The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-22
EDWARD CARRIERS DEATH
An Investigation Made by Coro-
ner Julien.
HE SUFFERED TERRIBLY
Caught and Buried Beneath Fall Of
Ground in the Diamond Mine.
He Was Injured
Internally.


tier, as the deceased was known among
his fellow workmen, was Investigated
last evening by Coroner Julien at an
inquest held at Duggan's undertaking
rooms. Cartier was shoveling in one
of the drifts on the 900 foot level of the
Diamond mine week ago when a fall
of ground which occurred caught and
buried him beneath it. He was taken
to ST. James hospital where he died
Sunday morning from peritonitis, re-
sulting from internal injuries.
DIR. M G. Macnevin, who attended the
deceased, said that Cartier suffered
| terribly from shock when he reached
| the hospital, and was almost pulseless.
He had an arm and leg terribly crushed
and several bad bruises. After being
| dressed he seemed to revive and APP
| peared to improve for a couple of days.
| About 48 hours before death, symptoms
I of internal injuries appeared and peri
| tonitis developed, from which he died.
| The man, though apparently strong,
! was not one who could withstand SER
ious injuries as some men would.
| Patrick Ambrose, miner at the Dia-
mond, was working about three feet
| from Cartier. Witness saw him pass
| with his car and few minutes later
heard him call for help. Witness and
! his partner went to his assistance and
extricated him from the ground that
had fallen on him. When witness reach
| ed him a rock weighing perhaps 100
| pounds lay on his left side. The ground
in this particular spot was sort of
talcy and would slack off. The ground
| fell away from the foot wall 10 or Is
| feet from the breast.
| Pa an ~
| ners with the preceding witness, gave
| practically the same testimony as Am
| brose. Cartier did not tell witness any
thing about the accident.
Mike Roddy was running the car for
| Cartier while he did the shoveling.
| They had been working about three
hours. Witness was at the station at
| the time and knew nothing Of the cir
| cumstances, and Cartier made no state
ment to him. Witness did not consider
| the ground as bad. Witness was in the
breast prior to the fall and knew the
| ground had been picked down. In re-
| Spouse to a question, the witness said
it was the duty of the miners coming
on in the morning to- pick down the
| loose ground.
Martin Higgins was working on the
| 500 and heard of the accident, but knew,
| nothing about 1t. 1t was part of the
| duties of witness and his partner to
| pick down the loose ground at the back
| after the blasting of the night before.-
! This they did, and they regarded the
| ground as perfectly safe.
Thomas Mularky, partner Of the pre-
ceding witness, told of helping to pick
| down the loose ground at the back
Witness and his partner drilled the day
| previous, and in accordance with Gus
tom went back in, on going to work the
next day, to pick down the loose ground.
He regarded the ground as reasonably
! safe, though it was somewhat soft
along the foot wall. Witness and his
did not finish. On the next shift two
other miners finished putting in the
| holes and blasted and on the subse-
quent shift witness and his partner
came back on and did the picking.
Foreman Joseph McGinnis said he
went into the drift with Cartier about
8 o'clock in the morning. The ground
| looked perfectly safe. Witness examin-
ed the ground after the fall. He thought
the ground that fell simply Stacked
| away.
Superintendent James Higgins ex-
| planned the nature of the ground. He
| said it was rather treacherous, and
| sometimes after blasting and the loose
| ground had been picked down. it will
| slack away, perhaps IN an hour or
two. This happened occasionally but
| not often, and could not be avoided.
| Deputy Mlue inspector FRANK Ii I'M
| ter told of the investigation of the &C.
| cident. This was sometime prior to
| Carriers death, and from the surround
ings he did not think the man could be
| badly hurt, as the amount of ground
| that fell was small. The place was in
proper condition and he thought the ac-
| cident was purely unavoidable. Had
| he been miner working in the same
| place, he would not have regarded it
as at all dangerous. Witness thought
| Cartier must have been STOPPING over
| close to the foot-wan or the ground
| sliding out from the foot-wall could
hardly have caught him to injure him
| as it did.
The jury rendered verdict to the eff
| feet that deceased came to his death
| from peritonitis which developed from
| internal injuries sustained by being
| struck by fall of ground in the Dia-
| mond, and found the accident to have
| been unavoidable.
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