The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-12
FALLING WALL
KILLED MAN
John Mqs . st His Life at
" y re & Morse
=. Quarry
SKULL FRACTURED;
INSTANT DEATH
Breaking Of Derrick Rope
Let Weight Fall Against
Unfinished Wall

| John Moore was instantly killed at
Websteryille. yesterday afternoon while
working at the Wetmore & Morse quar-
Try. Moore was employed as carpen-
| ter and rgger and all-around handy
man at the quarry and was engaged in
building a small stone wall on the bank
lof the quarry near the engine house
when he met his death. Quarrymen were
less than minute in reaching him when
they saw the little wall crumble and
push the carpenter toward the bank
He was dead, even then, and DR.. n. E.
Avery and Health Officer DIR. i. II.
Bailey who examined the body after
wards said that death must have been
instantaneous.
For nine years Moore had been EN-.
ployed by Wctmore & Morse. Much of
the heavy construction work at the
quarry made demands on his time and
let other times he was employed at
odd jobs around the engine house and
down in the quarry. Yesterday he had
started the erection of a small stone
wall on the brink of the quarry hole To
aid in the work he had installed hand
derrick and il was while he was swing
ing stone into position that the rope
broke, letting sizeable block of gran
ite down into the unfinished wall. Moore
was below the mass of stones when ii
came tlImbling down the slope Before
he could reach place of safety he was
wedged between two heavy blocks. One
of them struck him on the head and the
doctors who examined the body soon
afterwards said that death was directly
die to fracture Of the skull. He was
otherwise bruised but not badly.
Quarrymen who rushed to his aid were
put to considerable effort in releasing
the body. Ii was carried to the engine
house.
The mans wife and his brother, who
is employed on the Wells -Lamson quar-
ry not far away, were notified of his
death. Health Officer Bailey ordered the
remains removed to Moore's home. The
deceased was IS years old and leaves a
daughter, aged 10. besides his wife, who
Mas formerly Miss Wark of Webster
vile. and two brothers, James Moore.
Of Websterville and Andrew Moore. who
lives in Canada. The deceased was born
in Craig Road, so called, near Leeds, p.
O.. around 30 years ago and came to
Nebsteryille II years ago. He was
widely known in Barre Town and the
news OF his nntimely end viii come as
a shock to many.
Friends March to Barre With Body.
Out of respect TO the memory of the
deceased, all operations on the Wetmore
& Morse quarry We're suspended to-day.
Prayer services were held at the mans
home this morning and later in the fore
noon the remains were brought to this
city, where they were taken over the
Montpelier & Wells River railroad at
1925 this afternoon to Leeds, where
the funeral will be held tomorrow The
viii also be made in Leeds
The funeral cortege was one of the
largest ever seen in the quarry district
Upwards of 100 quarryworkers, foremen
and other employees of Wetmore g.
Morse, acted as foot escort for the
remains, walking from Webstervile to
the NJ. & w. r. station in front OF the
hearse. A long line of teams, number
ing more than 40, also accompanied the
body to this city, There were many
floral offerings and everywhere in the
settlements where the de-
ceased was known there were express
sions of deep grief over his tragic end.