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About William Champion
Accident No. 18- May 7th. – William Champion when at work at No. 14 shaft house at the Calumet & Hecla mine fell about twenty-five feet, striking his head on a rail and dying about thirty minutes after the accident happened.
An inquest was held before Justice Fisher.
John Reinhart testified as follows: “I was working at the time of the accident about twenty feet from No. 14 shaft house and saw the deceased fall. He had a three inch plank in his hand and was throwing it out through the door. There was a big spike in the end of the plank and that caught in the jacket he was wearing at that time. I ran to him and found him lying on the rails and helped to take him to the hospital. The plank that he threw out was about six feet long. He was alone in the door of the shaft house at the time.”
Three other witnesses corroborated the above statement.
Verdict of the jury: "We, the jury upon our oaths do say that the said William Champion came to his death on the 7th day of May, A.D. 1900 by accidentally falling from No. 14 shaft house of the Calumet & Hecla mine at 2:30 p.m., dying thirty minutes later at the hospital."
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William Champion's Timeline
| 1845 |
May 1, 1845
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Breage, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
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May 2, 1845
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Breage, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
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| 1871 |
May 16, 1871
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Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States
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| 1872 |
December 1, 1872
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Calumet Township, Houghton, Michigan, United States
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| 1878 |
January 1878
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Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States
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| 1886 |
January 25, 1886
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Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States
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| 1900 |
May 1, 1900
Age 55
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The Calumet & Hecla Mine, in the No. 14 shaft house, Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States
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May 5, 1900
Age 55
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Lake View Cemetery, Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States
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