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Four Miners Die in Mine Blaze At Girardville
Four miners William Kelly and Joseph Wowal both 49 and 34 Raymond Eye 35 and William O'Brien 53 perished after a night shift blaze at a 1100 foot shaft in Girardville. The line of vigil watchers dispersed as news reached the surface. Ralph Francis Sims 21 climbed to a medicine chest and died after taking three pills in Weston hospital.
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John Walsh
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Girardville
William Kelly
Joseph Wowal
Shenandoah, Py
Raymond Eye
William O'Brien
Weston
Ralph Francis Sims
Amily