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FATAL MINING ACCIDENT.Peter Milovich Killed by PrematineBlast.East Monday, a young Austrian miner named Peter Milovich Jost bis life by an accident while engaged in the underground workings of the Oneida mine. It seems* from testimony taken at the inquest held over the body by corouer Huberty the following day, that deceased and his partner, E. E. Wilson, were at work at the 2200 level. They had been excavating a place preparatory to sinking a winze. At the time of the accident the two men were “spitting” the holes—that is lighting the fuses to explode the loaded holes. Each man had eight holes to spit. Milovich had staited the fuses on his eight, had finished his part. Wilson was just stooping over to light the last fuse on his eight. Milovich remarked as he got through, “1 am going to go,” and Wilson replied, “all right, you can go, and i will spit my hole.” Just as he turned to go, and Wilson stepped over to the corner to charge the last hole, an explosion occurred— one of the holes spit by Milovich went off. Wilson was only a few feet away, and when the blast prematurely went off he jumped and rolled and ran to get out ot the way, not knowing but other blasts would follow immediately. lie escaped unhurt. The fuses were soveu feet long, were considered safe, and gave ample time ordinarily to get out ot the way. Milovich was struck by the debris from the first blast. No cry escaped him, so it is supposed tnat he was either killed or rendered uncousious by the premature blast. The other explosions followed, and piled the debris over his body. The accident happeued shortly after four o’clock in the afternoon, and it was nine o’clock when his body was recovered. There were many tons of dirt burying the unfortunate victim, llow Wilson got away uninjured is a mystery; one theory is that the force of the concussion literally blew him out ot danger’s way. The jury found that deceased was 22 years ot age, and came to his death by a promature blast, and that the Oneida company was in no way blamablo for the falatity. The victim had been working about eight mouths in the Oneida mine. He was a single man. The funeral took place on Thursday, under the auspices of the Miners’ Union, of which organization ho was a member.Services were held in the Greekchurch, a priest coming up speciallyto conduct the ceremonies. The body was laid away in the church cemetery
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Jackson Amador Ledger
Jackson, California, US
Fri, Nov 17, 1905
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