GAS EXPLOSION
NINE WORKERS KILLED
By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright,
NEW
YORK, April 6
Nine persons were killed at Memphis, Tennessee, when gas exploded in a caisson used for the construction of a new bridge across the Mississippi. A tube was driven into a gas pocket after a gang of whites had replaced ten negroes. Tire dead and injured were removed in boats tc the hospital.
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Southland Times, Issue 17621, 8 April 1914, Page 5
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65GAS EXPLOSION Southland Times, Issue 17621, 8 April 1914, Page 5
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