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Widow recounts Bolivian mine massacre of American workers
Mrs Helen Casanova O’Connor of South Pasadena told how a riot at the Veinte Siglo tin mine in Oruro Bolivia left five Americans murdered or maimed as miners, led by a union leader, stormed union headquarters. She described guards, a sniper, and gruesome mutilation of T. J. H. O’Connor and other engineers, with women attacked and the crowd shouting gringo..
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Luis Zaval Niled
United Press
Oruro
Bolivia
Juan Lechin
Chile
T. J. H. O’connor
South
Pasadena
California
Helen Casanova O'Connor
Grace Co
H Wilbur Cook
Cook
forSook
Mrs. Cook
Jack
Union
Floyd Erickson
Joseph Bessett
Richard Ellett
Alberto Huesser
Patrick Greene
Ferg
Catavi
Huanuni
O’connor
Mine
Helen