Mercer County IL Archives Obituaries.....Adams, Joseph April 16, 1900
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Nineteenth Annual Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900
April 16, 1900, Joseph Adams, miner, aged 34 years, single, was killed instantly 
by being struck with coal flying from a blast, in the Alden Coal Company’s shaft, 
Wanlock, Mercer county. Deceased had lighted a blast on the right hand rib, in his 
working room, and retired to a cross-cut about eight yards back from the working 
face; he passed through the cross-cut into the adjoining room, then passed along 
this room, and when exactly opposite the prepared blast in his own room, it 
exploded; the pillar being thin, the coal was blown through, striking deceased, 
crushing his head and body, with re___ as stated. About one ton of coal was blown 
through the opening.

Additional Comments:
Nineteenth Annual Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900, Also 
the Second Annual Report of the Illinois Free Employment Offices; David Ross, 
Secretary. Springfield, ILL: Phillips Bros, State Printers; 1901

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