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Show II I MINER ASPHYXIATED I , ... IN LATUDE TUNNEL LATUDE, June 1. B. F. Decker, an M ' employe of the Liberty Fuel company, 4 was asphyxiated 'by fumes from pow- Jj der early Monday morning while working in a rock tunnel which mnkes M up a portion of the company's mines. m Decker had been on tlio Job for a m short time, and at the time of his w death, was working on his second S I shift. Ho is thought to have come . from Michigan. M John Crawford, state coal mino In- 9 1 spector, made an examination of the tunnel yesterday and said that the ac- c-Ident. wna duo to negligence on the part of Decker. oo |