Coalville Times | 1902-11-28 | Page 1 | Killed at Wahsatch

Killed .! Wahaalcli. i A n. an natiii'd I'lttiniin, who aaa with in here eng-iged a! enlaiglug theWah-aitch theWah-aitch tunnel, wna a. ci.li u ully kill.il lat Friday inoriiiiig, tiy iK'ing hloa n to I tiiecet a ilh il vnatiiite. Tne men hud I. mil a tinuli muaur.iiie j in the hill ri le in allien waa at.ncd the j dynamite. Thev a!ro I id a lure made j l i tl. aw out the Ir. .. li explo.ive, which I wa done bv a torch lutnu. It la thought that the lump exploited and aet fire lo tire Imx of d tiiiiuite. The tner, aeeingi the lire, knew that an t xp'oaion would occur ami ran away from the pine-. I rittiuaii. itiMcad of running awav, went j tu the iiiaaaine, ptllh-d Ofit Ihe burning l laix and la-gan throwing the atu-ka that weie on lire into the anow. They had no tinnier touched the mow than a t -r-rilh- explosion occurred, and the man waa iuatantly killed. Hit fare, both aunt and lailha lega were torn from hit Ixaly. County Attorney Callit waa notified Mud he went at once ! the acene. A Jury waa eiiip inel.'d and the verdict itiu-dried itiu-dried aaa to too effect thai the man met hia death accidentally. Ilia home wna in Kani.it City, Mo.