Image 1 of El Paso herald (El Paso, Tex.), January 27, 1911
author: Anonymous
source date: 1911
availability: public_domain

HERALD EI Paso Texas Friday Evening January 2ft 191112 Pages El Pasos Rapid Growth Official United States Census Population 1910 39279 Population 1900 Ht25 Population 1890 10333 TWO KILLED THREE INJURED AT FIERRO Mall adylces from Silver City N M j tell of the killing of two men and the injury of three others in a premature explosion of a blast at the Fierro mines of the Colorado Fuel and Iron com I pany I Placido Salcido who was acting as j powder man was changing a hole He i had inserted the dynamite and a keg j of black powder and was tamping it wlion without a warninsr the explosion occurred There were about 15 men at work in the immediate vicinity Macedonio Ojila was killed outright Placido Salcido the powder man fa tally Injured dying later and three others were hurt Dr Williams the physician of the company was sum moned And did everything possible to relieve the Injured Sacido lived about an hour and one half At the time of the accident he was EARTHQUAKES AND MINE DISASTERS The Two Axe Closely Asso ciated Declares a Scientist Victoria B a Jan 27 That seis mic disturbances have