The Duluth News Tribune, Saturday 18 January 1913
(Minnesota)

MICHIGAN MINER KILLED IN MINE
Thomas Pascoe of Ironwood Meets Death When Huge Rock Falls on Him.
IRONWOOD, Mich., Jan. 17.—Thomas Pascoe, one of the oldest miners of the range was instantly killed late this afternoon on the seventeenth level of B. shaft, Norte mine. He and his partner were working on the second sub above the level.
They had blasted and were engaged in drilling blockholes when a large chunk fell from the back wall, breaking through the timbers pinning Pascoe beneath the debris. Mr. Pascoe is 60 years old and was born in Cornwall, England. He was a resident of the city for 20 years, and is survived by his widow and four children. They are: Thomas, jr., of Detroit; Mrs. R. J. Mollard, Mrs. Richard Rowe and Miss Marie, of Ironwood.

Contributed by Bob Bolitho