Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1888 — EIGHT LIVES LOST. [ARTICLE]

EIGHT LIVES LOST.

Fire was discovered at the eighth level of No. 3 shaft of the Calumet Branch of the Calumet and Hecla (Michigan) mine, Friday morning. A large party of men were working at ther time of the fire, which, when discovered, had made such rapid headway that the smoke was terribly dense and their lives were in great danger. All made a rush for the surface, but eight men are mi-sing. That they are dead is certain. The mine location is completely covered with the dense smoke, and the fire looks worse than did the last, but being nearer the surface it is believed the damage financially will not be so great.