The fire was triggered by a miner who accidentally started a conveyor belt and did not notice it. The conveyor belt was working idle and eventually due to friction the rubber band of it caught fire. (7 July 1961)
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Sunday 16th of October 1791 (-) — Russian military leader and statesman Grigory Potemkin dies of fever. Supposedly Potemkin overate on a ham, a slated goose and three or four chickens.