Saturday, July 14, 2012

On This Date in Minnesota History: July 14

July 14, 1907 – Two miners were killed and four “badly injured by an explosion of dynamite in the 13th level of No. 8 shaft at the Soudan mine” this evening. “The men were blasting in one of the lower levels of the mine and a heavy charge had been placed in a hole and was being tamped. It suddenly exploded and the concussion set off a box of dynamite standing nearby. The force of the explosion broke in all that end of the level.”
Tower Weekly News; “Accident at Mine, Two Miners Instantly Killed and Four Others Badly Injured”; July 19, 1907; p. 1 & 3.
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  1. NormaAugust 12, 2012 at 11:25 PM

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