MINERS SMOTHERED
CAVE-IN CAUSED BY QUICKSAND. By Telegraph—Prens Association—Copyright Iron Rivor (Mich.), July IS. Sliding sand caused a cave-in at the Balkan mine, causing tho deaths of seven nieu. ' The miners were drilling into the roof, when quicksand was struck. Tho miners dashed for the outlets, but ''were overtaken and smothered by the sand, which filled every crevice throughout the mine. ,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2204, 17 July 1914, Page 7
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61MINERS SMOTHERED Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2204, 17 July 1914, Page 7
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