Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. Explosion
September 12, 1890
Fatal Explosion in a Mine
WILKESBARRE Pa Sept 13 -- An explosion
of gas occurred at 2 o clock Friday afternoon in
the Wilkesbarre shaft of the Lehigh and
Wilkesbarre Coal company. [illegible] men were
in the mine at the time and one of them
George Ford was
killed in the explosion.
Isaac Jones
was badly injured. The gas was ignited by
Ford, who dropped his safety lamp from the car
[illegible] on which he was descending.
The excitement was intense until the rescuing
party which went down was hoisted to the
[illegible]. The brought up with them the
six men who were in the slope at work, including
Jones, the man injured. Ford's body has
not yet been recovered.
The Trenton Times, Trenton, NJ 13 Sept
1890
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