Ok, thanks! I'd forgotten that I'd sent it to you already. lol I'll blame it on senior CRS. lol *************************************************************************************************************************** IT'S FREE!! ~ Please Visit The Washington County Insider Forums & post your news, opinions, recipes, stuff for sale, etc. - Breaking News, The Liars Bench, Swap Shop, Tech Talk & More....... http://washingtoncountyinsider.com *************************************************************************************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: B. Warner To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] One Miner Killed, Another Injured (1911) Esther, You sent me that information sometime back and I already have a webpage on him. Here's the link: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/miners/william_henderson.htm Bettye On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:15:34 -0500 "Esther M. Ziock Carroll" <cats.n.critters@centurytel.net> wrote: > Thanks for that explanation Bettye. > > My gr. uncle, William Robert HENDERSON was killed in a >mine accident in BonneTerre mines in 1942 by a piece of >rock that broke off from the ceiling & hit the back part >of his head. I have the newspaper article on it which I >will try to find & send it through the list later. > > > *************************************************************************************************************************** > IT'S FREE!! ~ Please Visit The Washington County Insider >Forums & post your news, opinions, recipes, stuff for >sale, etc. - Breaking News, The Liars Bench, Swap Shop, >Tech Talk & More....... > http://washingtoncountyinsider.com > > *************************************************************************************************************************** > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: B. Warner > To: mostfran@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 4:21 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] One Miner Killed, Another >Injured (1911) > > > I just asked my father, a retired lead miner, who is 90 > years old, and he said that "a fall of back" means that >a > piece of rock from the ceiling of the mine fell down >and > hit him. In some parts of the mine the ceiling can be > pretty high so if a rock or slab of rock (i.e. piece of > back) falls from the ceiling in one of those places it >can > cause injury or even death to the miner it happens to >be > below it. He said in mines they were always telling >the > miners to watch their "back". It was also sometimes >call > a piece of "loose" for obvious reasons. > B. Warner > > > > On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:21:57 -0400 > wib0415@aol.com wrote: > > Can someone tell me what "A fall of back" is? My > >grandfather was also killed by falling back > > in a mine in 1923. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Melanie Rickmar <rickmar@cdinter.net> > > To: mostfran@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:15 pm > > Subject: [MOSTFRAN] One Miner Killed, Another Injured > >(1911) > > > > > > > >FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, > >Missouri, Thursday, > >February 2, 1911 > > > > ONE KILLED; ONE INJURED > > > > A fall of back at No. 8 Shaft of the Federal Lead > >Company about 11:00 Monday > > morning, caught two workmen, killing one and badly > >crushing the other. > > > > The injured man was taken to the office of Dr. >Topping > >at Flat River where > > it was found necessary to amputate one of his limbs. > > Dr. E. S. McClelland > > of this place assisted in taking the limb. > > > > Both of the men were foreigners, and up to time of >going > >to press we were > > unable to learn their names. -- Desloge Sun. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > >subject and the body of > > the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word >'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > >message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message