Fayette City, Pennsylvania
Mine Explosion
April
18, 1913
FOUR HURT BY EXPLOSION IN A FAYETTE CITY
MINE
Second Blast Catches Them as They Return to Room
Where They Were Working; One in Hospital
United Press Telegram
FAYETTE CITY, April 19 – JOHN REEK, a miner,
is a patient at the Mercy Hospital in Pittsbur
[sic] today. And three other employees of the
O’Neill mine here are suffering from severe
burns of the hands and face as the result of an
explosion late last night.
The injured men are PETER ROCK, MIKE SIMKOLTZ,
CHARLES and JOHN ROCK. All four were working in
a room, which had been examined a short time
before the explosion by a fire boss. They had
ignited a blast and while waiting got it to
explode stood in a gangway.
When they returned to the chamber a second
explosion occurred, enveloping them in flames.
Four hundred men were working in the mine at the
time.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA 19
Apr 1913
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