As reported in the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, February 8, 1907:
John Renninger, a son of Ephraim Renninger, this place [Tower City], aged about 18 years, was seriously injured in the breaker of the Good Spring colliery by being whirled around a shaft, having been caught by the coat while at his work. Both legs and an arm were broken. By the advice of the family physician, Dr. William Lebo, the young man was removed to the Ashland Miners’ hospital.
And, as reported in the Press Herald of Pine Grove, February 8, 1907:
After working for several hours to recover the remains of John Renninger of Hegins, from several tons of coal and top-rock at the Good Springs Colliery, workmen were startled by hearing faint cries coming from underneath the debris. They worked with all their energy, and a few hours later rescued him alive with both legs and one arm fractured. A large pillar of coal, believed to be a fossil tree, held the mass of coal and rock from his head and body, else he would have been crushed to a shapeless mass.
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Clippings from West Schuylkill Herald, Tower City, February 8, 1907, and Press Herald, Pine Grove, via Newspapers.com.
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