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Show MET A HORRIBLE DEATH. Pumpman Killed While Working in Shaft nt Butte. Rutle, Mont, Sept 13 -Charles Masters, Mas-ters, n pumpman, met death this morning morn-ing nt 10 o clock while working In the Prank shaft of tho Northern Pacific lease Masters, together Willi Robert McLaughlin nnd Robert Lewis, wero engaged in placing some pipe In Iho shaft with a view tn pumping out the water, nf which there was about thirty feet At tho lime of Dm arcldint Masters was standing nn n rung nf the shaft ladder, iibnut sixty feet be. Inw tho surface Mclaughlin nnd Lewis were above him on tho lad ler and were lowering by means of a ropo a II Ine h pit o 10 feet long and ver) henv) Masters was directly be nenlh nnd looking down when Ihe rope supporting the pipe brnki the lower end striking Mnslers squarely nn the head and knocking hlin off the ladder lad-der In the pump n distance of sixteen feet below When Mnstera fell Ida Inly struck tho steam exhaust, loos, enlng It and the steam poured out In a blinding cloud, burring ami blistering blis-tering him In n horrible manner Tho two companions of tho unfortunate mm hastened to his assistance but when they reached him ho was dead |