Wednesday, September 16, 2015

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 16

September 16, 1904 – Falling without warning, a cave-in on the main level of the Sellers Mine near Hibbing early this morning, is believed to have killed two men. Relief crews, working madly on short shifts, are endeavoring to remove the debris and rescue the miners. The missing men are John Comisky and Carl Malovek.

Both are employed in the drift on the main level and had just gone on the night shift, when the walls and the top of the long tunnel caved on them. The other workmen escaped, but Comisky and Malovek were unable to get out from under the tons of earth and rock that fell upon them.

It is believed that their lives were instantly crushed out, but if they escaped death in that way, they probably died of suffocation a short time later. Although all of the men employed at the mine are now working with the rescue crew, it is probable that the imprisoned miners will not be reached until tomorrow, and hope of their safety has been abandoned.

The Saint Paul Globe; “Cave-In Imprisons. Two Minnesota Miners Have Probably Lost Their Lives.”; September 17, 1904; p. 1.




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