Salt Lake Herald | 1905-11-12 | Page 1 | Caught in Cave-In

CAUGHT IN Peter Maddilena Loses His Life in inthe inthe the Consolidated Mercur Mercur r No Nov time between the hours ot of j and 1115 FrIday morning Peter me life was wai lt crushed out b by a large mass ot of rock av au lag Ing unon UDon bUn as ne worked in a drIft of the Mercur ty I He was last seen 1 by 1 the shift boss who I wont vent through u h the drift at about Cut soo s et which time everythIng e seemed to he be an all rIah In t that at part of the mine j Nothing further was known ot of him until untilA A Peterson who worked at a point about feet away went to tell Maddilena Iad llena that I he was about to shoot a round of holes whon the former was U to I find the drift caved In The alarm was given and tho work ot of recovering the body promptly begun After several hours work vork the body was recovered but death had occurred long iong before Just what was done don to cause the ground to start many never be known The do de ceased was considered one of the best minors In the tho camp thoroughly familiar with the peculiar conditions existing in Inthe I the mine and well able to take care eare of himself lIe He heaves a wife and two chil Iran to mourn t 10 loss Delegations from the MIners Union and nd Italian so Clet clety ot of which associations he was a member accompanied the remains to the depot this afternoon the bod body being shipped to Salt Lake City for burial