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Vulcan, MI Mine Shaft Accident, Feb 1906

Posted October 11th, 2007 by Carol Veio

MEETS AWFUL DEATH IN MICHIGAN MINE

WOLVELAR FALLS 800 FEET DOWN SHAFT AND BODY IS HORRIBLY MUTILATED

Herald Special Service.

Norway, Mich., Feb. 6.---August

VON WOLVELAER, a miner employed at the Penn Iron company's mines at Vulcan, met with a terrible death today. He fell headlong down the main shaft, a distance of 800 feet. Nobody witnessed the accident but missing him a search revealed the mangled remains at the bottom of the pit. The remains were so badly mutilated it was necessary to sweep them into a box. A son met with an accident at the same mine and still lives with a broken back, a cripple for life.

Grand Forks Daily Herald, Grand Forks, ND 7 Feb 1906
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Transcribed by Carol Veio. Thank you, Carol!

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