Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-15
HIS LAST SHIFT.
JOHN ISAAC MEETS DEATH IN THE
 GLOBE COPPER MINE.
No one to Blame for the Accident.
Globe silver BelL)

Early on Thursday afternoon the distressing news was received that John Isaac had been fatally injured in tine Globe mine Dr. Largent went post haste 10 the mine, but found, upon his arrival there, that his ser vices were not required as Isaac was already dead. Pending the arrival of authentic news of the accident, various rumors were aHoat in town as to the manner in which the unfortunate man met his death, and it was some time before the exact facts, as given below, could be ascertained.
 A few minutes before one o'clock Thursday, John Isaac and Josie Kins- man, timbermen, were at the sixth lev cl station in the Interloper shaft. Kinsman had just crossed over from the pump station to the opposite side in the sinking compartment ot the shaft where Isaac stood, and had his back turned to Isaac when the latter attempted to cross to the pump sta ton to get a tool, probably a square. They were in the habit of crossing the shaft -four feet wide) at this point by grasping the guide at the side and springing across, and did not consider it especially hazardous; but Isaac, probably, like many others accustom- ed to working in dangerous places, re- faxed his caution, and without looking to see if the cage was moving or not started to cross the shaft, when the shoe or else the upper cross bar of the ascending cage caught him and car ried him upwards. Evidently he at tempted to escape by sliding into the recess between the cage and wall ot the shaft, but before he could do this he was carried up and crushed between the cage and the next set of timberi 1 above.
 Kinsman testified that the first in timation he had of the accident wal hearing Isaac exclaim, My God! M. Godl Kinsman turned quickly anC pulled the bell rope and the cage wa immediately stopped, after 1t had gon, up about two sets of timbers, or + feet above the station. After the cage had cleared the first set of timbers, thu crushed body of Isaac was released and rolled over the side of the cag, and fell to the bottom of the shaft about 70 feet below, and was picked up by Messis. Dillon, Sturgeon anC Davis, employed at sinking the shaft
 They testified that Isaac lived abou one minute after they reached him but it is not probable that he was con scious after falling from the cage.
 The body was badly crushed am
 disiigured; large gash was cut in tn skull near the forehead, exposing tn
 brain, and the neck, the lower ribs Ol both sides, one leg and an arm wer broken. The body was immediatel
 hoisted to the surface, and after bein
 washed and made, in measure, pre- sentable, was conveyed to his room il
 Mrs. Moores lodging house, and a inquest held by acting corner, Jo
 Atkins, at which the evidence adduce
 agrees with the facts here given.
 John Isaac was a native of St. Aus
 tell, Cornwall, 3S years of age, and ha
 Teen resident of Gila county for III
 wards of ten years. He was first en
 ployed at the Hoosier mine, and whe
 operations ceased there he went
 Pioneer where he remained some time
 and returned to Globe in 1883, and wa
 employed in the Globe mine almo' constantly up to the time of his deatl The deceased was d worthy citizer : of quiet disposition and gentleman demeanor, and his tragic death : greatly deplored by the entire con ] munity. He was member of Glot Lodge No. 6, I. o. O. F., White Moul ,, tain Lodge, No. 3, A. F. X A. NJ, G which he held the office of w. M) an of White Mountain Chapter o. E. $.
 The funeral took place yesterday : ? o'clock D. m. from the M. E. Churc
 and was probably the largest an - most imposing ever witnessed i Globe. The cortege, composed q members of Globe Lodge No. 6, l. ( e o. F., White Mountain Chapter, N l, ?, o. E. S., and White Mountai ! Lodge, No. 3, A. F. & A. M., met f the Masonic lodge room and accompa
 jed the hearse to the church, whe
 the funeral sermon was delivered
 Rev. N. F. Norton. At the conclusiC r. of the services at the church, tl funeral procession, comprising mer n bers of the different societies, emplo {, es of the Old Dominion Copper Cor { pany, and friends and acquaintance ? of the deceased, numbering in all mo
 than 200 persons, on foot and Tn ca : riages, proceeded to the cemete ' where the impressive burial rites a the Masons and Odd Fellows were pC : formed, which closed the ceremony.