BLAST IN MINE
Nine Men Killed
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) REDSTONE (Molorado), December 29. Nine coalminers were killed in a methane gas explosion last night in a mine in an isolated area of western Colorado They were working overtime to qualify for extra time off over the New Year holiday. Other miners wearing oxygen masks went into the area immediately. But complicated operations to clean out a dead residue of carbon monoxide gas had to be completed before the bodies could be removed today. The victims apparently died immediately of burns and concussions.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30947, 31 December 1965, Page 13
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