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Hellraisers Journal: "Penned In By Fire!" Mine Disaster at Butte, Montana-10 Dead, 12 Missing

Submitted by JayRaye on Mon, 02/15/2016 - 12:54pm
Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones

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Tuesday February 15, 1916
Butte, Montana - Miners Trapped by Fire, Rescue Attempts Ongoing

Newspapers across the nation this morning are reporting on the fire which erupted last night in the Pennsylvania Mine at Butte, Montana. We offer a few examples:

From Salina, Kansas:

PENNED IN BY FIRE
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Flames In Airshaft of Anaconda Mine
Imprisoned Miners At Butte.
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TEN VICTIMS KNOWN DEAD
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Other Workmen Have Not Been Heard From
Since the Disaster.
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Butte, Mont., Feb. 15.-At least ten miners lost their lives in a fire which started last night in the air shaft on the 12,000 [1200] foot level of a mine of the Anaconda copper Mining Company and which still was burning early today....

Butte, Montana, Pennsylvania Mine, ab 1900, Disaster of Feb 14, 1916.png
Pennsylvania Mine, about 1900
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