Dayton, Tennessee
Nelson Mine Explosion
March 31, 1902
22 MEN KILLED BY EXPLOSION
Nelson Mine of the Dayton Coal and Iron
Company in Tennessee Proves to be a Death Trap
for Workmen
Ten Dead Bodies Have Already Been Taken
Out of the Mine - Men at the Mouth of the Mine
Killed
Chattanooga, Tenn. March 31.
At 4:45 o'clock this afternoon an explosion of
gas in the Nelson Mine of the Dayton Coal and
Iron Company at Dayton, ignited the dry coal
dust in the mine and caused a terrific
explosion. Twenty-two men are [illegible]
to be dead. Ten bodies have been
recovered. Twelve bodies are still in the
mine.
The
Dead.
James
Franklin
Tom
Shavel
James
Harris
P. G. Travis,
white
George Gruss
Ben
Griffin
Reese
Dean
Norris Piersol
Morgan Smith
John Robinson,
all colored
Lark Hunter,
white
John Harney,
white
J. E. Hill,
colored
Mack Foust,
colored
Alex
Toffer, white
Six
others, names unknown
Fatally Injured.
W. T. Head,
brother of James Head, superintendent of
the mine, burned internally, will die
Seriously injured.
James Riley,
white, right leg broken, bruised about
the head and face
Will
Presnell, white, badly burned
Arthur Hughes,
white
George Wafford,
colored
Tom Cummins,
white
Henry
Gonyon, white
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA 1
Apr 1902
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