Northampton County PA Archives News.....J. Oswald Parsons Killed at Mine 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donald Buncie http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008389 December 8, 2023, 8:05 pm The Fulton County News. (McConnellsburg, Pa.): December 21, 1899 1899 Blast Blows Man to Pieces. J. Oswald Parsons, 23 years old, was literally blown to pieces at the United States slate quarry at Pen Argyl. Parsons was preparing to set off a blast when powder that had been scattered by the high wind found its way into a crevice in the rock and became ignited. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/northampton/newspapers/joswaldp210nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/pafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb