Show KV two men killed at chief cons walter ferguson and william alien allen instantly killed by a cave in while at work on the 1400 level A cave in occurred in 14 the chief cons mine on wednesday m morning n i n g that resulted in the death 0 of f walter wa 1 t e r ferguson and william alien allen and in serious injury to john johnstone the accident happened on the 1400 foot level about 1200 feet from the shaft next to a that extended upwards from the drift and was u as four sets set high shigh johnstone was at the time running out a carload of dirt from another place on the level andaas and was passing out olt under the when the slide occurred the two lieu men who were billed from the tion in which they were uncovered ly 1 ing side b side were directly un der the sl slide and death must have been instantaneous ahe 1 he dirt caved from the top of the drift and was tota totally y unexpected as only on sunday last this particular place u was as securely timbered and the back odthe of the drift lagged and braced from the other timbers it seems that there was a streak or a little fissure of blue soft talcy dalcy lime and the ground came ame away from this taking chef braces es wa with th L it 1 at moala mo ala ancl V a braf a as w working 0 aking on that leel level was walkin walking in toward the when the slide ca 0 e he stat ed that he be saw the tw two men a light some belve telve tw elve feet fro frosti io ll 11 him when he heard the roar of the ground aund and saw the lights extinguished mile kraack k who ho u was as working up in a near by heard johnstone s cries toi foi help johnstone s foot 0 was pinned down by the falling di dirt and he wa suffering considerable pain kranick and jokala immediately imme immediately diatel summoned help and johnstone was released it was not discovered until a little later that the other two men were pinned under the ca e in and the discovery of ferguson s body was a surprise to the foreman as ferguson was supposed to be at work feet from the place of the accident acting coroner lindsay was summoned and he viewed t the he remains an inquest will not be held as the death of the two men was pure ly accidental the remains of both men were taken to wallace wallaces s under taking parlors the death of these two young men is particularly sad walter ferguson who is about 18 years of age is the sole support of his mother mrs henkel and the other oung young man has I 1 but recently come to this country from england the heartfelt sym pathy of the entire community is esex ex tended to the bereaved mother nother of the young man and also extended across tho the sea to the loved ones of the othel young man who came here to seek his fortune funeral services over the remains of william alien allen were heid at the methodist church this afternoon rev powell officiating and the re mains were laid at rest in the city cemetery the funeral services of walter for per guson will be condi acted at the L D S church on burday afternoon at 2 30 0 clock |