Friday, December 13, 1907 | Source Detroit Free Press | Topic(s): Mining
Bay City, Mich., December 12th — Stumbling about in the darkness at the Handy Bros. Mining Co.’s No. 1 shaft, shortly after 3 o’clock this morning. William Balen, miner, plunged into a tank of hot water and was literally boiled alive. A single scream uttered before he became unconscious in the bubbling water, alarmed men working about the wash house,...