Pratt, William

Another hard rock lead and zinc miner lost his life Wednesday by accident. The accident occurred in the Strong & Company Mine on the Chatham. According to reports in the Carterville Missouri Republican last evening. Boulders began falling from the roof of the drift shortly before 9 o'clock Wednesday forenoon. The miners made a rush for safety and all got out except William Pratt. A boulder struck him upon the head crushing his skull and immediately afterward another boulder weighing ten tons or more fell and buried the body out of sight. The miners were working at the 180 foot level and the roof of the drift was 40 feet high. Pratt was a single man and was aged 30 years. His relatives live in another section of the country. The body has not yet been recovered. The rock may have to be shot to pieces.

Dr. E. C. H. Squires, coroner of the county, went to Carterville Missouri Thursday to inquire as to the fatal accidents which occurred there Wednesday. After ascertaining the facts he determined that it was not necessary to hold inquests. The body of William Pratt, who was killed in a mine on the Chatham, was recovered Wednesday evening and shipped to his relatives in Kansas. The name of the miner who was killed in the Newell & Van Pool Mine on the Perry lease was George O'Quinn.

Shortly after 5 o'clock Wednesday evening a fatal accident occurred in the Newell and Van Pool Mine on the Perry land earn the Eleventh Hour Mine at Carterville Missouri. George O'Quinn and Isom Green, the two ground men; had quit work and climbed into the tub to be hoisted to the surface. When the tub was within a few feet of the landing board the rope slipped and both men were thrown out. O'Quinn fell headlong to the bottom of the shaft, the fall breaking his neck and killing him instantly. Green was more fortunate. He caught the cribbing as he fell and managed to retain his hold until assistance came. He was quite seriously bruised, but his injuries are not dangerous.