#mining explosion

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"INJURED IN DYNAMITE EXPLOSION," Cobalt Daily Nugget. February 8, 1912. Page 1. --- John Novack Hurt on Claims in Deloro --- SKULL FRACTURED, CHIN BLOWN OFF ---- Injured Man in Precarious Condition in Porcupine Hospital ---- PORCUPINE, Feb. 7. - John Nevack is in the hospital as a result injuries received while working on his claims in Deloro yesterday afternoon. Novack was sinking shaft and the supposition is that his pick struck a piece of unexploded dynamite. In the explosion following Novack's skull was fractured by flying rock and his scalp, hands and legs were lacerated, both eyes injured, his nose cut and a portion of his chin blown off. Drs. MeLean and Rogers went out to the property last night and returned this morning with the injured man whose condition is precarious.

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“MINE SHAFT BLAST OUSTS 84 WORKERS,” Toronto Star. April 30, 1942. Page 2. --- Explosions in Same Pit Have Killed 95 Men ---- Halifax, April 30 (CP) - Hon. L. D. Currie, minister of mines, said 84 miners, all uninjured, were evacuated early today from the Nova Scotia Coal company's Allan shaft at Stellarton, N.S. A small explosion occurred in the workings. The shaft will be closed for 24 hours to enable an investigation and to determine whether any damage was caused to the workings, the minister said.

At Stellarton, Mine Manager Badoux said: "The men said they did. not hear the explosion, but there was a disturbance of the air and some dust."

During the last war 88 men were killed by an explosion in the Allan shaft in 1918. In 1935, seven men were killed by an explosion in the same pit.