The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-04-25
HIS BONES DISCOVERED
THE AFFAIR IS A MYSTERY
He Went to Repair q Furnace and
Was Not SEEN Afterward-
Overcome by the In
tense Heat.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch 10 the Standard
GREAT FALLS, April 2l.-A handful OF
charred and crumblin9 bones st tho
morsuc 10 oil that remains Of what was
mortal OF John Sandberg, tho furnsce-
man, whose mysterious disappsaraneo
was related in the STANDARD three weeks
ago. Sandber. was employed by the Bos-
ton q Montana company. and whom last
seen left his boarding place intending, -
he remarked TO soms OF his friends, to
mako some repairs on one OF rotary
calcining furnaces Mt the smelter. He
did not return that day, nor the next, and
his mates became much worried about
him, as he was known to have been some
what under the influence Of liquor at the
time OF his departure from his room.
Another day passed. and still there was
no trnce Of Sandberg. Thoroughly
alarmed by this time. the mans friends
made diliscnt search for him, but could
learn nothing further than the fact that u
laborer at the smeitcr had soon him enter
the manhole Of the furnace which no In.
tended to repair. Nobody had seen him
since that time. and the belief became
current. as stated in the STANDARD, that
tho unfortunate man had in some way
fallen into the main fluc. which leads to
the big stack Of the smelter. and there.
overcome By tho intense heat and the
poisonous gases Of combustion, he had
met his death.
Several attempts were made to deter.
minc whether his body was In the hue or
not, but none of them were successful. A
lantern was lowered into the fue through
q man hole. but the heat wns 50 intense
that tho lantern frame was almost in
stantly melted. THIS WAS sufficient evt-
dence that II the man had entered tho
fiuc, he must have been killed instantly.
SO great was the heat.
His friends held persistently to tho
theory that Sandberg had met his death
In this way. but. as his body must have
been consumed by tho heat, and therefore
could not bs recovered. the furnace fires
were not drawn. aud the fate Of the miss
! ing man remained q matter Of speculation
| until to-day. when the fiue was searcheds
the fires having been drawn Yesterday.
The examination Of the hue led to the
| discovery. In its lower extremity, OF heap
Of charrcd and blackensd bouss. vhinh
was all that remainsd Of the aniostunats
f-as- Beside No rkDsss were . pair Of
steel shoe buckles and the metal parts Of
q pocket knife. which SandberR's friends
identified a. having belonged to him.
| Tho remains were gathered up and
brought TO this city. where the coroner
held an inquest this afternoon. Several
Witnesses were examined. but nothing
new was developed. His friends at ths
boarding house testified to hts departure
to repair the furnace. and the man vhe
saw him enter the rotary cylinder told
his tale. Several smelter men
we're questioned. and expressed theiI
| A. k<.s t,~ sv1NSI thRasnm4
the lateral aud into the main fiue whses
the homes we're found. What prompted
him 10 do this 10 not known, He was no'
intoxicated to Q degree which would rem
der him unconscious Of what he was do
ing.
Sandbern was about % years Of aRs and
unmarried. He came TO Great Falls from
Anaconda whom the Boston q Montana
works started.