Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1898 — Three Men Killed. [ARTICLE]

Three Men Killed.

Cincinnati, May 11. —A special to the Commercial Tribune from Parkersburg, W. Va., says: Three men were killed, one fatally hurt and four others dangerously injured at the mines of the Thackers Coal company by the breaking away of a car on which were ten men. The car broke away from the tipple at the mine shaft and landed with a crash at the foot of the mine shaft, 300 yards away.