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At the beginning of what would become the deadliest month in US coal mining history, the Naomi Mine, Fayette City, PA, was the scene of an explosion, killing 43 miners of mostly Hungarian descent. 27 of them are buried in the Mt Auburn Cemetery near Fayette City.
"The cause of the gas being present was an open door. The explosion was caused by an open light or an electric spark from the wires. The system of ventilation was faulty, having too many doors. They commenced to sink a shaft, but very little progress had been made." - from http://
" Open lamps were used in the mine and the supposition is that a miner walked into a body of gas that had come by a cut through from an abandoned working and which had accumulated in such force that a fearful explosion followed." - from http://www3.gendisasters.com/
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