Sullivan County Obituaries William Carpenter

Saturday, January 25, 1913

Terre Haute Tribune, page 8

Veteran Miner Killed

By Special Correspondent.

SULLIVAN, Ind., Jan, 25, -- William Carpenter, 65, one of the county’s oldest miners, was killed by a fall of slate in mine No. 33, of the Consolidated Indiana Coal company, at Hymera. When his body was extricated it was found that the handle of the pick which he held in his hand had been jammed through his skull. A wife and three children survive him.

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