Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1889 — FIFTY MINERS KILLED. [ARTICLE]

FIFTY MINERS KILLED.

Terrific Explosion in an English Colliery. London dispatch: An explosion has occurred in the Mussfield colliery in Staffordshire. The day-shift workers had come on duty and tne mine was full of men. Fifty are known to have been killed and many more are in peril. The explosion was a terrific one, the shock being felt miles away. Many thought an earthquake had visited that part of the country. Immediately after the great ditaster occurred the opening at the mine was besieged by wives and relatives of the killed and entombed men, and there were many heartrending scenes. It was with difficulty that some of the frantic women with babies in their arms were prevented from throwing themselves down the shaft.