9 DEAD, 2 DYING IN ROSLYN MINE - Fire Follows Gas Explosion - SHAFT IS FURNACE BLAST
Shock Tumbles People Panic-Stricken Into Streets - AWFUL SIGHT MEETS EYE
Women and Children Cry and Moan as Loved Ones, Frightfully Scorched, Are Taken From Tomb - Cause is Unknown.
ROSLYN, Wash., Oct. 3 - (Special.) - Fifteen men are believed to have been killed in an explosion of gas in the shaft of mine No. 4, of the Northwestern Improvement Company. at 12:45 o'clock this afternoon. The mine in the neighborhood of the shaft is burning fiercely, flames rushing through the shaft with an awful roar. The electric pumps are cut off, and the water supply in the city is very low. It is thought the fire in the shaft will not affect the other mines, but it may be six months before the shaft can be put into working condition again. It is said that the shaft is caving in and other explosions may occur at any time.
For more information go to www.gendisasters.com - choose Washington and then click on Mining Disasters. Next click on the location of the mine and date of the occurrence.
His current place of burial is unknown. If you discover a duplicate memorial or know for certain the cemetery name and location of where the individual is buried, please send this information to me and I will make the necessary corrections.
Shock Tumbles People Panic-Stricken Into Streets - AWFUL SIGHT MEETS EYE
Women and Children Cry and Moan as Loved Ones, Frightfully Scorched, Are Taken From Tomb - Cause is Unknown.
ROSLYN, Wash., Oct. 3 - (Special.) - Fifteen men are believed to have been killed in an explosion of gas in the shaft of mine No. 4, of the Northwestern Improvement Company. at 12:45 o'clock this afternoon. The mine in the neighborhood of the shaft is burning fiercely, flames rushing through the shaft with an awful roar. The electric pumps are cut off, and the water supply in the city is very low. It is thought the fire in the shaft will not affect the other mines, but it may be six months before the shaft can be put into working condition again. It is said that the shaft is caving in and other explosions may occur at any time.
For more information go to www.gendisasters.com - choose Washington and then click on Mining Disasters. Next click on the location of the mine and date of the occurrence.
His current place of burial is unknown. If you discover a duplicate memorial or know for certain the cemetery name and location of where the individual is buried, please send this information to me and I will make the necessary corrections.
9 DEAD, 2 DYING IN ROSLYN MINE - Fire Follows Gas Explosion - SHAFT IS FURNACE BLAST
Shock Tumbles People Panic-Stricken Into Streets - AWFUL SIGHT MEETS EYE
Women and Children Cry and Moan as Loved Ones, Frightfully Scorched, Are Taken From Tomb - Cause is Unknown.
ROSLYN, Wash., Oct. 3 - (Special.) - Fifteen men are believed to have been killed in an explosion of gas in the shaft of mine No. 4, of the Northwestern Improvement Company. at 12:45 o'clock this afternoon. The mine in the neighborhood of the shaft is burning fiercely, flames rushing through the shaft with an awful roar. The electric pumps are cut off, and the water supply in the city is very low. It is thought the fire in the shaft will not affect the other mines, but it may be six months before the shaft can be put into working condition again. It is said that the shaft is caving in and other explosions may occur at any time.
For more information go to www.gendisasters.com - choose Washington and then click on Mining Disasters. Next click on the location of the mine and date of the occurrence.
His current place of burial is unknown. If you discover a duplicate memorial or know for certain the cemetery name and location of where the individual is buried, please send this information to me and I will make the necessary corrections.
Shock Tumbles People Panic-Stricken Into Streets - AWFUL SIGHT MEETS EYE
Women and Children Cry and Moan as Loved Ones, Frightfully Scorched, Are Taken From Tomb - Cause is Unknown.
ROSLYN, Wash., Oct. 3 - (Special.) - Fifteen men are believed to have been killed in an explosion of gas in the shaft of mine No. 4, of the Northwestern Improvement Company. at 12:45 o'clock this afternoon. The mine in the neighborhood of the shaft is burning fiercely, flames rushing through the shaft with an awful roar. The electric pumps are cut off, and the water supply in the city is very low. It is thought the fire in the shaft will not affect the other mines, but it may be six months before the shaft can be put into working condition again. It is said that the shaft is caving in and other explosions may occur at any time.
For more information go to www.gendisasters.com - choose Washington and then click on Mining Disasters. Next click on the location of the mine and date of the occurrence.
His current place of burial is unknown. If you discover a duplicate memorial or know for certain the cemetery name and location of where the individual is buried, please send this information to me and I will make the necessary corrections.
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