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Francis Lamont Jones

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Francis Lamont Jones

Birth
Huntington, Emery County, Utah, USA
Death
8 Mar 1924 (aged 25)
Castle Gate, Carbon County, Utah, USA
Burial
Huntington, Emery County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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Frances Jones was killed in the Castle Gate coal mine disaster at Castle Gate, Utah, March 08, 1924. He is listed on Utah Burials Database with the spelling Francis.
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DUST EXPLOSION TRAPS 173 MINERS.

GAS FILLED WORKINGS BLOCK EFFORTS OF RESCUE WORKERS IN CASTLE GATE COAL MINE.

CREW BENT ON SAVING LIVES OF ENTOMBED MEN PENETRATES SLOPE TO WITHIN 800 FEET OF SCENE OF OPERATIONS WHEN LEADER IS ASPHYXIATED AND OTHERS ARE FORCED OUT BY DEADLY FUMES; LITTLE HOPE OF FINDING VICTIMS ALIVE.

Castle Gate, Utah, March 8. -- Rescue crews have penetrated the workings of Utah Fuel company mine No. 2 a distance of 2,500 feet or more in the main haulage way and have found pure air, according to a bulletin issued by the company at 12:05 Sunday morning. There was no indication of fire and no bodies were found, the bulletin said.

Reference: http://www3.gendisasters.com/utah/6378/castle-gate-ut-coal-mine-disaster-mar-1924
Frances Jones was killed in the Castle Gate coal mine disaster at Castle Gate, Utah, March 08, 1924. He is listed on Utah Burials Database with the spelling Francis.
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Partial Article:
DUST EXPLOSION TRAPS 173 MINERS.

GAS FILLED WORKINGS BLOCK EFFORTS OF RESCUE WORKERS IN CASTLE GATE COAL MINE.

CREW BENT ON SAVING LIVES OF ENTOMBED MEN PENETRATES SLOPE TO WITHIN 800 FEET OF SCENE OF OPERATIONS WHEN LEADER IS ASPHYXIATED AND OTHERS ARE FORCED OUT BY DEADLY FUMES; LITTLE HOPE OF FINDING VICTIMS ALIVE.

Castle Gate, Utah, March 8. -- Rescue crews have penetrated the workings of Utah Fuel company mine No. 2 a distance of 2,500 feet or more in the main haulage way and have found pure air, according to a bulletin issued by the company at 12:05 Sunday morning. There was no indication of fire and no bodies were found, the bulletin said.

Reference: http://www3.gendisasters.com/utah/6378/castle-gate-ut-coal-mine-disaster-mar-1924

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