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...waterpower tunnel was begun at Gauley Bridge along the forest-fringed New River in southern West Virginia, with cheap transient labor, black and white, from mountain districts as far away as Georgia. The tunnel went through white sandstone and quartz which were 99% pure silica. Every blast of dynamite puffed deadly silica dust down the throats of sappers who wore no protective masks over their mouths & noses. Rapidly men began to die of silicosis, pneumonia and tuberculosis. When workmen refused to go into the tunnel heads, foremen, according to subsequent court testimony, often clubbed them on. But the foremen dutifully...
Digging of the Gauley Bridge tunnel ended in 1932. By that time about 500 silicosis deaths had spread terror throughout the territory. A smart Kentucky lawyer went over the mountains, instigated damage suits against Rinehart & Dennis. Some relicts won. Some derelicts won. Many lost or sued too late to accomplish anything for themselves. But as a result West Virginia passed its silicosis compensation law, which in turn prompted the radical press to dig up the Gauley Bridge skeleton, rattle its bones...
...regular weekly debate of the University Debating Club last night on the question, "Resolved. That the eleven o'clock law of Boston should be repealed," was won for the affirmative by R. W. Dennen '05 and W. A. Brade 2L., F. L. Gauley 1L. and S. M. Brackett 2L., supported the negative. E. M. Rabenold '04 acted as critic...