Terre Haute, Indiana
Spring Hill Coal Mine Explosion
April 30, 1947
Eight of Eleven Miners Die in Blast Near
Terre Haute
TERRE HAUTE, IND. – (AP) –
Eight of 11 men working in the Spring Hill coal
mine near here were killed by an explosion
yesterday.
Bodies of the dead, all brought to the surface
last night, were identified as
CALVIN WILSON,
about 70, pit foreman,
STEVE SUMMERS, about 55,
MORT GATES, about 55,
JOHN BROWN,
55, FERN EARHART,
about 50, BARNEY
RIGGS, 67,
DESIRE LETE, 58, and
CHAUNCEY BLACKBURN,
about 50.
Rescue squads said the bodies, found about 15
feet apart, indicated the men were walking
toward the shaft when the explosion occurred.
Three men who escaped unhurt from the shaft said
they were knocked to the mine floor by a
dynamite blast which the miners 1,000 feet back
in the tunnel were setting off just 12 minutes
before quitting time yesterday.
The Maryville Daily Forum, Maryville, MO 1
May 1947
Transcribed by
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