The Anaconda Standard,' Anaconda, MT
6 November 1891, page 5 (edited):
Butte, Nov. 5.-- The rain poured steadily down while six of the men killed in the accident at the Anaconda mine were today laid forever to rest. At the same hour as five of the other funerals, the funeral of William Martin was held from Hibernia hall in Centerville. Martin was a member of Court Pride, Ishpeming, No. 6,788, Ancient Order of Foresters of America, and of Sir Humphrey Davey lodge, No. 265, of Michigan. The members of the Sons of St. George and the Foresters attended the funeral in large numbers. Services were held at the Methodist church of Centerville. Appropriate music was furnished by the choir of the church, and a sermon appropriate to the occasion was delivered by pastor, Rev. Mr. Guyler. The procession to the grave included about 150 members of the Sons of St. George, 30 members of the Foresters and 45 carriages.
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William M. Martin was one of eight miners who were killed at about midnight, the morning of November 4, 1891, in a horrific accident in the Anaconda Mine at Butte, Montana. The miners employed at the 900-foot level had stopped working and had gotten into the cage to ride to the surface for their lunch. Some eighteen men, perhaps more, were in the last cage, nine on the upper deck and nine on the lower deck, when the cage experienced a jarring shudder at about the 300 or 400-foot level, and the miners fell down the shaft to their deaths. An inquest was held and it was thought that one of the miners on the upper deck somehow lost his presence of mind and staggered over the side of the cage, falling down into the lower deck, striking it and causing the cage to sway and the men therein to loose their balance, and in their struggle, knocked each other off. When the cage was brought to the surface, one more miner was found lying on the floor of the lower deck, and was taken to the hospital. He died shortly afterwards, bringing the death total to nine.
William M. Martin was 31 years old, born in England. He was boarding at Joe Calliway's hotel in Centerville at the time of the accident and left a wife and two children. That night was the first shift he had worked in the Anaconda.
6 November 1891, page 5 (edited):
Butte, Nov. 5.-- The rain poured steadily down while six of the men killed in the accident at the Anaconda mine were today laid forever to rest. At the same hour as five of the other funerals, the funeral of William Martin was held from Hibernia hall in Centerville. Martin was a member of Court Pride, Ishpeming, No. 6,788, Ancient Order of Foresters of America, and of Sir Humphrey Davey lodge, No. 265, of Michigan. The members of the Sons of St. George and the Foresters attended the funeral in large numbers. Services were held at the Methodist church of Centerville. Appropriate music was furnished by the choir of the church, and a sermon appropriate to the occasion was delivered by pastor, Rev. Mr. Guyler. The procession to the grave included about 150 members of the Sons of St. George, 30 members of the Foresters and 45 carriages.
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William M. Martin was one of eight miners who were killed at about midnight, the morning of November 4, 1891, in a horrific accident in the Anaconda Mine at Butte, Montana. The miners employed at the 900-foot level had stopped working and had gotten into the cage to ride to the surface for their lunch. Some eighteen men, perhaps more, were in the last cage, nine on the upper deck and nine on the lower deck, when the cage experienced a jarring shudder at about the 300 or 400-foot level, and the miners fell down the shaft to their deaths. An inquest was held and it was thought that one of the miners on the upper deck somehow lost his presence of mind and staggered over the side of the cage, falling down into the lower deck, striking it and causing the cage to sway and the men therein to loose their balance, and in their struggle, knocked each other off. When the cage was brought to the surface, one more miner was found lying on the floor of the lower deck, and was taken to the hospital. He died shortly afterwards, bringing the death total to nine.
William M. Martin was 31 years old, born in England. He was boarding at Joe Calliway's hotel in Centerville at the time of the accident and left a wife and two children. That night was the first shift he had worked in the Anaconda.
The Anaconda Standard,' Anaconda, MT
6 November 1891, page 5 (edited):
Butte, Nov. 5.-- The rain poured steadily down while six of the men killed in the accident at the Anaconda mine were today laid forever to rest. At the same hour as five of the other funerals, the funeral of William Martin was held from Hibernia hall in Centerville. Martin was a member of Court Pride, Ishpeming, No. 6,788, Ancient Order of Foresters of America, and of Sir Humphrey Davey lodge, No. 265, of Michigan. The members of the Sons of St. George and the Foresters attended the funeral in large numbers. Services were held at the Methodist church of Centerville. Appropriate music was furnished by the choir of the church, and a sermon appropriate to the occasion was delivered by pastor, Rev. Mr. Guyler. The procession to the grave included about 150 members of the Sons of St. George, 30 members of the Foresters and 45 carriages.
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William M. Martin was one of eight miners who were killed at about midnight, the morning of November 4, 1891, in a horrific accident in the Anaconda Mine at Butte, Montana. The miners employed at the 900-foot level had stopped working and had gotten into the cage to ride to the surface for their lunch. Some eighteen men, perhaps more, were in the last cage, nine on the upper deck and nine on the lower deck, when the cage experienced a jarring shudder at about the 300 or 400-foot level, and the miners fell down the shaft to their deaths. An inquest was held and it was thought that one of the miners on the upper deck somehow lost his presence of mind and staggered over the side of the cage, falling down into the lower deck, striking it and causing the cage to sway and the men therein to loose their balance, and in their struggle, knocked each other off. When the cage was brought to the surface, one more miner was found lying on the floor of the lower deck, and was taken to the hospital. He died shortly afterwards, bringing the death total to nine.
William M. Martin was 31 years old, born in England. He was boarding at Joe Calliway's hotel in Centerville at the time of the accident and left a wife and two children. That night was the first shift he had worked in the Anaconda.
6 November 1891, page 5 (edited):
Butte, Nov. 5.-- The rain poured steadily down while six of the men killed in the accident at the Anaconda mine were today laid forever to rest. At the same hour as five of the other funerals, the funeral of William Martin was held from Hibernia hall in Centerville. Martin was a member of Court Pride, Ishpeming, No. 6,788, Ancient Order of Foresters of America, and of Sir Humphrey Davey lodge, No. 265, of Michigan. The members of the Sons of St. George and the Foresters attended the funeral in large numbers. Services were held at the Methodist church of Centerville. Appropriate music was furnished by the choir of the church, and a sermon appropriate to the occasion was delivered by pastor, Rev. Mr. Guyler. The procession to the grave included about 150 members of the Sons of St. George, 30 members of the Foresters and 45 carriages.
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William M. Martin was one of eight miners who were killed at about midnight, the morning of November 4, 1891, in a horrific accident in the Anaconda Mine at Butte, Montana. The miners employed at the 900-foot level had stopped working and had gotten into the cage to ride to the surface for their lunch. Some eighteen men, perhaps more, were in the last cage, nine on the upper deck and nine on the lower deck, when the cage experienced a jarring shudder at about the 300 or 400-foot level, and the miners fell down the shaft to their deaths. An inquest was held and it was thought that one of the miners on the upper deck somehow lost his presence of mind and staggered over the side of the cage, falling down into the lower deck, striking it and causing the cage to sway and the men therein to loose their balance, and in their struggle, knocked each other off. When the cage was brought to the surface, one more miner was found lying on the floor of the lower deck, and was taken to the hospital. He died shortly afterwards, bringing the death total to nine.
William M. Martin was 31 years old, born in England. He was boarding at Joe Calliway's hotel in Centerville at the time of the accident and left a wife and two children. That night was the first shift he had worked in the Anaconda.
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