| Show john malvey and antonio baggiero Bug giero were crushed to death beneath several tona of art and rock which caved upon them while they were at wark in the bullion beck anine last tuesday mal vey was operating a lease between the and foot levels and had employ ed rugero but a few days tu the accident it is thought that the accident occurred a short time before the noon hour but it was about three hours later before the men were missed and a search instituted it has been the custom of the men working upon leases in that part of the mine to eat lunch together but aa mr malvey was somewhat irregular in his habits it did not cause any comment from he other miners when he failed to show up for lunch on tuesday borne time later tim downey was passing through that part of the mine and aw the lunch pails of malvey and his partner in the same position in ft inch they had been left in the the pails looked as though they had been untouched and mr downey them and found such to be the case he report ed the matter and albert larson start ed out to look for the two men mr larson went to the place where they had been working and found the body of baggiero Bug giero partially covered with rock and dirt A horrible cut on the man s head showed that hia life had been snuffed out instantaneously malvey was missing and from the position of rugero s body the searchers naturally came to the conclusion that he was buried beneath the dirt which bad fallen from the top of the bupt doty was notified and took charge of the rescue work As many men as could work to advantage in the commenced re the dirt and while they all realized realised reali sed that there was absolutely no hope of finding the man alive the work never ceased until the lifeless form of malvey was recovered an hour later the two men had been at work on a platform when about five tons of und dirt off the top of the stop falling almost directly up on them both bodies were cold in the embrace of death when feind and it h generally thought that the cave occur red a short time before noon fhe vi archea worn by the unfortunate men were both running so that it will not be known definitely ahn the ac dent took fitce carl wickman wai a part owner in the lease with mr malvey but ane for mer has not been working for a month on account of fhe in which the two men were killed was not considered a very safe place to work on account of the loose character of the ground the leasers had a nice body of rich ore and shipments had been made regularly THE judge D A a coroner a jury and after visit ng the scene of the accident an adjournment was taken until yesterday morning when the inquest was held the jurors were F A shontz J J carmody and owen after listening to the testimony 0 the seven w itne examined the jury brought in the fol lowing verdict we find that john malvey and antonio ruggiero met their death in the ball ion bels mine ali ie working on the alvey lease in block 1 and 2 on the 00 level said deaths being canned by rocks falling from the back oe the store in which they were working we find the accident unavoidable no blame is attached to anyone john mavey was one of the beet known a kiotie having resided here for the past fifteen years wag 44 deais of age and leaves a wife and five child ten in good circumstances the de ceased was barn in cook county ireland omida to america at the age 0 20 af ter following mining in michigan colo rado and mantana be came to eureka where he has resided since 1891 he was member of the eureka minere union and carried insurance in oquirrh lodge no 1 A 0 U W mr malvey was q ute badly injured in a cave in in the beck mine a couple of years ago and pro to that time lie hid been injured in a mine so that the accident on tuesday aa the th rd and last antonio baggiero Bug giero was an ital an who came to eureka but a week 0 two ao arora cintia gate bah lie was 47 year of a leaves a wife and family at cosenza italy raggiero Kag giero was a anem her of th ast e gate union but was n t standing at the time of hit dei aha ocal minere union rais ed moey among the members end bu aien to defray the ex ewt A double the fan a the remains of the 1 ii n were conducted from the bathol e ct rf i ih s afternoon atter noon under the direction of the above named orde s tha ch irsch wa mih too small to accod bodata the large number of people who attended tre fundal cortege which the to choir last resting place in the city cemetery was one 0 the largest in the history of the city je sjem bupt aobert blown of tho benten nial libki tame is in bait la te |
