(Unmarked Grave)
Died in a boiler explosion at Bell Coke and Coal Mining Company Mine.
Husband of Nancy B. Sarlls, married Dec. 28, 1898, Union Co., KY.
Son of William Cebron Monroe Travis and Georgiana Miller-Travis.
THE CRITTENDEN PRESS ~ Dec. 1, 1910.
Horrible Bolier Explosion.
Two men are dead and much property destroyed. The scene of the latest horror is the Bell Coke and Coal Mining Company's mine, which is located about a mile from Tradewater, in an isolated spot in the hills of North Crittenden. The first intimation neighbors had that anything had happened was shortly before midnight Monday by the shaking of houses and rattling of windows. Many people waked from a sound sleep terror-stricken and waited for further manifestations, but from the dull heavy sound they decided that there had been an explosion. The machinery at the Bell Mine was being run at night in order to pump water out of the shaft. The men in charge were J.T. Gifford and Charles Travis. When last seen by the other men of the mine they were alive and well, but when the men rushed to the mine after the explosion they found only mangled pieces of human beings. The big boiler exploded with terrible force, wrecking the building and hurling the men high into the air and mangling them almost beyond recognition. Sorrowfully their friends gathered the torn remains together, but Travis's head was missing entirely and could not be found. The men were both well known and had families. Gifford came from St. Joseph, Mo. Travis' head was found later. He is a brother of E. Jeffrey Travis, our county school superintendent, who left for the scene at once.
THE CRITTENDEN PRESS ~ Dec. 8, 1910
Rev. W.T. Oakley was called to Bells Mines on a sad mission Thursday, that of preaching two funerals in one day. At the Church at eleven o'clock he preached the funeral of Charles Travis, and at the residence he preached J. T. Gifford's funeral at 1:30 o'clock. Both were victims of the boiler explosion in the Bells Mines Tuesday night. Travis' remains were buried at Bells Mines and Gifford's were taken to his old home.
Died in a boiler explosion at Bell Coke and Coal Mining Company Mine.
Husband of Nancy B. Sarlls, married Dec. 28, 1898, Union Co., KY.
Son of William Cebron Monroe Travis and Georgiana Miller-Travis.
THE CRITTENDEN PRESS ~ Dec. 1, 1910.
Horrible Bolier Explosion.
Two men are dead and much property destroyed. The scene of the latest horror is the Bell Coke and Coal Mining Company's mine, which is located about a mile from Tradewater, in an isolated spot in the hills of North Crittenden. The first intimation neighbors had that anything had happened was shortly before midnight Monday by the shaking of houses and rattling of windows. Many people waked from a sound sleep terror-stricken and waited for further manifestations, but from the dull heavy sound they decided that there had been an explosion. The machinery at the Bell Mine was being run at night in order to pump water out of the shaft. The men in charge were J.T. Gifford and Charles Travis. When last seen by the other men of the mine they were alive and well, but when the men rushed to the mine after the explosion they found only mangled pieces of human beings. The big boiler exploded with terrible force, wrecking the building and hurling the men high into the air and mangling them almost beyond recognition. Sorrowfully their friends gathered the torn remains together, but Travis's head was missing entirely and could not be found. The men were both well known and had families. Gifford came from St. Joseph, Mo. Travis' head was found later. He is a brother of E. Jeffrey Travis, our county school superintendent, who left for the scene at once.
THE CRITTENDEN PRESS ~ Dec. 8, 1910
Rev. W.T. Oakley was called to Bells Mines on a sad mission Thursday, that of preaching two funerals in one day. At the Church at eleven o'clock he preached the funeral of Charles Travis, and at the residence he preached J. T. Gifford's funeral at 1:30 o'clock. Both were victims of the boiler explosion in the Bells Mines Tuesday night. Travis' remains were buried at Bells Mines and Gifford's were taken to his old home.
(Unmarked Grave)
Died in a boiler explosion at Bell Coke and Coal Mining Company Mine.
Husband of Nancy B. Sarlls, married Dec. 28, 1898, Union Co., KY.
Son of William Cebron Monroe Travis and Georgiana Miller-Travis.
THE CRITTENDEN PRESS ~ Dec. 1, 1910.
Horrible Bolier Explosion.
Two men are dead and much property destroyed. The scene of the latest horror is the Bell Coke and Coal Mining Company's mine, which is located about a mile from Tradewater, in an isolated spot in the hills of North Crittenden. The first intimation neighbors had that anything had happened was shortly before midnight Monday by the shaking of houses and rattling of windows. Many people waked from a sound sleep terror-stricken and waited for further manifestations, but from the dull heavy sound they decided that there had been an explosion. The machinery at the Bell Mine was being run at night in order to pump water out of the shaft. The men in charge were J.T. Gifford and Charles Travis. When last seen by the other men of the mine they were alive and well, but when the men rushed to the mine after the explosion they found only mangled pieces of human beings. The big boiler exploded with terrible force, wrecking the building and hurling the men high into the air and mangling them almost beyond recognition. Sorrowfully their friends gathered the torn remains together, but Travis's head was missing entirely and could not be found. The men were both well known and had families. Gifford came from St. Joseph, Mo. Travis' head was found later. He is a brother of E. Jeffrey Travis, our county school superintendent, who left for the scene at once.
THE CRITTENDEN PRESS ~ Dec. 8, 1910
Rev. W.T. Oakley was called to Bells Mines on a sad mission Thursday, that of preaching two funerals in one day. At the Church at eleven o'clock he preached the funeral of Charles Travis, and at the residence he preached J. T. Gifford's funeral at 1:30 o'clock. Both were victims of the boiler explosion in the Bells Mines Tuesday night. Travis' remains were buried at Bells Mines and Gifford's were taken to his old home.
Died in a boiler explosion at Bell Coke and Coal Mining Company Mine.
Husband of Nancy B. Sarlls, married Dec. 28, 1898, Union Co., KY.
Son of William Cebron Monroe Travis and Georgiana Miller-Travis.
THE CRITTENDEN PRESS ~ Dec. 1, 1910.
Horrible Bolier Explosion.
Two men are dead and much property destroyed. The scene of the latest horror is the Bell Coke and Coal Mining Company's mine, which is located about a mile from Tradewater, in an isolated spot in the hills of North Crittenden. The first intimation neighbors had that anything had happened was shortly before midnight Monday by the shaking of houses and rattling of windows. Many people waked from a sound sleep terror-stricken and waited for further manifestations, but from the dull heavy sound they decided that there had been an explosion. The machinery at the Bell Mine was being run at night in order to pump water out of the shaft. The men in charge were J.T. Gifford and Charles Travis. When last seen by the other men of the mine they were alive and well, but when the men rushed to the mine after the explosion they found only mangled pieces of human beings. The big boiler exploded with terrible force, wrecking the building and hurling the men high into the air and mangling them almost beyond recognition. Sorrowfully their friends gathered the torn remains together, but Travis's head was missing entirely and could not be found. The men were both well known and had families. Gifford came from St. Joseph, Mo. Travis' head was found later. He is a brother of E. Jeffrey Travis, our county school superintendent, who left for the scene at once.
THE CRITTENDEN PRESS ~ Dec. 8, 1910
Rev. W.T. Oakley was called to Bells Mines on a sad mission Thursday, that of preaching two funerals in one day. At the Church at eleven o'clock he preached the funeral of Charles Travis, and at the residence he preached J. T. Gifford's funeral at 1:30 o'clock. Both were victims of the boiler explosion in the Bells Mines Tuesday night. Travis' remains were buried at Bells Mines and Gifford's were taken to his old home.
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