The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-28
PRONE BENEATH PILE OF PINE
 WORKMAN DIES
Too Faithful Laborer Met His End in the Perform ance of Task Not I'm
 posed Upon Him.
Wife Falls Unconscious When News of Her Be reavement Is Conveyed to Her-Foreman of Lumber Yard Denies Responsibil- ifv

Crushed to death this morning under . pile of falling -timbers at the yards of the Frank Miller Lumber company. Alexander Horhwath paid the penalty of an obliging disposition. The man was 3I years of age and the employe pf E. R. Greene, truckman. 6S8 Howard avenue.
 Soon after o'clock Horhwath ar rived at the Miller yard for a load of heavy yellow pine planking to be de- iivered at the Fairfield Rubber Works, for the Park City Lumber company.
 The employees of the Miller yard were sent to the pile, of yellow pine plank to load Horhwath'S wagon In loading, the middle of the pile was re- moved, leaving two stacks about 10 fee' in height, and one bland wide, standing. Horhwath. although not supposed to do any of the loading. except when the sticks were turned over to him from the pile. approached the single stack upon which the men were at work and attempted to put a roller under the blanks. The pile was not very secure and the movements of the man on the top toppled it over. Horh- wath was caught and his life was crushed out in an instant. His body lay beneath a dozen heavy yellow pine timbers foot wide and three inches thick Yard Foreman Reardon was
  immediately and ordered the mass of timber removed fAbm the body.
 The emergency ambulance was call ed. but it was only needed to remove the remains to Rourke & Rourke's
 Funeral Director James T. Rourke took the reporters in his automobile to the home of the dead man at PIP Pine street. The wife and an infant child of the victim of the accident were found there. The. wife was ignorant of the terrible bereavement which haG befallen her and was calmly washing. She could not speak English and was unable to understand the efforts being made 70 tell her of her loss. -.'
 Beniamin Bleier. a baker. at 200 Pine street. was called. He broke the news to the woman with as much considera- tiOn as possible. The woman had wondered at the presence of the funer-' al director and reporters, but when she waS made. to understand why they were there she gave an agonized cry of grief and fell to the floor. Sym pathetic neighbors took charge of her
 Horhwath was a valued employe of E. R. Green. the truckman,. for whom he had worked for four years He was sober and industrious and good workman. He came to this country from Hungary. eight years ago. He has lived in the house at PIP Pine street for three months. He has only one child in this county, but supported six try.
 Yard Foreman Reardon. at the 1um- Der yard. said that he regretted the accident very much. but declared it was entirely out of his Jurisdiction. The dead man was not compelled to assist in removing the blanks from the pile and was only expected to take them when turned over to him to be placed on his wagon. It is at all times dangerous to pass between the piles of heavy blanks and the employees of the yard are very cautious. He could not see. he said. that any one was to blame for the accident but Horhwath him self.
 The body was viewed at Rourke & Rourke's morgue by Medical Examiner Downs. who found the skull crushed crushed in. In fact that is hardly a whole bone in the victims body. The medical examiner gave his decision ac- cording to the facts. without comment.