Editing Breese, Illinois (section)

===1906 Coal mine disaster===
On December 24, 1906, Six miners were killed and one injured when a mine cage collapsed and fell down the shaft in a mine owned and operated by The Breese and Trenton Coal Company. The miners killed included Henry Middeke, Herman Scheleper, Walter Schaffner, August Foppe, Frank Zehrer, and Hermann Holtmann. The only one injured was mine manager William Fritz. An investigation concluded that improper filling of an old air shaft caused a dirt slide leading to the collapse. The Breese and Trenton Coal Company was found guilty of negligence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://clintonilgw.org/history/mine.php|title = The 1906 Breese Mining Disaster, Clinton Co, IL}}</ref>