Charles (C.L.) Knuckey |
| Posted 2021-05-25 by Jo Brown |
| From the Bisbee Daily Review - 09/16/1908 FALLS TO DEATH IN THE H0LBR00K C. L. Knuckey, Aged Miner. Killed Yesterday, Leaves Wife and Children. C. L. Knuckey was killed about noon yesterday by a fall of six or seven sets down a manway at the Holbrook. His back was broken in two places, his skull fractured, and he received other minor Injuries. The deceased was about sixty years of age and had been a miner all his life. He leaves a wife and children and stepchildren, who reside on Youngblood hill. Knuckey had started down the manway to the 500 level, when in some manner unknown, he lost his hold and fell to the bottom, a distance of between forty and fifty feet. He was immediately hoisted to the surface and carried to the Copper Queen hospital, but life was extinct before it was reached. Justice Hogan was notified, immediately empaneled a Jury, and the remains, as well as the place where the accident occurred, were viewed. An Inquest will be held this evening at 6 o'clock. The following will constitute the Jury: Al DeSullers C. W. Black. Sam Briscoe. E. G Riley, Dan Browning, Lewis Rascoe. Knuckey had been subjected to fainting spells while at work and it is believed that he fainted just before his plunge down the manway. From the Bisbee Daily Review - 09/17/1908 FUNERAL SERVICES - KNUCKEY TODAY The jury which held the Inquisition over the remains of C. L. Knuckey, who was killed in the Holbrook shaft by a fall down a manway, yesterday evening at 6 o'clock, returned a verdict of accidental death. It was brought out at the inquest that the deceased was fifty years of age, leaves a wife and several stepchildren. He had no children by his present wife. Funeral services will be held from O. K. Undertaking parlors at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Rev. J-. E. Kanarr of the Baptist church officiating. The deceased was a member of the local lodge of the A. O. U. W. |
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