Emery County Progress | 1907-03-23 | Page 2 | Explosion of Fire Damp Kills Seventy-Five Men

OF KILLS mm m senois D at mining village near forbach geimann which has brought sorrow to many homes forbach germany an explosion of fire damp in an underground shaft of the coal mine at near here resulted in the death of seventy five miners and the injury of twelve others many of the bodies were so ared that they were scarcely lecog sizable the work of bringing out the injured men and the bodies of the dead was very slow the galleries being choked with wreckage the mine belongs to dewen dels one of the richest mining tami lies of alsace lorrane the De brothers have given to relieve the immediate necessities of the afflicted families