Show A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS nt alic ly u 1 of 11 ll acri lan HIM 1 iff monday afeei noon woid cimo down from the ontario mine that johnn Hoope ii miner employed in the mine hid been killed while at on the first station at no 3 shaft by a piece of timber as lagging from the evidence given by mi graces the corondi s jury it beems that lie and mr hooper n ere in low diina a stick of timber when a pank huhes and four jeet long toll a dia tince of twenty fief striking the deceased ou the head from tho of which he died in about five mikules the cause of the pank filling a riven in the testimony was lv the handling of apiece ot timber by two other men buo seemed to be above winch accidentally struck tho liggio and knocked it down mi bellivan bul livan one ot the wit neco WAS sworn and testified as folio wi when I 1 vent on shift at three the limber was about seven or eight feet above the floii of the station fred gaves told me to mind he bell rope and ordered two men to get on a islat form about six feit above the floor and guide thi timbers down I 1 edve the ene incer two adl to loner by giaves older he timber cams down a little when I 1 was ordered to ring one bell to stop it when all the men were in was ordered to ring toi etain As soon as chev be ran to lomei I 1 heird a noi e and I 1 gave ono bell to stop jut then I 1 turned around anal deceased on his sije I 1 cannot rive any reison for the plank filling as everything seemed acure when they commenced lowering the timbers pi om the above testimony it will bo can talt the chuao of mr icooper II b death wis accidental icci dental iho greatest care is in the management of the ontario so that no accidents may occur and j the few ones that hive red in tho wo feel issued circle lines is bolei abed about tha mine dr mccalla Mc FAlla who was summoned when the accident oc burred that tho plank as dis cubed in tho testimony meny wis the cause of the boath of the deceased mr hoopii was i young man probably not exceeding SO years and kaves a wife in england who will be greatly at the news of his sad death he wis a member of the paik city lodge of odd fellows and dm ing his membership conducted in the moat and hanoi able manner possible after the inquest the odd fellows took chaice of his remains and on coining they were coave cd to the L P 0 R 11 depot foi to salt lake were buried wednesday w th the con ois ot the cordei of which he was an exemplar member the remains were escorted to the depot at this place by a luge number ot odd fellow and sll the attention RI en them that was in the power ot the lodge hero to extend in tho death of mi hooper the clodgo looses member his bo loved wife a devoted husband and his associates and fellow workmen a kind ind considerate companion com pinion the folio ving is the verdict of the coroners Coio ners jur or UTAH an inquisition held at ontario mine city precinct summit county utah lein toron the of novem her before A J booie coroner of baid count upon the body of john hoodei there dead by tha jurors choso whoso names are hereto sub iho said jurors upon their haiha do say thit the said john hooper camo to hi death by a plank falling ard striking him upon tho head said i dath ft a caused accidentally no blam being attributable to anyone M wa jurors gi JAMISON subscribed and sloin to lefore mo this daydif november IB fi A J coroner wednesday forenoon icci dent occurred in which thomasr chec ler was the victim ho wis driving an ox team over the marsac avenue grade toward the ontario hull when ho slipped sli pied and broke his left leg between iho ankle and knee hia dembei was set by dr mcfalls and he was convened home byl A ander one eav thit at the time of the accident sheelei had an of tho ardent on board which our informant who saoko alleges was the main causo of abo accident the frozen and slippery condition oatlie road evidently had more to di with it than his being 1 fiill had if he had been sober possibly he liht have escaped with less injuries iho doc toi anide his patient as as he coald although V heeler ho said seemed to suffer during alo operation of setting tho frac tried limb we hope to seo him around acain soon but ho will be confined to his homo foi several becki bs foro ho can be ablo to get around again |