People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1893 — MINE GAS EXPLOSION. [ARTICLE]

MINE GAS EXPLOSION.

A Disaster at Lincoln, HL, in Which One, Man Was lulled and-Three Injured. Lincoln, ID.,- May 16.—About U o’clock Sunday night an explosion of gas occurred in the mine of the Lincoln Coal company, and by it one man was killed ‘ and three in- ■ jUred. Michael Gleason, Mark Ly- ’ ons and Henry Wilmoth entered ’ the mine in charge of Joseph Page, night boss, to close worked-out rooms. One of the men entered a room which had not been frequented for some time. His non-safety lamp here ignited * the gas, producing a tremendous ex, ( ... JGL i. h/IoTI z. HI