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Show Mathew Emanuel Hartley Dies At Home In Hurricane January 21 HURRICANE, Utah Mathew Emanuel Hartley (Matt), 53, died at Hurricane January 21, of arsenic poisoning. Mr. Hartley, who had spent most of his life in the mines of Utah, Arizona and Nevada, was working at Pioche just prior to his illness, which became serious December 8, when he was sent home by his superintendent, superin-tendent, Henry Coleman, to rest. He, with his son, Fenton, had taken a contract to ship copper ore from Pioche. After working from August until November they were still unsuccessful in their lead. Near the middle of November Novem-ber Mr. Hartley struck copper sulphate with a high content of arsenic gas. He realized the danger dan-ger of this gas, but because of the delay in the ore mined during the fall months he worked steadily on. eager to fulfill his contract with the company. He related to his wife at the time he came home ill that the water he took into (Continued on page three) Mafhsw Emanuel Hartley Dies At Home In Hurricane January 1 (Continued from first page) the mine for drinking purposes soon became loaded with gas and had a peculiarly sweet flavor, also that his cigaretts tasted of the gas. Within a month he was stricken. He was married June 26, 1912 at St. George to Alvaretta Russell who with the following children survives him: La Venard H., Bristol, Bris-tol, Nevada; Murdell (Mrs. Leslie Prince), Pioche; Garth M. Quen-ton, Quen-ton, Carlos, Alva, Newell R., Rowena, Maynard, Helen Mae, and baby Joe Ann, who is two years old. He is also survived by two brothers and three sisters, they are, Frank M. Hartley, of Leeds; Mrs. Drusilla Bradshaw, Washington; Washing-ton; Mrs. Charles Nichols, LoveLL, Wyo.; and Mrs. Emma Angell and Alphis E. Hartley, of Hurricane. Funeral services were conducted on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the north ward chapel, Bp. Frank Johnson took charge. The opening prayer was given by Leo K. Homer, who also dedicated the grave when interment in-terment was made in the Hurricane Hurri-cane cemetery. Joseph W. Webb nronounced the benediction. Musi cal numbers were rendered by a male quartette, composed of Glen M. Webb, Orin Clawson, Grant Woodbury and Walter Stout; a string trio by Mona Wilson, La Donna Stevens and Leonora Wilson; Wil-son; a vocal solo, Mrs. Maybelle Humphries and an instrumental trio, Bill Smith, Elaine Bradshaw and Barbara Tweedie. The speakers were Henry Coleman, superintendent of mine No. 1 at t Pioche, under whom Mr. Hartley worked; James Jepson and Pres. J Alvin Inglestead. All of whom t testified of Mr. Hartley as a man of industry and dependability, e Those who attended the funeral t from out of town included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nicholls, of ! Lovell, Wyo. and their two sons, ;i Bill and Herbert; Mr. and Mrs. i Creighton Fullerton, of Pioche; i Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Christian, t Foreman of No. 1 at Bristol, Nev.; e Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bastian; Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Seegmiller, of St. George and Mrs. Villa Arns, of Cedar City. |