Word: mined
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...second greatest* mining catastrophy known in Germany occurred in the Minister Stein† mine at Dortmund when 200 or more miners perished in an explosion of fire-damp...
...explosion was thought to have taken place near the shaft and its force was felt in all three levels of the mine. Miners near the shaft were blown to pieces, others were killed by suffocation. At one point, an inscription was found chalked up on the wall: "All well up to 11 o'clock. Nine men." Under the inscription lay the nine men-all dead. At another place, three brothers were found dead, locked in one another's arms...
Powell, when interviewed admitted that his photographs were taken prior to these of Mr. Hewitt. "Hewitt", he said, "took his picture at Easthampton, long Island, while mine was taken at New Haven. The eclipse came to New Haven first, so that I beat him by six seconds", he added laughing...
...Undercurrent. Harry Beresford will be remembered in many cities as the incomparable "Old Soak." He will be remembered in Manhattan, very briefly no doubt, as the redeeming feature of a ragged entertainment called The Undercurrent. He plays the part of an irascible old mine owner who won't increase his miners' wages, refuses to let his daughter marry the man she loves. A little past the middle of the play, he is hit on the head in a taxi smash. He suddenly changes places? mentally?with the miners and the girl. Coming out of this strange cerebral revolution, his nature...
...deserts-are naturally big medicine for the cinema. Betty Blythe, the slave girl, puts her heart into the thing, as well as her hips and shoulders. The picture is a pretty good imitation. Coming Through. Thomas Meighan is, as usual, quiet and strong, kindly and brave. He is the mine superintendent who averts the strike and hurls Wallace Beery (villain) off the scaffolding. Lila Lee is also implicated as his wife. As a careful copy of the usual Meighan formula, the film will no doubt prosper...