Livingston County IL Archives Obituaries.....Cleanson, Martin February 1, 1900
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Nineteenth Annual Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900
February 1, 1900, Martin Cleanson, coal trimmer, single, aged 22 years, was 
instantly killed by a descending cage, at the lower landing of the Cardiff Coal 
Company’s mine at Cardiff, Livingston county. It appears that a farmer with a 
wagon came for coal; the pit-car had to be turned at the bottom of the shaft, as 
the wagon chute and the railroad chutes are on opposite sides; the cages are self-
dumping. Deceased at this time was at the lower landing, leaning over the edge of 
the shaft, shouting down to turn the car, when the cage came from the top, 
striking him on the head, killing him instantly. I ordered speaking tubes put in 
at once, so that men can communicate from top to bottom without danger.

Additional Comments:
Nineteenth Annual Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900, Also 
the Second Annual Report of the Illinois Free Employment Offices; David Ross, 
Secretary. Springfield, ILL: Phillips Bros, State Printers; 1901

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