Show 5 jwj aa wm ball electrocuted last night 4 4 william ball one of the best known mining min ingmen men in the entire state who has for several years been in charge of 0 the lower Al mammoth ammoth mine at mam main moth aas ft as electrocuted on the 1200 level of this mine shortly after 6 0 clock I 1 st ni night 9 lit ila was engaged in showing three visitors through the mine when his hand came in contact with a live wire and death was almost instantaneous early last evening mr air ball met A B rockhill J J banks and charles creer all of spanish fork who had bad just returned from a visit to the colo rado and some of the other mines in the same neighborhood the gentle men wanted to go underground at the lower mammoth and supt bupt ball in nihed them to call at the mine after supper A few minutes after 6 0 clock the four men went into the tunnel and were lowered to the 1200 level by ei et gincer geo Sta where they got off the cage and under mr ball a guidance started in to inspect the mine it was their intention to go down to the 1700 level using the other cage which operates from the 1200 to the 1700 leal the electric wires carrying the current tor for the hoist on the 1200 level are strung overhead in the main drift and while mr ball was showing his guests through this drift he threw his hand up to point out something and the hand touched one of the wires the wire which earned carried but volts hardly enough to kill a man under ordinary conditions was insulated but the water dripping down from above made it wet and the bottom of the drift where mr ball was standing was also damp mr air ball cried out as the current entered his body and mr air banks who was nearest seized him and prevented him from falling within a very few minutes mr air ball had been removed to the surface and drs addleman and marveille Har as well as its dr hensel of eureka the mine pha ph asician were called the physicians are all of the opinion that mr air ball having a weak heart died almost the second his hand touched the u wire ire william ball was born about 38 years ago at lehi he ile has been a resident of tintic gintic for nearly eighteen years having been connected with the beck beek m ne here before going to mammoth he was a member of the local lodge of elks and leaves a wife brothers and sisters and many other relatives to mourn his sudden death big generous cheerful billy ball he was a man among men A heart that was ras full fall of love and kindness Lind ness beat within hie his breast and noman no man could find a truer friend than he his death in the prime of life brings us to a realization of how uncertain life is after all peace be to his ashes |