JOHN HUSSONG KILLED.
Formerly of Galena Boy Meets Death in Chitwood Mine.
John Hussong, a 19-year old boy who was employed as shoveler in the Pelican mine in Chitwood, was struck on the head and shoulders by an immense boulder shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon and instantly killed.
Len Townsend, a tub hooker who was standing twelve feet from Hussong at the shaft opening, saw the big rock start to roll down the slanting wall, not more than 14 feet above the unfortunate boy's head. He gave a warning shout, but if Hussong heard it he did not have time to escape.
Even as Townsend spoke the boulder and the mass of dirt and rock tumbled down upon the head of the unsuspecting youth who at the time was pushing a loaded car down to the foot of the drift.
Townsend rushed up to the point where Hussong had been buried. The debris completely filled the drift and from his point of vantage he could not make out whether or not Hussong had escaped on the further side. J. T. Cole ground foreman, who was stationed about forty feet beyond Townsend heard the noise and ran as fast as he could toward the opening. He thought that it was an overturned tub.
Several of the men who had been working with Cole in the drift quickly joined and with the assistance of jack screws, which had to be sent down from the hoister house, they soon extricated the torn and mangled form of Hussong. He was lying prone upon his face. His head had been almost severed from his body, the blow strife ing from behind, and his left shoulder was entirely dismembered. The edge of the big boulder had fallen with terrific force on the back of his neck and knocked him face downward.
Young Hussong is the son of George Hussong, who is also a miner and employed in the same mine. The, elder Hussong works in the same shaft, shaft No. 3, on the night shift. The boy's mother lives in Galena, while he and his father have been boarding with his sister, Mrs. Jane Oldfield, in Chitwood. Joplin Globe.
The Galena Evening Times, Galena, Kansas
28 January 1903, Wednesday, Page 2
Note: This manager was hesitant to post the narrative of the young man’s injuries, but also recognized that the dangers these men faced in their profession should be noted.
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Formerly of Galena Boy Meets Death in Chitwood Mine.
John Hussong, a 19-year old boy who was employed as shoveler in the Pelican mine in Chitwood, was struck on the head and shoulders by an immense boulder shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon and instantly killed.
Len Townsend, a tub hooker who was standing twelve feet from Hussong at the shaft opening, saw the big rock start to roll down the slanting wall, not more than 14 feet above the unfortunate boy's head. He gave a warning shout, but if Hussong heard it he did not have time to escape.
Even as Townsend spoke the boulder and the mass of dirt and rock tumbled down upon the head of the unsuspecting youth who at the time was pushing a loaded car down to the foot of the drift.
Townsend rushed up to the point where Hussong had been buried. The debris completely filled the drift and from his point of vantage he could not make out whether or not Hussong had escaped on the further side. J. T. Cole ground foreman, who was stationed about forty feet beyond Townsend heard the noise and ran as fast as he could toward the opening. He thought that it was an overturned tub.
Several of the men who had been working with Cole in the drift quickly joined and with the assistance of jack screws, which had to be sent down from the hoister house, they soon extricated the torn and mangled form of Hussong. He was lying prone upon his face. His head had been almost severed from his body, the blow strife ing from behind, and his left shoulder was entirely dismembered. The edge of the big boulder had fallen with terrific force on the back of his neck and knocked him face downward.
Young Hussong is the son of George Hussong, who is also a miner and employed in the same mine. The, elder Hussong works in the same shaft, shaft No. 3, on the night shift. The boy's mother lives in Galena, while he and his father have been boarding with his sister, Mrs. Jane Oldfield, in Chitwood. Joplin Globe.
The Galena Evening Times, Galena, Kansas
28 January 1903, Wednesday, Page 2
Note: This manager was hesitant to post the narrative of the young man’s injuries, but also recognized that the dangers these men faced in their profession should be noted.
~~mjp~~
JOHN HUSSONG KILLED.
Formerly of Galena Boy Meets Death in Chitwood Mine.
John Hussong, a 19-year old boy who was employed as shoveler in the Pelican mine in Chitwood, was struck on the head and shoulders by an immense boulder shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon and instantly killed.
Len Townsend, a tub hooker who was standing twelve feet from Hussong at the shaft opening, saw the big rock start to roll down the slanting wall, not more than 14 feet above the unfortunate boy's head. He gave a warning shout, but if Hussong heard it he did not have time to escape.
Even as Townsend spoke the boulder and the mass of dirt and rock tumbled down upon the head of the unsuspecting youth who at the time was pushing a loaded car down to the foot of the drift.
Townsend rushed up to the point where Hussong had been buried. The debris completely filled the drift and from his point of vantage he could not make out whether or not Hussong had escaped on the further side. J. T. Cole ground foreman, who was stationed about forty feet beyond Townsend heard the noise and ran as fast as he could toward the opening. He thought that it was an overturned tub.
Several of the men who had been working with Cole in the drift quickly joined and with the assistance of jack screws, which had to be sent down from the hoister house, they soon extricated the torn and mangled form of Hussong. He was lying prone upon his face. His head had been almost severed from his body, the blow strife ing from behind, and his left shoulder was entirely dismembered. The edge of the big boulder had fallen with terrific force on the back of his neck and knocked him face downward.
Young Hussong is the son of George Hussong, who is also a miner and employed in the same mine. The, elder Hussong works in the same shaft, shaft No. 3, on the night shift. The boy's mother lives in Galena, while he and his father have been boarding with his sister, Mrs. Jane Oldfield, in Chitwood. Joplin Globe.
The Galena Evening Times, Galena, Kansas
28 January 1903, Wednesday, Page 2
Note: This manager was hesitant to post the narrative of the young man’s injuries, but also recognized that the dangers these men faced in their profession should be noted.
~~mjp~~
Formerly of Galena Boy Meets Death in Chitwood Mine.
John Hussong, a 19-year old boy who was employed as shoveler in the Pelican mine in Chitwood, was struck on the head and shoulders by an immense boulder shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon and instantly killed.
Len Townsend, a tub hooker who was standing twelve feet from Hussong at the shaft opening, saw the big rock start to roll down the slanting wall, not more than 14 feet above the unfortunate boy's head. He gave a warning shout, but if Hussong heard it he did not have time to escape.
Even as Townsend spoke the boulder and the mass of dirt and rock tumbled down upon the head of the unsuspecting youth who at the time was pushing a loaded car down to the foot of the drift.
Townsend rushed up to the point where Hussong had been buried. The debris completely filled the drift and from his point of vantage he could not make out whether or not Hussong had escaped on the further side. J. T. Cole ground foreman, who was stationed about forty feet beyond Townsend heard the noise and ran as fast as he could toward the opening. He thought that it was an overturned tub.
Several of the men who had been working with Cole in the drift quickly joined and with the assistance of jack screws, which had to be sent down from the hoister house, they soon extricated the torn and mangled form of Hussong. He was lying prone upon his face. His head had been almost severed from his body, the blow strife ing from behind, and his left shoulder was entirely dismembered. The edge of the big boulder had fallen with terrific force on the back of his neck and knocked him face downward.
Young Hussong is the son of George Hussong, who is also a miner and employed in the same mine. The, elder Hussong works in the same shaft, shaft No. 3, on the night shift. The boy's mother lives in Galena, while he and his father have been boarding with his sister, Mrs. Jane Oldfield, in Chitwood. Joplin Globe.
The Galena Evening Times, Galena, Kansas
28 January 1903, Wednesday, Page 2
Note: This manager was hesitant to post the narrative of the young man’s injuries, but also recognized that the dangers these men faced in their profession should be noted.
~~mjp~~
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