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Originally published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 18, 1954
Black Diamond pays final respects to Harry English
By Charles Russell Post-Intelligencer staff writer
Tense moment of prayer. This photograph mirrors a tense moment during memorial services for Harry J. English, entombed miner, in the First Presbyterian Church of Black Diamond Sunday. It was taken during a. prayer led by members of Diamond Masonic Lodge No. 83 of Black Diamond, of which English was Master. (Post-Intelligencer photo by Harvey Davis.)
BLACK DIAMOND, Jan. 17 – They gathered in First Presbyterian Church here today to pray for Harry English, whose body lies in an accidental grave deep in the Landsburg Mine at nearby Ravensdale.