The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-07-21

sop mills, IN tins city, was Instantly
killed yesterday morning shortly after
the mill started up He was employed
on the log deck, a position Of danger
but being a careful man, he was en-.
trusted with the position. A large log
was on the carriage and one slab had
been cut off His duty was to remove
q block under the log when the nigger
had pushed II over, 80 as 10 turn il on
the carriage. BY some miscalculation,
he started 10 put the block in. or take
Il out too soon. and the Niger came up,
pinning his head between II and the
log, crushing his head in a frightful
manner. A coroner's jury was empanel.
led to enquire into the cause of his
death, composed Of the followingi
Adolph Johnson, A. l.. Clark, George
y. Parker. j. Strauss. Charles Bohr and
Thed Brc'tnser. The following rvi.
dencc was given at the inquest:
DR. II. L. Henderson was called and
testified as follows; II examined the
deceased and found his head completely
crushed, the skull being crushed and
the brain destroyed and disappeared.
The accident would produce instant
death. ] am not acquainted with the
deceased, but have seen him. do not know
his name Of my knowledge
H. u. Dyer was sworn and testified.
II am the general superintendent Of the
Clat.op mill and vice. president. !
know Henry Roe, the deceased. !
should judge that he was about Is yeats
OF age. He was employed at the mill
on the log deck. Jaw him there this
morning, alive, about ten minutes after
I o'clock. He was in his normal eondi.
tion. lie has been employed at the mill
since December, 1902, and was careful
and sober man. He was working under
the mill foreman. J. c. McRoberts.
saw him when he got killed Mr.. Frank
Gamble, the head sawyer, was there at
the time, He got his head between one
Of the arms Of the log turner and the log
on the carriage can't account for the
accident, it was simply unacountable;
II was what he was doing every day.
The machinery was all right. There
was no carlessness on the part Of Mr..
Gamble nor any one else. No one was
TO blame but himself. II was an unac.
countable accident. I don't understand
how he could have dore it.
Frank Gamble was the next witness
and testified as follows 81 am head
sawyer at the Clatsop mills and was
working there this morning | knew
Henry Roe, he was working at the mill
on the deck. saw him when he got
killed. lie was about 10 feet from me.
He was in his normal condition. He was
a good, sober, capable man. He was
on the forward push arm on the
log carriage He put his head between
the push arm and the log, while the
push arm was coming up from the floor.
He reached to take block from under
the log after the steam was turned on
the nigger. | made an effort to stop
the arm, but il could not be stopped in
time, ] realized the danger and reyers.
ed the lever as soon as possible, but it
was too late. There was no one else
in sight except Mr.. Dyer After the
niger shoves the log he should take
nut the block, but he seemed to forget |
himself, as the push arm was coming up
he made dive for the block. He did
iot wait until the push arm showed the
og back, as is customary. He seemed
o have made false move. The force
vas turned of and there was not suf.
icient force to move the log, but force
'nough 10 crush his skull"
After taking the testimony the Judge
listed the mill. The log and everything
we're left as il was when the accident oc.
urred so the jury could better inves.
igate 1t. The appearance Of everything
I the mill corroborated the evidence OF
he witnesses and showed that neither
IT. Gamble OF any one else was to blame
nd the accident could not have been
voided except by Mr.. Roe himself. The
iry returned the following verdict;
Eve, the undersigned jurors, sworn
o enquire into the cause of the death
1 Henry Roe, on oath do find that he
ame to his death on the Goth day OF
uly 1905, at the ClatsOp mill at As.
oria, Clatsop county, Oregon, and that
is death was accidental"
Henry Il, Roe was native of Ar. !