伪满本溪湖煤矿大爆炸遇难矿工数目辨析

An Analysis on the Number of the Miner Victims in the Great Explosion of Benxihu Colliery in the Period of Manchuria

1942年4月26日,本溪湖煤矿井下瓦斯煤尘大爆炸爆发。事后,日本株式会社本溪湖煤铁公司在所谓的"殉职产业战士之碑"的碑文中声称,此次大爆炸死亡"1327"人[1]。然而,大量史料和见证人证言表明,大爆炸至少造成1800多名中国矿工死于非命。

A gas explosion broke out in the mines of Benxihu Colliery on April 26, 1942. After this the Japanese Benxihu Coal & Steel Company claimed in the socalled epigraph of 'The Tomb Stone for Mrtyized Miners' that 1327 miners died in the explosion. However, a great number of historical evidences and testimonies of the witnesses indicated that the explosion at least caused the death of 1800 Chinese miners.