Landers, William

William Landers, a young man employed at the Red Bud Mine at Duenweg Missouri, was accidentally thrown into a shaft at 2 o'clock yesterday morning and died from his injuries three quarters of an hour later. Landers and his brother, Robert Landers, were employed at the Red Bud Mine to do work on top of the ground. The hard rock lead and zinc mine had to be timbered and it was a part of their duty to get timber into the ground. Yesterday morning they were engaged in this work, pulling the logs to the shaft by the use of the hoister. One large log had been pulled to the shaft and they were engaged in getting a second one. The first log had been left close to the shaft and as the second one struck the first log it swung to one side. Landers was standing in front of it and close to the shaft. The log struck him in the back and he was thrown headlong into the shaft, which is 180 feet deep. He must have turned over as he fell, and passed entirely through a platform of two-inch oak boards and landed in the sump.

Article appeared in 1902 newspaper.