John Saundry

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John Saundry
Country: United States; State: New York
John Saundry
Birth: Circa 1883
Nationality: United States
Last permanent residence: Ludgvan
Arrival: Sep 2 1904 - New York, New York, United States
Relative joined in the U.S.: Uriah C Penberthy (Friend) 35 6th st, Tamarack, Calumet

ACCIDENT NO. 30 - April 12, 1907 - John Saundry, English miner, Champion mine.
John Saundry came to his death on this date. An inquest was held before Justice Mitchell and the following witnesses examined:

Nick Wern testified: “I do not know very much about the accident. We were going down in the skip and stopped at the 6th level and the deceased was the first one to get out. Nobody saw him. He put his pail there between the stuttle and the dividing and he must have got out under the chain and went down the north side. We heard some kind of a cry. When I saw his pail there I looked around and could not see him so I said he must have gone down the shaft.”

Richard Parsons testified: “We were eight of us riding down in the skip. Saundry was the first on the back of the skip and the first to get out. We were getting out and he put his pail between the stuttle and the center post of the shaft. He must have gone over in the other shaft. We heard a groan as he fell.”

Question by Mine Inspector Dawe: “Do you think he got out under the chain ?”

Answer: “Yes, it looks that way. We did not know who it was who fell in the shaft and groaned until we looked around and his partner said Saundry was gone.”

Henry Ivey said, "I saw Saundry this morning in the dry. He appeared to be all right. I helped take him out. He was dead.”

Verdict: “We, the jury, upon our oaths do say that the said John Saundry was killed at " C " shaft, by falling from the 6th level to the 9th accidentally. We exonerate the company from all blame. He fell down the shaft about 10 minutes past seven o'clock a.m., April 12, 1907.”