- Charles Dixon Caught in Coils of a Rope and Mangled to Death.
Charles Dixon, a miner employed at the Golden Gate, at Mercur, was killed in an accident at the mill Saturday afternoon. He was assisting a repair gang to hoist a broken belt up an elevator shaft to a pulley in the roll department above. A rope was attached to the end of the belt, the other end running over the shafting. It was being drawn through another side in order to attach a block and tacke to it so that Dixon and two other men could haul the belt up. The rope was caught in the shafting, which was revolving with terrific speed, and although Foreman Knight cried out a warning, Dixon was caught in the rope in some way and within the twinkling of an eye, his body was being whirled around the shaft.
The horror stricken men quickly called for the power to be shut off, and while the shafting was stopped, Dixon's body, mangled in a most dreadful manner, fell to the floor. Both feet had been literally ground off, and the legs were broken and mutilated.
The limp and unconscious body was taken to the office of Dr. Castleman, the company physician, but nothing could be done, and without regaining consciousness, Dixon died, about two hours after the accident.
Acting Coroner Dunlavey impaneled a jury, consisting of George Luft, P.H. Gohn and R.L. Conley, which returned a verdict that deceased came to his death by accidentally becoming entangled in a rope and shaft, and receiving injuries which resulted in his death, no one being to blame.
Dixon was 42 years of age, and leaves a wife and two children, a girl 15 years old, and a boy, 9 years of age. He was a member of the Workmen, being a charter member of the Eureka lodge.
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1847 - 1900 (52 years)
