This Day in History: 1913-10-22
(October 22, 1913)
A coal mine explosion in Dawson, New Mexico, killed more than 250 miners after a pocket of methane gas was ignited by a miner’s lamp.
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(October 22, 1913)
A coal mine explosion in Dawson, New Mexico, killed more than 250 miners after a pocket of methane gas was ignited by a miner’s lamp.
photo source: wikimedia.org