1953
APRIL-3rd-Mine Fire caused by firing and improperly confined shot in fallen roof material. Mine shut down for 6 months-no one killed.
OCTOBER-23rd-A parachute drop is reported in Marianna. According to reports, Louis Skinner and his brother-in-law Joseph Rudnisky, both said they "definitely saw a man floating to earth under a white canopy".Fire shut down Marianna mine for 6 months.
NOTES-Marianna mine #58 employs 710 men, 630 of which work underground. lasses stopped being held at Highland School on Highland Ridge Road.
October 23, 1953
WORLDWIDE
Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes 34th President of the United States- January.
Paleoaritst Charles R. Knight died.
