SMOTHERED IN QUICKSAND.
A MINING DISASTER. SEVEN MEN KILLED. By Cable. —Press Association.-—Copyright. (Received July 16, 1.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 15. At Ironriver, Michigan, sliding sand caused a cave-in in the Balkan mine. Seven miners are dead. The miners 1 were drilling into the roof when the quicksand struck them. They dashed for the outlets, but seven were overtaken and smothered by the sand which filled every crevice throughout the mine.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 137, 16 July 1914, Page 10
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