Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1906 — Nine Miners Dashed to Death. [ARTICLE]

Nine Miners Dashed to Death.

Charleroi, Belgium, Aug. B.—An elevator In which nine miners were going down to the Marcbieuues coal mine here, dropped 900 yards, smashing the car to atoms and instantly killing ail its occupants. Their bodies were so crushed as to be almost unrecognizable.