The diamond drill., 1918-06-22
ALL VICTIMS
were RECOVERED
LAST OF AMASA-PORTER DEAD
WAS TAKEN FROM MINE SAT.
CORRECTED LIST OF VICTIMS
Company Went to Great Expense
to Recover Victims of Accident
and Deserves Great Credit


Last week we reported that two
victims Of the Amasa-P Porter mine
| accident remained to be found. The
two bodies were recovered late Satur-
day night so that last Sunday saw all
of the bodies taken out OF the mine
and buried in the local cemetery.
An inquest was held over each of
the bodies as they were recovered and
the following verdict returned by the
jury is identical with that found in
each case. IL reads:
State of Michigan, County of Iron
S.
An Inquest taken at the Amasa-Por-
ter mine in the township OF Crystal
Falls in said county, on the eighth
day OF June, 1918, before me w. X.
| DAWSON, esquire, one OF the coroners
of said county. upon the view or the
body OF Jack Karie, there lying dead.
by the oaths of the Jurors whose
names are hereto subscribed, who be-
ing sworn to inquire in behalf OF tho
people OF this state, when, in what
manner and by what means the same
Jack Karie came TO his death, upon
their oath do say, that the said Jack
Karie, on the twenty-fiTst day of Feb
ruary, A. d.. 1918. while employed in
gatd Avnaga Dnrtow nina In al
that accidentally, casually and by
misfortune, he, the. said Jack Karie,
was caught in rush OF sand and wa
ter and there In said mine injured,
suffocated and drowned, OF which in
juries, suffocating and drowning he,
the said Jack Karie, then and there
instantly died, that It appears 70 the
jurors that the Judson Mining Co,
operating said mine. and all OF the
officials and agents OF said company
took all possible precaution to pre-
vent the thrush OF said flood OF water
and sand that human foresight and
skill could employ under such cir
cumstmces; and so the jurors afore
said do say that the said Jack Karie,
in manner and by some rleans afore-
said, accidentally. casually and by
misfortune came to his death and moi
Otherwise
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF the
said coroner and the jurors Of this in
quest have hereunto set their hands
the day and year Aforesaid
Il. B. webb, Jas. II. Bowdrn, Edw
Pingelly, Ira odgers, Knud Nelson,
Joe Fauri
w. X. DAWSON, Coroner
The corrected list OF names Of those
killed In the accident is as follows
bvictor KivimaSSi. John Sartorl, Chas. |
Kniivila, Jack Ellis, John Johnson. |
James Rudic. John A. johnson, An J,
drew Sands, Erick Erickson, Theo- |
dore Bokoski. Oscar Johnson, Jack |
Karie. Leonard Isaacson, Steve Snr-
nick. Gabriel AlonSo, Matt Isotalo,
Joe German
Company Deserves Credit.
The completion OF this difficult and
task is great relief 10 /
the Judson Mining Co. and It's local
officials who have worked incessant,
ly since the time OF the disaster and
spared neither money or work in res
euine the bodies Of the men and re-
storing the damaged property to the
list of active mines Of the county.
The task was difficult because OF
the nature OF the work that had 10 be
done, especially that part OF II in
which the entombed bodies we're dug
out and returned TO their relatives.
Many OF the relatives OF the victims
figured that the company wouldn't
rescue the bodies and in this they
were very much mistaken. All but
one OF the widows became satisfied
that the company was doing all pos
sible and long ago settled their griey-
ance by accepting the provisions OF
The Industrial accident law The one
who held out Is now satisfied. her
husbands body having been restored
10 her
Someone started a story that the
bodies would not be returned to their
but would be spirited away
and buried unknown This was dis
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