt and Clifford Fore, all of Alva.
The men went into the mine for a checkup shortly after noon yesterday, and rescue workers were sent in search for them when they failed to return in due time.
(From the Louisville, KY Courier-Journal, 05 Oct 1942).
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Four Miners Lose Lives In Harlan County Blast
By the Associated Press
While crack first aid teams of Kentucky coal mine companies toiled with theoretical problems at Lexington yesterday in their annual contest, miles away in Harlan County rescue squads tried unsuccessfully to save four men trapped by a mine explosion.
The men were trapped and killed three miles underground in the Black Star Coal Corporation's mine at Alva.
Four Men Are Missing
Mine officials said they were unable to determine immediately whether an explosion, a fire or a slate fall trapped the men.
Albert B. Hill, vice president of the corporation, said rescue workers found the bodies of the men at 10:15 p.m.
The victims were John Lee, mine foreman; Luther Thompson, assistant foreman; Dewey Proffit, coal loader, and Clifford Fore, day shirt worker.
The men were reported to have entered the mine about noon to investigate unexplained "trouble." Fellow workers had reported hearing a noise in the mine.
Rescue squads were sent into the mine when the four failed to return in due time.
(From the Louisville, KY Courier-Journal, 04 Oct 1942).
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4 Blast Victims Taken From Pit In Harlan County
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 4 - Bodies of four miners killed by a gas explosion in the Black Star Coal Corporation mine at Alva, Harlan County, were brought out early today, G. Moss Patterson, chief of the State Mines and Minerals Department, said.
Patterson said it was established definitely the explosion was caused by gas. The bodies were found last night by rescue squads wearing gas masks. Patterson, who lives here, had aided in attempts to reach the trapped miners.
The victims were John Lee, mine foreman; Luther Thompson, assistant foreman; Dewey Proffitt and Clifford Fore, all of Alva.
The men went into the mine for a checkup shortly after noon yesterday, and rescue workers were sent in search for them when they failed to return in due time.
(From the Louisville, KY Courier-Journal, 05 Oct 1942).
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