Statewide County AZ Archives Obituaries.....Andersen, Charles 1901
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Elizabeth Burns burns@asu.edu and D. Joshua Taylor http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00006.html#0001358 July 4, 2005, 6:15 pm

Arizona Republican-December 10, 1901
A sad accident occurred eight miles west of here last Friday, 
resulting in the death of a young man in the employ of the 
Santa Fe Pacific by the name of Charles H. Anderson.

It appears that Anderson who was a stranger in this section, 
had been working at that point for two or three days before 
the explosion in the capacity of powder man. It is the duty 
of the powder man to keep the material in readiness for 
instant use in blasting, and as the weather has been rather 
cool recently it was necessary to warm the explosive before 
using.  Anderson, to facilitate matters, it seems, had 
placed a large piece of sheet iron over the fire.  Whether 
he dropped a stick of dynamite on the iron or from what 
cause, will never be known, but suddenly there was an 
explosion, resulting in the instant death of the unfortunate 
man.

The deceased has a mother and sister living at Newcastle, 
Colorado to whom the sad news was telegraphed.  He was a 
promising young man and had been a volunteer in the war 
with Spain, serving in Cuba throughout the campaign.  His 
remains were interred at the scene of the accident last 
Saturday under the direction of Undertaker J.S. Button.  
Williams News.

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