People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1893 — THREE KILLED. [ARTICLE]

THREE KILLED.

Fatal Explosion In a Mine Blacksmith Shop at Tower, Minn. Tower, Minn., April 19.—A disastrous explosion occurred Tuesday in the blacksmith shop of the Minnesota mine here. Three men were killed outright, nine others suffered serious injuries, two of whom will probably die. Several others were slightly injured. The dead are Jacob . Kolharer, limbs blown off; J. B. Nettle, jugular vein severed; Charles Tolson, gaspipe driven through chest. The explosion was no doubt due to the presence of a quantity of dynamite in the gaspipes, which had at some time been used as a “gun” in opening “raises” that had been clogged. The moment the steam hammer struck a blow in breaking the pipe the explosion followed.