Iron Mountain, Michigan
Chapin Mine Explosion
June
4, 1901
Quantity of Powder Lets Go in the Ludington Shaft of the Chapin Mine Near
Iron Mountain, Michigan, with Terrible Results This Morning -- List of the
Killed.
Iron Mountain, Mich. June 4 - - By the explosion of a quantity of powder and
the suffocating fumes that followed, eight men were killed early today in the
seventh level of the Ludington shaft of the Chapin mine. Suddenly there
was rumble and smoke began pouring from the mouth of the shaft. Rescuers
hurried into the mine as soon as the smoke had cleared sufficiently and found
the eight miners all of whom had been working in that section of the shaft
lifeless.
The cause of the explosion has not been determined. Nearly thirty
children are rendered fatherless by the accident. Only one man was
disfigured, as if by an explosion, and he was slightly; the others were
completely covered by black powder soot. The men were using a powder
thawing machine, and it is thought they neglected to supply it with powder.
It is believed that the machine became red hot, set fire to the dynamite and the
men were stricken down by the deadly fumes before they could escape. The
town is in mourning and work at the mine is at a standstill.
The victims are: Antonia Fannema, John Amone, Bishop Passtri
[or
Passiri], John Milano, Louis Tassi, John Bertelli, Rinildo Ausnino and a Pole,
name unknown.
The
Marion Daily Star, Marion, OH 4 Jun 1901
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