Black Diamond, Washington
Morgan Slope Mine Explosion
April 26, 1907
FOUR KILLED; FIVE HURT.
Mine Explosion Supposed to Have Been Caused by
Cave-in and Gas.
Seattle, Wash., April 26. – In an explosion
in the Morgan Slope mine, at Black Diamond, four
men were killed and five were fatally hurt.
Fourteen others were severely injured.
The Morgan Slope mine is at Black Diamond,
Wash., on the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad.
The only one of the dead thus far identified
is MIKE BENTLEY,
recently from Colorado. Two cars were descending
the mine when the explosion occurred on the
sixth level, 1,500 feet below the surface. It is
supposed that a cave-in occurred last night,
causing an accumulation of gas.
The Washington Post, Washington, DC 27 Apr
1907
Transcribed by
Jenni Lanham. Thank you,
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