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• FamilySearch ID: LHZ5-485
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 48701036
• Obituary: 18 Jun 1900, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; Deseret News

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Obituary:
Charles Dixon Caught in Coils of a Rope and Mangled to Death.

Charles Dixon, a miner employed at the Golden Gate, at Mercur, was killed in an accident at the mill Saturday afternoon. He was assisting a repair gang to hoist a broken belt up an elevator shaft to a pulley in the roll department above. A rope was attached to the end of the belt, the other end running over the shafting. It was being drawn through another side in order to attach a block and tacke to it so that Dixon and two other men could haul the belt up. The rope was caught in the shafting, which was revolving with terrific speed, and although Foreman Knight cried out a warning, Dixon was caught in the rope in some way and within the twinkling of an eye, his body was being whirled around the shaft.

The horror stricken men quickly called for the power to be shut off, and while the shafting was stopped, Dixon's body, mangled in a most dreadful manner, fell to the floor. Both feet had been literally ground off, and the legs were broken and mutilated.

The limp and unconscious body was taken to the office of Dr. Castleman, the company physician, but nothing could be done, and without regaining consciousness, Dixon died, about two hours after the accident.

Acting Coroner Dunlavey impaneled a jury, consisting of George Luft, P.H. Gohn and R.L. Conley, which returned a verdict that deceased came to his death by accidentally becoming entangled in a rope and shaft, and receiving injuries which resulted in his death, no one being to blame.

Dixon was 42 years of age, and leaves a wife and two children, a girl 15 years old, and a boy, 9 years of age. He was a member of the Workmen, being a charter member of the Eureka lodge.

Charles married Ada Jane Odd on 11 Aug 1884. Ada (daughter of Charles Odd and Margaret Whaley Rice) was born on 12 May 1866 in Croydon, Surrey, England; died on 2 Jul 1915 in Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho; was buried on 5 Jul 1915 in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LWYX-DGR
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 48700615

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Ada married Horton Franklin "Frank" Peck on 17 Nov 1912 in Bingham County, Idaho. Horton (son of Hezekiah Hatch Peck and Mary Susannah Nowlin) was born on 21 Jul 1883 in Soda Springs, Caribou County, Idaho; died on 10 Nov 1954 in Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho; was buried after 10 Nov 1954 in Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ada married James Charles Long on 14 Jun 1904 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. James was born on 30 Aug 1880 in Wanship, Summit County, Utah; died on 16 Mar 1959 in Riverside County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]