Show rim three r ingree killed B by y cave in drap dragon ron bad accident took place at lo 10 cal mine wednesday after noon killing 0 L titus al ahus bingham wm newton three men lost their lives as a result of an accident at the dragon cons mine on wednesday afternoon of this week being caught beneath a big slab of iron ore which came down upon them as they were at work the victims of the act dent were 0 L titus of mammoth william newton of mona alphus alphas M bingham of spanish fork the local manager of the knight 6 proper properties ties frank birch states that these men were at work on the level of the mine and that they were engage I 1 in tal ing out iron ore the dragon company contracts the mm min ing of the iron and consequently the unfortunate men were not on the mine mines s regular pay roll but were working for fred maynard and chas bigler the contractors the big iron deposit in the dra gon is not mined in the same manner that other ore bodies of this district are handled the ground is first loosened up with giant powder and then shot down with big charges of I 1 black powder at the place where titus bingham and newton were working arrangements were being made to put in ili the black powder and while this work was under way a few tons of the ore broke loose and caught all thre of the men crush ing out their lives there were other men in that part of the mine at the time of the acci dent but they escaped injury one of the men who was killed pushing a companion to safety as tie tl e rock came down dorn and cohered covered hlin up it required but a few minutes work to recover the bodies of the three men and dr laker who mho hall hal been summoner sum monel from cureka wl en I 1 the tle news of the acci lent was first sent to the surface arrived a at t the thea mine about tl ti e 0 time tl e bodies were gerej removed ills services were noe needed however as all three must have been killed instantly the three bo lies were brought to eure ka immediately after the accident being turned over to undertaker wallace officials of the dragon cons company comi any communicated with the families of the men and have done everything possible to lighten the sorrow which tile the accident has caused tha thi is the first fatal accident in the dragon cons mine in many years notwithstanding the very ex mining operations which have been under way there 0 L titus was 40 years of age he moved his family to mammoth about a bear ear ago their former home being at Spring springville ville he lie leaves a wife and five children funeral services for mr titus will be held at mammoth this evening and the body will be shipped to mill creek for burial on saturday william newton was about 35 years of age his home was at mo na where he has a wife and several c children hildren the remains of william newton were shipped to mona on thursday morning alphus alphas bingham arrived in but a few days prior to the accident he was working n his second shift at the dragon and was temporarily I 1 making his home with mr air and mrs Will william lani lewis of mammoth mr I 1 bingham was 32 years of age and has a wife and baby living at span ish fork his body was shipped to his home the following day and bur lal took place this afternoon |