The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-26
.STATE NEWS
DAlY.WEST ACCIDENT
BY Breaking of StuII Heavy
Rock Falls on Miner, lnflict-
ing Fatal injuries.

Park City, Jan. 25,-At the residence OF
MS NikseH- Warren Jackman lies ~ q
critical condition and little hope Tor his
recovery * entertained as result OF an
accident at the Daly-WeSt mine late last
eNeninS. Air. Jackman was employed as
miner ana was az work on the 6o0-foot
level Of the mine The accident occur
red ST loading time and Jackman was in
q STOPPING position putting powder into
hole be had drilled when a stuli which
supported q quantity Of loose rock broke
and allowed the mass &c fail catching
Jackman and pinnlng him underneath
huge boWider weighing about "a thousand
pounds. 4 number of other employees of
the company saw and heard the crash
and went at once 10 the unfortunate
man assistance. SO great was the rock
which held Jackmau that it was found
almost impossible to remove il without
breaking u with hammers The level on
winch Jackman was working is q blind
level and no station entrance IS had 10
II, ana the removal of the injured man
70 the surface became quite . problem.
FINALLY box was made and Jachman was
lowered by means of ropes TO the S0-foot
level and from there taken on TOP, aud
DrS. W3rde and Bardlslcy summoned.
They found that Air Jackman had sus-
tanned fracture of several ribs, his back
bone frighUully injured and q number
Of cuts about the head. As any one of
the aboYe injuries would be almost enough
20 ki} man. no hope is had for Jack
man : recovery.
The injured man is an old resident of
81 IA bctlS dbyf4A - years DIG dUu nav
ing lived here nearly All his life. He
has q wife in Salt Lake. TO whom he
vas married about two years ago. The
mother of the injured man, Mrs. .. NJ.
BrimhaH, resides here. a brother OF Dir.
jackman. Ray JacRman. was one OF the
victims OF the DAILY West accident q lit
tie over Il year ago lt was thought that
il would be possible 70 remove the in
Jured man TO Salt Lake to the hospital
this afternoon, but it is thought that his
condition IS TOO critical
The remains of John BrOckiehurst. who
died here Saturday evening of old age.
were taken To Charleston today for burial.
The funeral Of Gladys. the f2-year-oid
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. q. !. Hedges.
was held yesterday. Rev. q. f. Cook Of
the Methodist church Officiated and de-
itvered a very touching address on the
occasion.
Phil sullivan. a miner, was yesterday
afternoon relieved Of q large sum Of
money by some thief unknown as vet TO
the police Mr.. Sullivan had been drink
ing aud on going into certain saloon
here he states. that after taking "a drink
or two he became unconscious and upon
awakening found that his money Was
gone. This Is the second time that Suiu-
van has been robbed here i'm town and
the police are eXerting themselves to solve
the mystery. The fact that Sullivan had
the money is borne out hv several who
knew that all day Sullivan had been CAR
rying large sum OF money around with
him.
AR and Mrs. l. b. Wight entertained
at dinner last evening at their home.
John Deim was q passenger on the in-
coming tarin.
Rev. Z. J. Goshen Of salt Lake is in
Park and viii deliver "A lecture on Martha
Luther this evening at the Congregational
church. under the auspices OF the Woln-
ans athenaeum of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Rood were among
the morning arrivals
J. J. Daily aud John 4IcSOTley OF the
Daly-JUdge We're on the incoming traia
this morning and went at once 20 the
property.
Amos Mosher returned this morning
from q snort visit 10 Salt Lake with his
family.
\ ". Dunyon was on the incoming
train this morning.
Mrs. Charles Lorriug of salt Lake IS
IN Park for few days.
". /. Dennis of the bureau OF animal
industry was Park City visitor.
Mrs. j. G Weeter of POcatellO. Idaho
Is in Park on p short visit with friends
Mrs. Annie McGTaw of the II. $. .Asch-
hiem Mercantile company returned FROM
salt Lake, where she has been on "a short
vacation.
Prot ". r. Janey was on this morn
iug's incoming train.
Mrs Anna Workman returned this
morning from a short visit TO friends
in Salt Lake
E. J. Murphy spent the day in Park on
business.