Two miles west of Dayton was the Nelson Coal Mine. On the early morning of Friday December 20, 1895 an explosion occured two miles inside the mine which killed twenty-nine miners.Cyrus Alexander was one of those.
Two miles west of Dayton was the Nelson Coal Mine. On the early morning of Friday December 20, 1895 an explosion occured two miles inside the mine which killed twenty-nine miners.Cyrus Alexander was one of those.
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Our dear boy gone to rest
To rest with Christ forever blessed
Could we but hear his precious tongue
Sweetly sing a heavenly song
We would not hear him again
But say dear Cyrus with Christ remain
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