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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1958
Page
6
An explosion blew out air stops and a section entrance, forcing rescue teams to reenter the site. Surviving workers seated behind barricades surprised rescuers as they were pulled to safety. Bodies lay near work positions, indicating they died soon after the blast.
Amonate Virginia reports on John Henry Johnson, a veteran rescue chief who led by skipping 11 doomed miners to reach the survivors. He supervised three six man teams racing through a gas filled, exploded mine and by routing air to delay deadly fumes while risking fresh air to the 14 rescued men. Johnson points to tough decisions and precise teamwork as keys to the successful outcome.
A local reader presents the Winchester Times June 8 1892 with the full Sixth of June memorial speech by the late Robert T Barton delivered at Stonewall Cemetery. The parade was led by Col Joseph A Nurton and featured the Stephens City Band Winchester Light Infantry Tom s Brook Military Company and other units. Local Turner Ashby Chapter UDc members decorated graves, with several women named among helpers. The issue also includes notices on dead letters weddings at the presbyterian manse and ads from local merchants and the University of Virginia summer law course.
Berryville reports four marriage licenses issued last week at the County Clerk's office, bringing the month's total to seven. Included are Richard W. Seamon and Mary L. Novack of Worthington Pa married December 23 by Carl H. Pope, Charles E Jenkins and Mary E Wilson of Berryville married December 4 by Rev. Roy Schmucker in Winchester, Ronald B Pariman and Carla J Smith of Belle Vernon Pa issued a license, and Sutton B Walters and Fiora P Smoot of Charles Town married December ? by Rev. W N Raney in Berryville. Railroads in Burma run only in daylight hours, with night runs abandoned in 1948 due to sabotage.
The seven seas include the North and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and Antarctic Ocean. The Amazon River alone pours as much fresh water into the oceans as the next three largest rivers combined.
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