Judy Michaels" For use on the Ottawa County U.S. GenWeb Archives website. Wed, 19 Jun 2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ottawa County deaths Fairland News Friday, July 31, 1908 TWO KILLED AT MIAMI Jeff BENNETT, ground boss of the Emma Gordon mine and John REYNOLDS, a machine man, were killed last night at 7:30 by an unexpected explosion. The men were preparing for a heavy shot and had just put off the squibb shots and were reloading to break the ground. The supposition is that the heat from the squib shots exploded powder while the men were reloading the hole. John Reynolds’ body was badly mutilated and he was killed instantly. Jeff Bennett was taken out of the mine and breathed once or twice. His body was shipped to Carterville where his family resides and Reynolds will be buried there.