Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1902 — Three Miners Killed. [ARTICLE]

Three Miners Killed.

In a cave-in at the Ada mine at Carterville, near Joplin, Mo., three miners logt their lives, another was injured fatally, and several others were seciously hurt. The dead: Arthur Roberts, John Simmons, Bruce Westfall. The accident was caused by a premature explosion of dynamite, which blocked the entrance to the mine. It took several hours’ work by the men from adjoining mines before the imprisoned miners were reached. The Ada mine is owned by a Chicago syndicate, Dr. Gundling of that city being superintendent.