Deseret Evening News | 1900-06-18 | Page 2 | A Terrible Accident

A ACCIDENT Charles Dixon ht In Coils of a Ropo flint Ild to Death Chrls ChrI DIxon a miner employed It at atthe the Golden Gate Oatt at Mercur w was In an accident at the miN mUt Saturday at af It lie W wah assisting the repair pal tan rail to holt hoist a broken belt up In an eN do ator shaft Ihan to a pulley pully la in the toll roll III de department above A rope was attached to the end of belt the other end nd running over oYer t shafting It was wa bP be In lug drawn tire b another side Id In order to attach a b block and tack to It so 10 that t ana an two to ot othet her teen Ulen haul tile the Tb ro rope e wu was lu Ic the which was U with d and although Io Fore Foreman man t cried out a warning Dixon Dizon was w caught hr the rope In some WI wai sad aad t ot of a eye bin hili whirled a nd the Ole men Dlen c called t r fr the w p power to 0 be shut oft and nd while the was DIxon Dixons bod body mangled In a most mOlt dreadful man mannel ncr nel fell Cell to the flour BoUt tt fast had been literally ground off and anel the lags were re broken and nd mutilated The limp 81 body w was taken to the ot It Dr Castleman the company but nothing could be dune an t regaining li about two hours t the he nt Acting cUn Coroner a jut jury consisting of George Geare Lutt Luft P II InPut and It ft I onley which returned a verdict that deceased clime came to hi his death by becoming en entangled JI tangled In a 1 rope and shift hatt and reo re receiving elvin which resulted In ltD hi death no nl one lint being to blame Dixon was 1 42 years of 01 at age and leaven leavena a wife and two a girl 15 yearn 1 old and a boy I ears a ot of are age He w wm was wasa a m member aber ot of the order ot of being a chatter member ol of the Eu Eureka reka eM lodge f