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Show CABLE SPLICER IS KILLED AT EUREKA El'REK'A May 20 While repair'ng I i Able at the Gemini shaft house aU yeterdu afternoon, William Mc- omb, j-,, of 424 South Firel Wait Stneal Bait 1-ake, waj fatally injured and died from his injuries early this morning MoOonw, wlio Is a cable splicer was repairing (he cable at the mine when the Clamp "n which t was held slipped, and he was caught In the siak and lifted and then thrown violently to the engine room floor, causing a fractured skull His son. L R, McComb. who was assisting t in:, called medical attention hut his father never regained consciousness. consci-ousness. He is survived by his wife and the following children, L. R William, Wil-liam, EUeanor, Allen and Kvan McComb. Mc-Comb. Mr BfoCbmh was well known In mining paiiipK of the state. He resided resid-ed many years in the Tfritlc district, but moved to Ball Lake some time ago. |