Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-02-13
DEATH OF p. DURRNBERGER,
Evidence Given at the COrOner's
o e Inquest.


Peter Durrnberger,J r., of Silver City
received fatal injuries at the Silver
Hill mine Sunday forenoon and died
at his residence Monday morning at
1 rs o'clock. ',t 71gia- as7saesi
The funeral took place at 3 80 p. NJ.
yesterday, under the auspices of the
Miners Union, the religious services
being conducted by Rev. w. r.. Jen-
vey. The attendance was very large,
and the expressip If sympathy for
the sorrowing wife and relatives was
heartfelt and general. trt
The deceased was greatly esteemed
for his many excellent qualities, and
he had served IA long time as Financial
Secretary of the Miners Union.
The inquest was held yesterday by
Justice TAFT, acting us Coroner.
E. B. Harris testified: l reside at
Virginia; am physician and sur
geon. l was called on the night of
the 10th of this month to see P.
Durrnberger. Jr. / found him at his
house IN Silver City; found he had
been injured principally in the spine /;
he had ais" other injuries, causing
partial paralysis of the lower limbs.
l remained with him about three
hours. -
p. Manson testified: reside at
Gold Hill; am a physician. 1 was
called on Sunday last to attend
p. Durrnberger, Jr. He complained
Of pain in his right side, about the
region or lis right kidney; also there
seemed to be an injury to the spine.
about the small OF the back, and one
on the right breast, over the lung.
The injuries seemed chiefly external.
He was in great deal of pain; this
was at the Silver Hill mine. He
was conveyed home, and l remained
with hlm until one O'Clock of that
day. Saw him that evening about 8
O'Clock and remained with him until
1 10 the next morning, when he died.
His death was caused by the injuries
| have testified to.
Richard Perkins testified: l live at
Gold Hull; ain foreman of the Silver
Hill mine. p. Durrnberger, Jr., work.
ed at that mine. | went down the
main shalt on Sunday last at about
10 o'clock; when ] arrived at the 444-
foot station 1 met one of the work
men; he said there was a man in the
chute. l went to the chute immedi-
ately and found it was the station
tender, Peter Durrnberger; took him
out and 10 the surface. Deceased
stated to me that he put some tools
into the giraffe and gave signal to go
to the $50, and in place Of being low
cred he was taken up and dumped
into the chute. Graham was the en-
gIneer ON SHIFT at that time. / asked
Graham how the accident happened ;
he said he got the signal all right,
made mistake and bolsted instead
of lowering. Graham had been run
ming five or six days; before that he
worked at the mine as machinist
perhaps two or three weeks. l did
not know him until he came to the
mine; he was sober man So far as
know. Durruberger had with him
when he fell into the chute some
lieks, u jackscrew aud two pieces of
iron pipe. Graham left the mine
within one hour after the accident
aud have not seen him since. IL
was customary for the station tender
to ride up and down on the giraffe.
Nelson Marcelle testified: | work
at the Silver Hill mine. AT the time
Durruberger was hurt l was at the
bottom Of the incline. Durrnber-
ger came down aud brought US some
water ard then went up to send some
dirt from the 500 station. The wit
ness and those with him tiually
learned that an accident had occurred
and went to the head of the incline,
where they saw the giraffe bottom
side up and the picks and jackscrew
in the chute.
S. b. Hillyer testified: l am chief
engineer at the Silver Hill mine.
VIM. Graham was the engineer on
the shift al the time Durrnberger was
hurt. | engaged Graham as engineer
at the Silver Hill. | have known him
one or Two years: he worked at the