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From St. Charles (Illinois) Chronicle, 19 January 1906:
Explosion at Mine at Benton
Terrific Crash Occurs when Only Two Men are in Shaft
A terrific explosion occurred at the Benton Coal company's min in Benton. No one was in the mine at the time but two shot-firers. One of them, Emmet E. Neal, received injuries from which he died later, and the other, J.E. McIntyre, narrowly escaped death. They happened to be near the air shaft in a secure nick in the wall, otherwise they would probably have been instantly killed. Although the mine is 640 feet deep, one of the cars was blown from the bottom of the shaft and lodged in the tipple timber. John Outhouse, who was oiling the fan on top of the ground was blown thirty feet away. The damage to the mine will about to $10,000, it is believed.
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