The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-07-05
ACCIDENT BOARD MAKES
AWARD HARTWELL CASE
DEATH FOLLOWED ACCIDENT IN
NATIONAL MlLL-COMPEN-
SATloN FOR WIDOW.

The Idaho industrial accident board
has rendered a decision in favor Of
Mrs Marie Hartwell, of Mullan, widow
OF the late Burt G.. Hartwell, under
which she viii receive $500 payable
i'm monthly nstallments at the rate of
Sl2 per week The decision further
states that there is now due and pay
able 1896. being the amount of com
pensation accrued since November T.
1922. the date of Mn Hartwell's death.
to the date of the decision. The plain
un is also awarded the further sum
of 5000 dollars 10 cover funeral eX-
penses This action was brought by
Mrs. Hartwell against the Tri-Metals
Leasing company and the Aetna Cas-
ualty & Surety company which was
carrying the compensation covering
the employees of the Tri- Metals Leas-
ing company it being alleged that
Burt c.. Hartwen, husband of the
claimant. lost his life by reason Of in
juries sustained in the National mill
while employed by the Tri-Metals
company on November IS, 1922
Appealed 10 ACCiQeut BOdfd.
Failing to reach an agreement with
the employing company for the ad-
justment of compensation, Mrs Hart
well filed "a claim for compensation
with the state Industrial accident
board and the case came ON for hear
ing in this city on April p before
Lawrence r. Worstell. member of the
board The plaintiff was represented
at the hearing ny her attorney, John
J.. Fitzgerald. and the defendants by
Harry NJ Morey. Following the hear
ing Mr. Worstell took the matter UNI
der advisement and on June % rem
dered his decision in accordance with
the facts stated above copy of which
has just been received. The decision
reviews the case i'm considerable de
tail. i'm the course of which the acct
dent which caused Mr. Hartwelrs
death is described as follows:
How Accident Happened.
Burt c. Hartwen was employed as
a SHIFT boss by the said milling COM
pany and as such he was required to |
supervise the work of various en-
ployes in the said mill and was re-
quired 10 visit different parts of the |
said mill: that on the 9Th day of No /
vember, 1928, while the said Burt /
Hartwel was descending a certain /
stairway in the National mill. he slip /
ped and fell i'm such a way as to strike !
the back part of his head and neck /
upon the stairway, inflicting an injury |
which caused him to become dizzy and /
to vomit that the said accident oc-
Cured between the hours of 4 and 6 |
a. m on the morning of November 6. |
1922; that the said Burt c. Hartwell |
remained AT the mill until his days 4
work was over or until a. m. on said |
day. at which time he left the mill and |
proceeded to his home about a quar-
ter of a mile away That upon reach
ing his home he continued to expert
ence dizziness and sickness and com
planned of pains in his head; that he
to vomit during the fore
noon and afternoon of the 9Th; that he
returned to work at II p. m. on the
night of November and worked
about one and a half hours. but on
account of severe sickness returned
again to his home and gradually grew
worse until about II or 1880 o'clock
on Tuesday morning, November T. he
died"
Mr. Worstell finds that Burt c.
sustained an injury by ac-
eident which did arise out of and in
The course of the employment which
he had at said time with said Tri-
Metals Milling company" and that
said accident resulted i'm his death ON
November e. 1922