Theme: mining_disasters
5 sources.
- 1889-11-24 — The Anaconda Standard, p.4THE MINE ON FIRE. / Flames Break Out in the 800-Foot Level of the St. Lawrence. / FOUR MINERS MISSING. / Brave Men Lose Their Lives While Trying to Rescue Their Comrades. / SCENES AT THE ANACONDA. / Smoke From the Fire in the St. Lawrence Finds Its Way Into the Adjoining Mine With Terrible Results — The Flames Under Control.
Coverage of a fire at the St. Lawrence mine in Butte on 23 November 1889 in which smoke spread to the adjoining Anaconda mine and killed at least four miners. A…
- 1890-04-29 — The Anaconda Standard, p.5KILLED IN THE SHAFT. / Distressing Accident at the Montana Consolidated.
Patrick Murphy was killed on 28 April 1890 at the Montana Consolidated mine in Butte when a cage of timbers shifted and crushed him during descent. Four other m…
- 1890-07-23 — The Anaconda Standard, p.6FOUND IN THE SUMP. / The Bodies of Murphy and Kelleher Recovered at Last.
Eight months after the November 1889 St. Lawrence / Anaconda mine fire, the bodies of Patrick C. Murphy and Tim Kelleher were recovered from the sump of the Ana…
- 1900-12-21 — The Daily Inter Mountain, p.21FATAL ACCIDENTS IN THE BUTTE MINES.
Annual roll of fatal mining accidents in Butte during 1900 — 30 named victims, with date, mine, and cause for each. Three names are family-archive-relevant: **J…
- 1917-06-10 — The San Francisco Examiner, p.1HOPE GIVEN UP FOR 193 MEN IN BURNING MINE
Front-page wire coverage in the San Francisco Examiner of the **Granite Mountain / Speculator mine disaster** in Butte — the worst hardrock-mining disaster in U…