HISTORY: Continental Coal Company Explosion - 1921 - Bell Co, Ky Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 15:39:27 +0000 Submitted by: Kimberly Bargo Riggins SURNAMES: LEWIS, JOHNSON, BISNEY [? DISNEY] Sept 21, 1912 The Peoples News. A Democratic Newspaper. Published weekly by the Peoples News Inc. Charles Davis Editor Explosion of Powder kills two and injures one at Rim, Kentucky Special just in from Middlesboro, Sept 21,1912 Two men were killed and another injured fatally Friday afternoon, when 76 kegs of powder, weighing twenty-five pounds each, exploded at mine No.4 of the Continental Coal Company at Rim, Twenty miles from this city. The dead men are Joseph Lewis, a mine foreman, and Clay Johnson , a car coupler. David *Bisney was so badly injured that it is believed it is impossible for him to recover. *Bisney [? Disney] ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by noncommercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format, or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit, or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative, and then contact the listed USGENWEB Archivist with proof of this consent.