Randolph County IL Archives Obituaries.....Huskins, John October 12, 1899
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Nineteenth Annual Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900
October 12, 1899, John Huskins, miner, aged 21 years, married, was killed in Donk 
Bros. Coal and Coke Co’s, mine, Tilden, Randolph county. Deceased, at the time of 
the accident, was helping a miner working in the next room to fire two shots. They 
had put both squibs together, and had gone to the cross-cut about 35 feet back 
from the face. One of the shots exploded, and Huskins thought that the other had 
missed fire; he started toward the room, and when near the face the shot exploded; 
he was struck in the head and body by flying coal, and died when brought to the 
surface.

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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