Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1918 — BLAST ENTOMBS 29 MINERS [ARTICLE]

BLAST ENTOMBS 29 MINERS

Rescuers Take Three Injured Men From Wrecked Shaft at Virginia, Minn. Virginia. Minn., June 28. —Rescuers working in the wrecked Silver mine, destroyed by a premature explosion of dynamite and black powder, had taken out three miners, alive but unconscious, and had located five others, who reported through pipes that they were injured. Mine officials reported that 29 men had been entombed, but the exact number of dead probably will not be known until the entire pit has been explored. One body already has been recovered. According to mine officials lightning was responsible for the explosion.