Sunshine Mine Disaster Deepens In Idaho Shafts
Interior Secretary Morton leads rescue efforts as a coal mine fire traps hundreds in the Sunshine mine near Silver Valley Idaho Of 532 workers more than 290 believed dead with five bodies recovered and 19 more found early today Crews push air stations and bulkhead passages through 100 miles of tunnels in a bid to reach the trapped miners amid thick smoke and carbon monoxide.
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Jerry McGinn Kellogg
Idaho
Sonshine
Interior
Rogers C.B. Morton
Silver
Cecil
Andrus
Jewell
Silver Summit
Sunshine
Marvin C. Chase
Chase
Jasper Beare
Nixon Distressed By Sunshine Mine Disaster Loss
Washington reports a spokesman for President Nixon said the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control is seeking a Bureau of Mines report on the Sunshine Mine disaster near Kiel loge Idaho. The commission will study the fire and electrical failure details and offer recommendations to reduce fire losses.
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Washington
UPD
Nixon
National Commission On Fire Prevention and Control
Bureau of Mines
Sunshine Mine
Clayton Willis
Commission
Sunshine
Kielloge
Idaho
Elburt F. Osborn
Stanley Jarrett
Washington D.C
Congress
Nt Chamber Meet Canceled
The North Idaho Chamber of Commerce event planned for Wallace on May 4 5 6 is cancelled after the Sunshine Mine tragedy. Vice President-Elect Wm T Nordeen from Bonner County announced the decision following Allen Cochran’s resignation and recent news.
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North Idaho
Sunshine Mine Tragedy Spirals From Fire and Air Safety
Kellogg Idaho reports a mine fire at Sunshine shaft ten trapping dozens with 108 men escaping. Survivors rely on compressed air and safety zones as rescue teams wall off sections and reverse ventilation to reach trapped workers in a vast 100 mile tunnel system.
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Jerry McGinn Kellogg
Idaho
Sunshine
Andrus Morton To Oversee Kellogg Mines Rescue
Idaho leaders including Governor Andrus and Interior Secretary Morton plan to supervise the Sunshine Mine rescue in Kellogg after a major mine disaster. State and federal officials will coordinate from Spokane and Kellogg, with Bureau of Mines and National Guard resources mobilized for emergency response.
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Boise, Idaho
UPI
Rogers C. B. Morton
Cecil D. Andrus
Kellogg
Idaho
Andrus
Barrett Brown
Coeur d’Alene
Sunshine Mine
National Guard
Carl’ Griner
Elburt F. Osborn
Bureau of Mines
Stanley Jarrett
North Idaho
Washington D.C
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Ray Delay
Hugh Hough
Charles Sommerfeld
Bonner County
Morton
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