Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1902 — WAS BLOWN 1,400 FEET. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WAS BLOWN 1,400 FEET.

W. B. Morgan, the only survivor of the explosion in Fraterville mine at Coal Creek, Tenn., was blown 1,400 feet to the mouth of the mine, where he was found. He was in two previous mine disasters, of one of which he was also sole survivor. His leg was shattered, bis back sprained, and he was injured about the head.

W. B. MORGAN.