Show charles gillen killed in mine accident at pioche charles gillen one of tho best men that ever worked in the mines of this camp met with a tragic death on the 1600 le plot the aigul pioche m me early aue day morning lie had been on thy night shift with perc burnidge and a miner hv the name of robinson they had drilled and loaded nine holes and gillen and burnidge were performing the lat act that of lighting the busts before going off shift for the of them had been lighted hen suddenly there was an explosion and charlay gillen was blown into eternity his mangled boda was found liter lying in the drift about 30 feet back from the face percy burnske was at gillens side when the blast went off robinson was a further back gathering up alie tool with which they had been working and both came out of alie ordeal hardly a bc how they escaped the fate of their companion n nothing short of a miracle the death blast had extinguished their lights but being familiar with alie direction and by crawling on their hands and knees managed to reach points of safety before the six other explosions occurred mr burnidge was the first to reach the station to send up the accident signal and in a few assistance arrived from the surface on the way out to the station bur ndoc crawled over gillans Gil luns body and did not know if robinson was dead or alive until the rescuing party met him coming out the remains of gillen were brought to the surface and conveyed to the deck undertaking parlor meanwhile friends broka the news to mrs gillen the cause of the accident is said to have been due to defective or running fuse the deceased leaves a and two small children who accompanied the remains thursday to st george utah for burial charley gillen was well liked by all who knew him he was a kind husband and father and his untimely end came as a distinct shock to this entire community the bereaved family has fht heartfelt sympathy of the record and a host of friends pioche record afi gillen and her two children and the gillen reached here last friday funeral services were held saturday at the residence of mr and mrs I 1 A hunt the parents of mrs gillen bishop mcarthur conducting and the remains ere interred in the much sympathy is expressed for the bernaed bere aed family |