The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-09-26
MAN MEETS DEATH BY 0VERTURN|NG
 OF CONVERTER
P. J. Summers, EmpIoye of A. c Shelter, Sustains Severed Artery, and Within Few Minutes Dies
 From Loss of Blood.


 At about ten o'clock, on Wednes- | day, September 24, F. J. Summers, | an employee of the Arizona Copper | company's old shelter, met his death | by the overturning of portion Of a | converter, which had been lowered from it's position that it might be re- paired. the smelter since February of this year, and had been working with the repair gang. At the time of the ac- cident, he was engaged in repairing parts of converters which had been lowered by cranes from their posi- tions for the purpose of being repair ed The top had been removed from a converter, and had been left stand ing upon the ground a short distance from the main body of the converter from which it had been removed.
 The unfortunate man, with ID. Townsend and a Mexican named Apodaca, was engaged in repairing what is known as a wind plate. Sum- mers was astride the wind plate, when the converter top, without any known cause, overturned, and caught the un- fortunate man between the wind plate and the ground, the pressure of the great weight of the converter top causing the wind plate to pierce his left thigh, cutting completely apart the femoral artery, which supplies blood to the leg.
 The injured man was immediately removed from the wreckage above him, but it was soon seen that his death was inevitable. Mayor Fraser, superintendent of the smelter, at once stopped a passing train, and the dying man was placed aboard it, and carried to the Arizona Copper con- pany's hospital He died almost as soon as reaching the hospital, the opinion of Dr. Smith, of the hospital being that the wound was of necessity fatal, and that death in all probability, would have ensued, even had lmmed1- ate medical attention been given. The nature of the wound was such and the size of the severed blood vessel so large, that the loss of blood was so rapid that death must have soon enSueds 7i
 The deceased was unmarried, and to the knowledge of his acquaintances, had no relatives in this section. For some time, he had been lodging at the home of J. Simms. According to information obtained by Judge Leon ard from the Postal Department, the man was born in Germany, was forty three years of age,and his father S name is Mathews Summers. This is the toatl information of the man, concerning his antecedents.
 At the coroner's inquest, which was held under the direction of Judge Leonard, at the Pascoe undertaking rooms on the day of the death, the yer dict was that the deceased came to his death because of the overturning Of the top of a converter, the weight of the converter pressing the man against the wind plate, $upon which he was placed, and severing the femoraI artery, the result being that his death was caused by the loss of blood. The jury was composed of: Drew Underwood, foreman; S. c. Swift, J. T. Holman, R. B. Marlin, J L, Await, B. V. Kearney.
 No reason has been determined for the overturning of the converter top It was suggested that the cooling of the lining of the top, the converter having just been moved from the place of operation followed by contraction. and it was thought poSSl bIe that the contraction might have shifted the weight of the mass, with the result that it was overturned. Il was stated by smelter employees who were examined by witnesses, thai the accident was the first of the k1no at the smelter, although repair work of that nature is an ordinary part ol the Smelter'S operation.
 Townsend was standing with the deceased at the time of the accident and barely escaped being caught by the falling mass, and mashed agalnsl the earth. As it was, he sustained a slight bruise of the arm, the mass grazing that member.
 The funeral was held Thursday af ternoon, interment being at the Ma sonic cemetery. The authorities made every effort to establish com fnunication with relatives, but failed to obtain any information in that re spect, other than as above stated.