C. B. Taylor |
| Posted 2019-01-07 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Arizona Weekly Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Wednesday, November 30, 1887, page 4, column 1 The coroner's jury, summoned to investigate the cause of the late boiler explosion, by which six men lost their lives, held another session on Saturday evening, at which Louis Becke was in attendance and testified, but without throwing any light on the matter. The remainder of the experts also testified, all except one testifying that they believed the explosion was caused by other agencies than steam, although none of them could tell what it was. After hearing all the testimony, the jury returned the following verdict: We, the jury, empaneled and duly sworn to enquire into the cause of the death of Charles Collins, John Akers, C. B. Taylor, W. Z. Wilson, Thomas Cowley and Andrew Steinbrook, do find the following facts viz: The above named parties came to their death by an explosion of a boiler attached to a steam engine at the sawmill belonging to W. Z. Wilson & Co., at Lynx creek, in the county of Yavapai, Territory of Arizona, about the hour of seven o'clock and thirty minutes a.m. of November the 19th, 1887. And we further find that some foreign substance, explosive in its nature, was used to cause the explosion, but what it was is to the jury unknown. Signed: W. W. Cook, J. F. Daggs, F. H. Heisler, M. Drye, J. Woodbridge, N. C. Sheckles, Thos. F. Hallahan, Thos. Montgomery, J. A. Tobin, B. A. Hussey. Transcriber's note: Mr. Taylor is buried at the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona. |
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