Beaver Press | 1913-01-17 | Page 7 | Miner Burned to Death

MINER BURNED TO DEATH dashes through flames in effort to rescue bag of nuggets rapid city S D charles swanson an old time miner mine r and prospector in the black hills was waa burned to death in his e cabin abin early saturday when after the house aliouse had caught fire from a lamp eap exp explosion lasion he dodged hack back through the flames to rescue res cue a bag of nuggets he had been collecting I 1 for years lie he secured the nuggets but as ho he turned to escape the flames walled up between him and the door the only exit and he perished