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Show ANACONDArMONT. . Robert - J. Templeton and Dennis Haggerty fell through the roof of the converter building at the Washoe smelters smel-ters about 8:30 o'clor last Tuesday morning and received fatal injuries. 1 They were both carpenters and were 1 engaged in repairing the galvanized iron roofing when In some way they fell thirty-five or forty feet to the floor below. . . .-... Haggerty ; struck on a, wheelbarrow and his ribs were crushed, besides inflicting in-flicting wounds on the lungs. He also has a broken foot and bruises about I i the body. He' lived at 217 East Com- j I meicia! avenue ant! had a wife. Mrs. j j Maiy Haggerty. and eight children, j i Misses Sadie and Gracie and three j boys, John. Willie and Emmetr, be-s.des ! three married daushtcts, Mrs. B. Ho- i gan. Mrs. B. Leonard and Mrs. Louts j Christy. Mr. Templeton landed on the iron I floor on his hips and suffered from in- j ternal injuries and stioek that. maV his heart action very weak. lie was j at the head of the carpenters' union for i several years and i;- very well known j in the cits-. i Both men were cared for at St. Ann's J hospital by Dr. McKenzie. Templeton died about 12 o'clock the j same day. Death came at the end of . a sudden sinking spell. Haggerty died j in the afternoon. Mr. Tomplt-ton was a very well known and old citizen of Anaconda, having come here nineteen years as". He was u prominent and active worker 'n the Methodist church, a member and past grand master of the Odd Fellows' t lodge, and was candidate for county J treasurer on U?- Republican ticket at ; the last election, but was defeated. Ih j was 54 yvi rs old. j Mr. Templeton leaves a wife and fairv 1 ily of five ohildrev four daughters. ! Inora. Mary. Myrtle and .Minnie, and . j 7-yaer-oid son, Rvrs-'X'. The deceased I was a brother of Mrs. Hash Gilchrist of Anaconda and of Mrs. .1. M. temper , of Butte. His mother and another sis- I ter live near Knoxville. Ia. |