A RACE FOR LIFE.
PURSUED BY QUICKSAND
(By C__s.-P-._i Association.—Copj__.t.) NEW YORK, July IS. At Iron River, Michigan, sliding sand caused a cave-in in the Balkan mine, and seven men wero killed. The miners were drilling into the roof when the quicksand was struck. The meu dashed for the outlots, but seven wero overtaken and smothered by the sand, which filled up every crevice in tho mine.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 15022, 17 July 1914, Page 7
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67A RACE FOR LIFE. Press, Volume L, Issue 15022, 17 July 1914, Page 7
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