Aged 37 years 10 months 2 days∼grandfather of Emma Van Brocklin (Mrs Oscar) Swenson
Lyons, Kan., March 26, (1891) - At one of the salt mines in this city yesterday four men were in the act of descending into the shaft, 500 feet, in a bucket above. The bucket was on a heavy oak beam, weighing over 600 pounds. Just as the bucket began to descend the traveler became loosened and the bucket shot down the shaft like an arrow, closely followed by the traveler. At the bottom the men were crushed into a shapeless mass by the heavy beam.
The names of the killed are: Thomas Beach, married; Nels Van Brocklin, married; Thomas McCandless, single; and Fred A Miller, single.
Lyons, Kan., March 26, (1891) - At one of the salt mines in this city yesterday four men were in the act of descending into the shaft, 500 feet, in a bucket above. The bucket was on a heavy oak beam, weighing over 600 pounds. Just as the bucket began to descend the traveler became loosened and the bucket shot down the shaft like an arrow, closely followed by the traveler. At the bottom the men were crushed into a shapeless mass by the heavy beam.
The names of the killed are: Thomas Beach, married; Nels Van Brocklin, married; Thomas McCandless, single; and Fred A Miller, single.
Aged 37 years 10 months 2 days∼grandfather of Emma Van Brocklin (Mrs Oscar) Swenson
Lyons, Kan., March 26, (1891) - At one of the salt mines in this city yesterday four men were in the act of descending into the shaft, 500 feet, in a bucket above. The bucket was on a heavy oak beam, weighing over 600 pounds. Just as the bucket began to descend the traveler became loosened and the bucket shot down the shaft like an arrow, closely followed by the traveler. At the bottom the men were crushed into a shapeless mass by the heavy beam.
The names of the killed are: Thomas Beach, married; Nels Van Brocklin, married; Thomas McCandless, single; and Fred A Miller, single.
Lyons, Kan., March 26, (1891) - At one of the salt mines in this city yesterday four men were in the act of descending into the shaft, 500 feet, in a bucket above. The bucket was on a heavy oak beam, weighing over 600 pounds. Just as the bucket began to descend the traveler became loosened and the bucket shot down the shaft like an arrow, closely followed by the traveler. At the bottom the men were crushed into a shapeless mass by the heavy beam.
The names of the killed are: Thomas Beach, married; Nels Van Brocklin, married; Thomas McCandless, single; and Fred A Miller, single.
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