Clark County NV Archives Obituaries.....MC KINNON, George February 29 1916
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Las Vegas Age - 3/4/1916


SUDDEN DEATH AT ELDORADO



GOERGE MC KINNON, CAUGHT IN SHAFTING; BODY FOUND SEVERAL HOURS LATER



    George MC KINNON, mill man for the Techatticup mine in Eldorado Canyon,

came to a violent and sudden death last Tuesday morning.  He was engaged in

his duties in the mill alone when, in some manner unknown, his clothing was

caught by the rapidly revolving shafting.  Every stich {sic} of clothing

except his shoes and stockings was torn from him and his naked body hurled

to the ground where it was discovered by Ernest AMENT about 6:30 in the

morning.  The time of the accident was fixed at 3 a.m. by the fact that his

watch, found in the remnants of his clothing, had stopped at that hour.

    Undertaker ROBERTS was notified and went from this city, bringing in the

remains the same day.  John A. MC CARTHY, an old friend of MC KINNON's,

accompanied him and arranged for shipping the remains to the family home in

San Diego Wednesday night.

    The deceasd was well known among the people of the southern portion of

the county.  During the early days of Searchlight he was very prominent

there, at one time being the owner of the Searchlight townsite.  He was one

of the first locators in that camp.  He leaves surviving him a wife and

three children in San Diego.





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