Tazewell County IL Archives Obituaries.....Morro, Joseph March 9, 1900
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Nineteenth Annual Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900
March 9, 1900, Joseph Morro, miner, aged 35 years, single, was fatally injured by 
being burned with powder in Backing Bros, mine, East Peoria, Tazewell county. 
Deceased went out to the mouth of his room at the entry, to make a shot of powder, 
(he kept his powder in a box made for the purpose, while filling his cartridge 
from a keg containing about 12 pounds of powder), a spark from his lamp fell, 
causing instant explosion, burning him severely; he was taken to the hospital in 
Peoria, where, from the effects of his injuries, he died in fifteen days. His 
relatives all reside in Italy.

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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