Sangamon County IL Archives Obituaries.....Stevens, John March 6, 1896
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Fifteenth Annual Report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1896
John Stevens, aged 60 years, married, miner, was injured at 5 p. m., March 6, 
1896, in a room at the mine of the Cantrall Cooperative Coal Company, Cantrall, 
Sangamon county. Stevens was working in a room about four feet in that was being 
turned from another room, at about twenty feet back from the face. At the time of 
the accident the person working in the straight room and himself were each firing 
a shot. Stevens gave the word to fire and ignited the squib of his shot, which 
immediately exploded, causing injuries from which he died two days later. He left 
a widow and two children not dependents.

Additional Comments:
Fifteenth Annual Report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics, Coal in Illinois, 
1896, Containing the Thirteenth Annual Reports of the State Inspectors of Mines; 
George A Schilling, Secretary. Springfield, ILL: Phillips Bros., State Printers; 
1897

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