Son of James William and Julia Ann Holt Littlefield.
Married to Mary Emma Gray.
Father of four children.
Died in the Copeland Sampler Gold Mine.
Tombstone says his birthdate is April 16, 1870 and his death certificate and the 1900 census says he was born on April 16, 1869.
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1914 - Inquest Over Remains of W. S. Littlefield
The inquest over the remains of W. S. Littlefield, who met his death while working at the Copeland Sampling plant, at the Bull hill Y, yesterday morning, will be held at the Dwyer Undertaking parlors, 204 East Victor avenue, at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when all witnesses to the accident will be present.
It developed yesterday when the corpse was examined at the morgue that the neck of the unfortunate man was broken by the impact with the heavy beam supporting the roof and death must have been instantaneous.
Mrs. Littlefield, widow of the deceased, is prostrated with grief and friends are attempting to alleviate her distress.
[s. Cripple Creek Times and The Victor Daily Record, Cripple Creek, Teller Co., CO newspaper, Sunday, January 25, 1914]
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1914 - Inquest Over the Body of W. C. Littlefield
That W. C. Littlefield of Goldfield came to his death while at work on the Copeland Sampler as the result of his own carelessness was the verdict of the coroner's jury which met at the inquiry held in the Dwyer Undertaking rooms yesterday afternoon. Littlefield came to his death early Saturday morning while engaged in soaping the belt or pulley running a portion of the machinery at the big plant.
But two witnesses were examined by the authorities, Superintendent John Collins and Foreman Norman J. Hartford and the jury was out but a short time before the result was determined. Deputy District Attorney Guy P. Nevitt conducted the examination on behalf of the state and Coroner Frank Hamilton presided over the investigation.
According to the testimony there was no one in the room when Littlefield was killed and he was found by Foreman Norman J. Hartford shortly after he must have been caught and thrown to the floor. He was dead when Hartford was arrived and it was impossible to determine absolutely how death had ensued.
Littlefield had been engaged in soaping the belts and pulleys and all the circumstances and conditions pointed to the belief that his hand was caught by the belt while attempting to either soap the pulley itself or to soap the belt as it went into the pulley. One of the two must necessarily have happened for the accident to have taken place.
According to the testimony Littlefield had been at work but eight days at the time of his death and no evidence was introduced to show that he had ever soaped the belts or pulleyes before. The bosses testified that they had shown Littlefield how to do it in order to be safe and had taken it for granted that he would follow directions while engaged in such work. He was working alone at the time and Hartford was summoned by the noise. It was the general impression that while soaping the belt as it went into the pulley that his hand was caught and he was jerked upward and thrown down in such a fashion as to result in death.
[s. Cripple Creek Times and The Victor Daily Record, Cripple Creek, Teller Co., CO newspaper, Tuesday, January 27, 1914]
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Married to Mary Emma Gray.
Father of four children.
Died in the Copeland Sampler Gold Mine.
Tombstone says his birthdate is April 16, 1870 and his death certificate and the 1900 census says he was born on April 16, 1869.
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1914 - Inquest Over Remains of W. S. Littlefield
The inquest over the remains of W. S. Littlefield, who met his death while working at the Copeland Sampling plant, at the Bull hill Y, yesterday morning, will be held at the Dwyer Undertaking parlors, 204 East Victor avenue, at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when all witnesses to the accident will be present.
It developed yesterday when the corpse was examined at the morgue that the neck of the unfortunate man was broken by the impact with the heavy beam supporting the roof and death must have been instantaneous.
Mrs. Littlefield, widow of the deceased, is prostrated with grief and friends are attempting to alleviate her distress.
[s. Cripple Creek Times and The Victor Daily Record, Cripple Creek, Teller Co., CO newspaper, Sunday, January 25, 1914]
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1914 - Inquest Over the Body of W. C. Littlefield
That W. C. Littlefield of Goldfield came to his death while at work on the Copeland Sampler as the result of his own carelessness was the verdict of the coroner's jury which met at the inquiry held in the Dwyer Undertaking rooms yesterday afternoon. Littlefield came to his death early Saturday morning while engaged in soaping the belt or pulley running a portion of the machinery at the big plant.
But two witnesses were examined by the authorities, Superintendent John Collins and Foreman Norman J. Hartford and the jury was out but a short time before the result was determined. Deputy District Attorney Guy P. Nevitt conducted the examination on behalf of the state and Coroner Frank Hamilton presided over the investigation.
According to the testimony there was no one in the room when Littlefield was killed and he was found by Foreman Norman J. Hartford shortly after he must have been caught and thrown to the floor. He was dead when Hartford was arrived and it was impossible to determine absolutely how death had ensued.
Littlefield had been engaged in soaping the belts and pulleys and all the circumstances and conditions pointed to the belief that his hand was caught by the belt while attempting to either soap the pulley itself or to soap the belt as it went into the pulley. One of the two must necessarily have happened for the accident to have taken place.
According to the testimony Littlefield had been at work but eight days at the time of his death and no evidence was introduced to show that he had ever soaped the belts or pulleyes before. The bosses testified that they had shown Littlefield how to do it in order to be safe and had taken it for granted that he would follow directions while engaged in such work. He was working alone at the time and Hartford was summoned by the noise. It was the general impression that while soaping the belt as it went into the pulley that his hand was caught and he was jerked upward and thrown down in such a fashion as to result in death.
[s. Cripple Creek Times and The Victor Daily Record, Cripple Creek, Teller Co., CO newspaper, Tuesday, January 27, 1914]
*****
Son of James William and Julia Ann Holt Littlefield.
Married to Mary Emma Gray.
Father of four children.
Died in the Copeland Sampler Gold Mine.
Tombstone says his birthdate is April 16, 1870 and his death certificate and the 1900 census says he was born on April 16, 1869.
*****
1914 - Inquest Over Remains of W. S. Littlefield
The inquest over the remains of W. S. Littlefield, who met his death while working at the Copeland Sampling plant, at the Bull hill Y, yesterday morning, will be held at the Dwyer Undertaking parlors, 204 East Victor avenue, at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when all witnesses to the accident will be present.
It developed yesterday when the corpse was examined at the morgue that the neck of the unfortunate man was broken by the impact with the heavy beam supporting the roof and death must have been instantaneous.
Mrs. Littlefield, widow of the deceased, is prostrated with grief and friends are attempting to alleviate her distress.
[s. Cripple Creek Times and The Victor Daily Record, Cripple Creek, Teller Co., CO newspaper, Sunday, January 25, 1914]
*****
1914 - Inquest Over the Body of W. C. Littlefield
That W. C. Littlefield of Goldfield came to his death while at work on the Copeland Sampler as the result of his own carelessness was the verdict of the coroner's jury which met at the inquiry held in the Dwyer Undertaking rooms yesterday afternoon. Littlefield came to his death early Saturday morning while engaged in soaping the belt or pulley running a portion of the machinery at the big plant.
But two witnesses were examined by the authorities, Superintendent John Collins and Foreman Norman J. Hartford and the jury was out but a short time before the result was determined. Deputy District Attorney Guy P. Nevitt conducted the examination on behalf of the state and Coroner Frank Hamilton presided over the investigation.
According to the testimony there was no one in the room when Littlefield was killed and he was found by Foreman Norman J. Hartford shortly after he must have been caught and thrown to the floor. He was dead when Hartford was arrived and it was impossible to determine absolutely how death had ensued.
Littlefield had been engaged in soaping the belts and pulleys and all the circumstances and conditions pointed to the belief that his hand was caught by the belt while attempting to either soap the pulley itself or to soap the belt as it went into the pulley. One of the two must necessarily have happened for the accident to have taken place.
According to the testimony Littlefield had been at work but eight days at the time of his death and no evidence was introduced to show that he had ever soaped the belts or pulleyes before. The bosses testified that they had shown Littlefield how to do it in order to be safe and had taken it for granted that he would follow directions while engaged in such work. He was working alone at the time and Hartford was summoned by the noise. It was the general impression that while soaping the belt as it went into the pulley that his hand was caught and he was jerked upward and thrown down in such a fashion as to result in death.
[s. Cripple Creek Times and The Victor Daily Record, Cripple Creek, Teller Co., CO newspaper, Tuesday, January 27, 1914]
*****
Married to Mary Emma Gray.
Father of four children.
Died in the Copeland Sampler Gold Mine.
Tombstone says his birthdate is April 16, 1870 and his death certificate and the 1900 census says he was born on April 16, 1869.
*****
1914 - Inquest Over Remains of W. S. Littlefield
The inquest over the remains of W. S. Littlefield, who met his death while working at the Copeland Sampling plant, at the Bull hill Y, yesterday morning, will be held at the Dwyer Undertaking parlors, 204 East Victor avenue, at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when all witnesses to the accident will be present.
It developed yesterday when the corpse was examined at the morgue that the neck of the unfortunate man was broken by the impact with the heavy beam supporting the roof and death must have been instantaneous.
Mrs. Littlefield, widow of the deceased, is prostrated with grief and friends are attempting to alleviate her distress.
[s. Cripple Creek Times and The Victor Daily Record, Cripple Creek, Teller Co., CO newspaper, Sunday, January 25, 1914]
*****
1914 - Inquest Over the Body of W. C. Littlefield
That W. C. Littlefield of Goldfield came to his death while at work on the Copeland Sampler as the result of his own carelessness was the verdict of the coroner's jury which met at the inquiry held in the Dwyer Undertaking rooms yesterday afternoon. Littlefield came to his death early Saturday morning while engaged in soaping the belt or pulley running a portion of the machinery at the big plant.
But two witnesses were examined by the authorities, Superintendent John Collins and Foreman Norman J. Hartford and the jury was out but a short time before the result was determined. Deputy District Attorney Guy P. Nevitt conducted the examination on behalf of the state and Coroner Frank Hamilton presided over the investigation.
According to the testimony there was no one in the room when Littlefield was killed and he was found by Foreman Norman J. Hartford shortly after he must have been caught and thrown to the floor. He was dead when Hartford was arrived and it was impossible to determine absolutely how death had ensued.
Littlefield had been engaged in soaping the belts and pulleys and all the circumstances and conditions pointed to the belief that his hand was caught by the belt while attempting to either soap the pulley itself or to soap the belt as it went into the pulley. One of the two must necessarily have happened for the accident to have taken place.
According to the testimony Littlefield had been at work but eight days at the time of his death and no evidence was introduced to show that he had ever soaped the belts or pulleyes before. The bosses testified that they had shown Littlefield how to do it in order to be safe and had taken it for granted that he would follow directions while engaged in such work. He was working alone at the time and Hartford was summoned by the noise. It was the general impression that while soaping the belt as it went into the pulley that his hand was caught and he was jerked upward and thrown down in such a fashion as to result in death.
[s. Cripple Creek Times and The Victor Daily Record, Cripple Creek, Teller Co., CO newspaper, Tuesday, January 27, 1914]
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