The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-23
FOUND IN The stump
They We're Buried In Several Feet
of Dirt at the Bottom OF the
Shaft-But q Mass Of Flesh
and Broken Bones.
Special Correspondence OF the standard.

BUTTE, July 2.-As stated In this morn
ing's STANDARD. strenuous efforts were
being made last ni2ht to reach the two
bodies still In the stump of the Anaconda
mine. Owing 20 the prevalence of gas
and heated air in the bottom of the shaft,
work was very hard and during the night
the miners worked I'm shifts Of only five
minutes each.
In the stump was a few inches of water.
while all efforts to find the bodies seemed
at first unsuccessful Digging In the earth
of the stump, OF the bodies was finally
found at q o'clock this morning, buried
under several feet of dirt. At 0 o'clock
this morning the other body was found OIL
the opposite side of the shaft, also buried
In the earth.
and taken to Sherman's undertaking
rooms. The bodies were n mere mass of
battered flesh and bones, all in pieces and
unrecognizable except by the clothing.
While the undertaken was preparing
the bodies for burial, George w. Newkirk
nj the Mining Journal Office. Ii developed
little new, the evidence being about the
same as in the other inquest.
Matt Sullivan, who resides in Dublin
gulch. said he was acquainted with Pat
rick Murphy and Tim Kelleher, who are
HOW utuu. VII tue IlpFutI1R Oh TIC lire AT
the Anaconda, November -, he was at
work on the 200. He gave a signal for the
cage and Murphy and kelleher came
down on the cage m went down to the
200 and found "A man named Lyons
AT the mouth of the cross-cnt.
The three got him on the
cage and gave the signal to hoist. Before
reaching the top, Murphy and Kelleher
fell or. The witness knew at the time Of
Ia descent there was n fire and went
down to see IL there were any men they
could help. The witness did not know at
what point his companions fell oil.
Jacob Oliver deputy mining inspector,
said he visited the mine in his official ca
pacity his morning. He went down the
shaft and found that the deceased came
to their death by falling from the cage
into the stump and that after al investiga-
ton he is satisfied there was no M TO
blame. Since the day of the accident he
pam have done everything that
human ingenuity could suggest to re-
cover the bodies. On the morning of the
recovery, the rescuing party was worked
in shifts OF not more than four or five min
utes each, on account OF the extreme
heat. The bodies were i'm the stump and
there must have been three or four feet
of earth upon them, which had ccumu
lated since the accident.
DIR. j. A. Trembley, the county physi-
cian, was sworn, and testified that in his
official capacity he had viewed the bodies
and found that death had ensued from ac-
cident.
The following verdict was then pre-
pared and signed by the jurymen:
STATE or MONTANA, l..
CorNTN or SiLNER Bow. ~
An inquisilion held at Butte City, Mont ON
the I'D day ~ July before George w. Newkirk,
acting coroner ~ said county, upon the bodies
,yin. ,ia,I nv H.. iprnrs whos" names mr.. here
unto subscribed, tile said Jurors upon their oaths
do say; We find that Tie said Patrick Murphy
aud Timothy kelleher came 10 then, deaths on
The morning OF November y IN the shat OF the
,,iii"n s,a, n', ~ eat, nna a ~ AUS n ~ o, W. Mas ny
hx snnnc,,iio" NJ" a:co,n, ~ ,a,sas nnsinc,sL NV
n IRE In The mine
And We further ina thai the officers and EN-
ployes of the Anaconda company did everything
IN their power 20 prevent loss OF life or accident,
Anu ~, 10 oe n'Enly r1ann'rnu,u ior 'h'ir heroic
E,,iber w. nnJ thai nv liam. Whatever can
be attached 10 said Anaconda company or any
Of its officers.