Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1909 — TWENTY-SIX BODIES FOUND [ARTICLE]

TWENTY-SIX BODIES FOUND

Uncertainty as to Cause of Explosion In the Leiter Mine. Zelgler, 111,, Jan. 12.—0 f twentyeight workmen in the mine owned by Joseph Leiter, twenty six were killed by the explosion of Sunday, according to official Information given out at the mining office. All of the bodies were recovered. The cause of the disaster has not been determined yet and definite conclusions on this point are unlikely as evidence of gas pockets or other agencies Is almost entirely lacking.