Henry Lyall was killed in an explosion on the railroad near Ray, AZ. He was taking some "big wig" RR executives on a tour to see some RR construction at the time. The premature detonation that killed Lyall was the result of mis-communication...The railroad purchased the headsone for Henry.
Mohave County Miner, 12 Feb 1910, Sat, Page 2
Sunday, near Kelvin, a motor car and its seven occupants were blown to atoms by the explosion of a large blast, fired close to the railroad. The fuse had been lighted before the car arrived and the forman signaled the car to stop. After waiting twenty minutes and the blast failing to go off the men on the car thought that there was a miss and started ahead. When directly over it the blast went off with terrific force. The occupants of the car were J. B. Joyce, A. S. Rieber, J. C. Griffin, R. P. Coleman, W. H. Freeland, Walter Frenz, mining and civil engineers, who had been to the mines near Kelvin for purposes of examination, and H. H. Lyall, the motorman of the car. Mr. Lyall was a nephew of Mrs. Mary Sweeney, of Kingman. and his mother is known to many of our people.
Mohave County Miner, 12 Feb 1910, Sat, Page 2
Sunday, near Kelvin, a motor car and its seven occupants were blown to atoms by the explosion of a large blast, fired close to the railroad. The fuse had been lighted before the car arrived and the forman signaled the car to stop. After waiting twenty minutes and the blast failing to go off the men on the car thought that there was a miss and started ahead. When directly over it the blast went off with terrific force. The occupants of the car were J. B. Joyce, A. S. Rieber, J. C. Griffin, R. P. Coleman, W. H. Freeland, Walter Frenz, mining and civil engineers, who had been to the mines near Kelvin for purposes of examination, and H. H. Lyall, the motorman of the car. Mr. Lyall was a nephew of Mrs. Mary Sweeney, of Kingman. and his mother is known to many of our people.
Henry Lyall was killed in an explosion on the railroad near Ray, AZ. He was taking some "big wig" RR executives on a tour to see some RR construction at the time. The premature detonation that killed Lyall was the result of mis-communication...The railroad purchased the headsone for Henry.
Mohave County Miner, 12 Feb 1910, Sat, Page 2
Sunday, near Kelvin, a motor car and its seven occupants were blown to atoms by the explosion of a large blast, fired close to the railroad. The fuse had been lighted before the car arrived and the forman signaled the car to stop. After waiting twenty minutes and the blast failing to go off the men on the car thought that there was a miss and started ahead. When directly over it the blast went off with terrific force. The occupants of the car were J. B. Joyce, A. S. Rieber, J. C. Griffin, R. P. Coleman, W. H. Freeland, Walter Frenz, mining and civil engineers, who had been to the mines near Kelvin for purposes of examination, and H. H. Lyall, the motorman of the car. Mr. Lyall was a nephew of Mrs. Mary Sweeney, of Kingman. and his mother is known to many of our people.
Mohave County Miner, 12 Feb 1910, Sat, Page 2
Sunday, near Kelvin, a motor car and its seven occupants were blown to atoms by the explosion of a large blast, fired close to the railroad. The fuse had been lighted before the car arrived and the forman signaled the car to stop. After waiting twenty minutes and the blast failing to go off the men on the car thought that there was a miss and started ahead. When directly over it the blast went off with terrific force. The occupants of the car were J. B. Joyce, A. S. Rieber, J. C. Griffin, R. P. Coleman, W. H. Freeland, Walter Frenz, mining and civil engineers, who had been to the mines near Kelvin for purposes of examination, and H. H. Lyall, the motorman of the car. Mr. Lyall was a nephew of Mrs. Mary Sweeney, of Kingman. and his mother is known to many of our people.
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