YOUNG MAN LOSES LIFE IN FALL AT FEDERAL MILLA young man by the name of Galvin, 19 years old, and a resident of Hurryville, was killed by a fall from a trestle at Federal Mill last Saturday. He was employed by the McCarty Construction Company which had the contract for doing the work. He with others were taking down the trestle work when a plank which was sawed in two over-balanced him and he fell 40 feet to a concrete floor. At first he did not seem to be much hurt but internal injuries were sustained and he died an hour and a half later. Published by THE BONNE TERRE REGISTER, Bonne Terre, St. Francois Co. MO, June 19, 1914.Note: It's possible that the name in the above article is in error. I found the following article concerning a man by the name of Delano Calvin which was published in the Bonne Terre Star the same week the above article was published: MAN KILLED AT FLAT RIVER. One man fell to his death at the power house of the Federal lead Co. situated near shaft number 3 at Flat River Saturday about 3 o'clock, when, for some unknown reason, he came tumbling down from near the roof where he was working, and crashed to the ground breaking many bones in his body, and dying about 5 minutes later. The young man, Delano Calvin by name, was a brick-layer and had been working on the new power house that is being erected. The inquest was held Sunday morning and the remains buried Monday. He was only about 19 years old and had been married about a month. Another man whose name we were unable to learn was injured in the Federal Lead Co. mines Saturday night, which calls to our memory that Saturday was the 13th day of the month. |
