The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-07-04
HARRY FURMAN
Instantly Killed In a Colorado Quartz
Mill.
Particulars of the Sad Accident rs Sent
To His Father.

Below is copy of a letter receiv-
ed by Mr.. l. N. Furman, of Randall,
containing the shocking news of the
sudden death of his son Harry in
Colorado on June 18th.
/. ". Farmdn, Esq, Randall, W. va:
Trout LAKE, Colo, June 20, 1891.
My Dear Sir: IT is with great re-
greet that l am compelled to write you
of your sons death, which occurred
in the mill of this company on the
morning of the 18th. | will try and
be as explicit as is possible and give
you all of the details of the exceed
ingly sad occurrence: Harry com
menced work for this Company on
the 10th day of May and in the short
time that he was with us became the
favorite of us all, as from his gentle
manly manners and kindness of
heart he would naturally do. He
seemed to have no bad habits at all,
and was kind and congenial to ev-
cry one; was also very willing
worker and was willing to do any
thing that came to hand; we had
concluded to teach him the way to
work some special machine in the
mill and keep him as long as he car
ed to stay with us. For the time he
was running the elevator that hoist
ed the ore from the mill to the top,
and was also taking care Of the rolls
that we have in the mill, that is, it
was his business to see that they
were oiled once day; this he did
but do not think that he ever start
ed up to oil this machine except he
was warned by the mill foreman,
who thought great deal of Harry,
to be careful and not get caught in
the cog wheels. On the morning of
the 18th, just before starting the ore
down, but after the machinery had
started, the foreman told him to be
careful in oiling the machinery, and
he started up, the next seen of him
was his body falling to the ground,
a distance of about 30 feet; no sound
had been heard but the foreman saw
an object falling and ran there, and
was horribly shocked to find that it
was poor Harry. In STOPPING over
to oil the boxes his jacket was evil
IDENTIFY unbottoned and one corner of
it was caught in the cog wheels and
dragged his head down and through
the cogs before he could even make
known his position. 1t was horri-
BILE way to have to die, but we have
this consolation: the poor boy did
not know what hurt him it was done
so quickly. sent a man over to
Ophir at once to find out from Mr..
Guseman your address, and while
the man was gone we went up to
Harry's room and found his small
satchel, on looking through this we
found both your address and also
one G. G. Meyers, of Folsam, N. NJ,
who / took to be relative, so l
wired you both, and not hearing from
you sent to our nearest town, Tel
luride, and had casket sent out,
and we then had Harry fixed up as
nicely as we could and on yesterday
morning we took him over to Tellu-
ride, a distance of Is miles, where
they have a very nice graveyard {;
there we took him to the undertake
er's rooms. and at 2 o'clock the
hearse carried him to the only
church in town, the Congregation
alist, and after services there every
one was taken by carriages to the
graveyard and saw him inferred.
Mr.. Guseman was at the fu-
neral and told me that Harry's
trunk was at his place. All
that he had here was small satch-
Ell, in it were his letters, and we have
a little money belonging to him in
our possession, these we will forward
to you or to whoever you will instruct
US to.
After the funeral was all over
received a telegram from you, which
| at once answered Now Mr.. Fur
man if there is anything that l can
do to serve you in your sad misfor-
tune, beg you to command me, l
am ready to do anything can for
you in the matter, and if at any time
you should want Harry's body taken
up and sent you / will attend to
it, or anything else that you
may desire l will be very glad to at
tend to for you. Believe me yours,
in sincere sympathy,
J. W. MASON.