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Eureka Daily Sentinel
Eureka, Eureka County, Nevada
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Fire raging in Lykens mine, Pa., Nov. 21, from Harrisburg dispatch. Foreman John Kreely, George Bainbridge, and Oscar Cook escaped suffocation. Efforts to stop flames failed; fire advanced 80 yards. 1,500 workers displaced; risk to Lykens Valley Mill if winds shift.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 21. - A fire is raging in the Lykens mine. John Kreely, the foreman, George Bainbridge and Oscar Cook narrowly escaped suffocation. All efforts to check the flames prove futile. The fire has broken out 80 yards further down the slope. If the draught should change and force the flames, which are now coming back into the mine, there is danger of the fire being driven to the Lykens Valley Mill. Fifteen hundred men and boys are thrown out of employment.
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Lykens Mine, Pa.
Event Date
Nov. 21
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john kreely, george bainbridge and oscar cook narrowly escaped suffocation. fifteen hundred men and boys are thrown out of employment. potential danger to lykens valley mill if draught changes.
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A fire is raging in the Lykens mine. All efforts to check the flames prove futile. The fire has broken out 80 yards further down the slope. The flames are now coming back into the mine.