WORTHINGTON, Charles Edward

Weekly Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory September 30, 1908, page 8, col. 4 Falling Ore Mass Smashes Working Miner Charles Worthington Is Killed Laboring In M'Cabe Slope (From Thursday's Daily) Crushed to death by a mass of falling rocks and boulders weighing half a ton was the fate of Charles Worthington a few minutes after 8 o'clock Saturday night in the Gladstone mine. His remains were interred yesterday afternoon in the McCabe cemetery under the auspices of the McCabe Miner's Union. Worthington was at work in the east stope of the 500 foot level, when without warning the roof of the stope over him fell, breaking his neck, his back and one leg. He was found a few minutes later by miners working in the same stope covered by over 1,000 pounds of rock and boulders. His life was extinct. His body was removed to the surface. An inquest was held yesterday morning, the jury returning a verdict of accidental death, attaching no blame to the lessees of the property. Several miners testified that the stope was considered safe and that from all appearances a slip of the ground fell unexpectedly. Worthington was 24 years old and a native of New Mexico. He lived several years in Colorado before coming to this country about four years ago. Surviving is his wife, who is in delicate health, and his mother, both residents of this county and a brother and sister, both residing in Colorado. His mother is Mrs. D. B. Bailey of this city. He was a kind and loving husband and son, deeply attached to his wife, mother, sister and brother, a young man of exceptional promise. His death is deeply regretted by all who knew him.