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The L'Anse Sentinel
Saturday, August 24, 1901


                           POWDER EXPLODED
                           
                   Three Miners Blown to Pieces at
                     Champion Wednesday Evening.
                     
                       WERE GOING DOWN SHAFT
                       
                  In the Bucket, When Sixty Sticks
                       of Giant Powder Let Go
                       
              Three miners, ADOLPH GUSTAFSON, GUST MAKKI,
            and FRANK KOBERG, were killed in a mine at
            Champion, Marquette county, Wednesday evening
            at 5:30 o'clock, by the premature explosion of
            60 sticks of giant powder. The men were in the
            bucket with powder going to the bottom of the
            shaft, when the explosion occurred. The smoke
            was so thick in the shaft that it was impossible
            for rescuers to go down for several hours. It
            is supposed the victims were blown to pieces.
            
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