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Remarkable rescue amid mine disaster at Frontenac
Forty bodies recovered at Frontenac mine in Kas. by November 13 as rescue teams search daily with limited results. Henry Burns, missing for 36 hours, staggered from the shaft and described his perilous journey after a roar and blast. Coroner’s inquest opened. funds rise to aid survivors. Nearby riot threat at Bevier coal mines as strikers clash with new workers and militia may be called. Inauguration planning for President Harrison proceeds in Washington with Britton overseeing ceremonies. An affluent couple murdered in Wenoxa. Jay Gould reported dying in New York.
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Pirrescna
Kas
Frontenac
Fellows
Henry Burns
Burns
Vic
Fisher
Bevier
Anderson
Thos, Wardell