Explosive Mine Blast Near Matewan Kills Two Workers
A Logan Consolidated Coal Company mine near Matewan suffered a catastrophic blast on a Wednesday afternoon. Twenty five kegs of powder ignited after passing the drift mouth, instantly killing motorman Gene Fugett and brakeman James Snodley, while about thirty miners had left moments earlier. The mine remained unsafe for entry for nearly a day, with a naked wire and possible electric spark cited as a likely cause.
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Matewan
Logan Consolidate Coal Company
Gene Fugett
James Snodley
Plan Pleasant Evening At Bluefield Masonic Lodge Event
Bluefield Lodge No. 85 A F and A M and Bluefield Chapter No. 20 R A M plan St John’s Day activities at the Masonic hall on June 24. Music by Campbell’s orchestra and a banquet head the program as newly elected officers are installed. Toastmaster Rev J Tyler Frasier to preside. Invitations extended to Master Masons and wives or a chosen lady.
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Bluefield Lodge
Bluefield Chapter
R A. M
St. John’s Day
Masonic Hall
Campbell
Blue Lodge
Rev. J. Tyler Frasier
Tragedy at Bucklen's Stave Mills Fatal Tree Fall Near Greenville
Richard Ballengee, about 35, killed instantly while felling timber three miles west of Greenville in Monroe county. A large tree split and struck his head, with a co worker Hunt of Summers County nearby. Ballengee leaves a widow and five children.
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Richard Ballengee
Bucklen
Greenville
Monroe County
Hunt
Summers County
Ballengee
Tazewell Republican reports Walter Graham moves to operate local furnace
Walter Graham has been in Tazewell for several days and is now busy organizing a furnace project in Graham aimed at boosting the county's industrial interests. A notice seeks to borrow $1,000 against business property valued at $38,000, with address P O Box 338.
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Tazewell
Walter Graham
Graham
Tazewell County
Beaten and Robbed Peddler Injured Near Elk Ridge
McDowell Recorder reports a Bluefield peddler and jeweler was walking to a friend’s home near Elk Ridge coke ovens when attacked by a masked assailant. He was struck, robbed of about $6 and a gold watch and chain while the suspect fled into darkness.
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McDowell Recorder
Bluefield
North Fork
Elk Ridge
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