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Iron County Register, Ironton, Missouri, December 7, 1882, Page 5.
Blown to Pieces
RICHARD JONES, a miner in Tunnel No. 3, on Pilot Knob was instantly killed by a premature explosion last Monday at 5:30 P.M. He was putting in a blast at the time, recklessly tamping the charge of frozen dualine with a steel bar. It was about quitting time for the day-shift, and he hurried to get through before the putting out of the electric lights, which are always extinguished when quitting time arrives. His helper had gone off some distance to get some tool or other, and was about to return when the blast exploded, and immediately after came the cry, "Dick Jones is killed!" When the men got to the body it was found to be literally blown to pieces. The authorities were notified at once and an inquest was held the next morning. The jury's verdict was in substance that the accident was the result of the deceased's carelessness and that no one else was to blame. Mr. Jones was an Englishman, lately arrived, about thirty years old, and well liked by his companions. He is said to have been the support of his mother in England, to whom he made remittances regularly. His remains were buried in the Pilot Knob cemetery.
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