Grant County OR Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, William November 5, 1904
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Morning Oregonian November 8,1904
Dies In Mine Shaft
Englishman Falls 300 Feet From A Board
Austin,Or.,Nov 7,-(Special)- Falling a sheer 30o feet down a shaft in the 
Susanville mine, William Cobb, an Englishman, who had just started to work, was 
jammed to death by the fall and the weight of the tools he carried.
Cobb was walking across a board laid over the mouth of the main shaft. He bore 
30 lbs. of tools in a sack slung over his shoulder. Apparently, he realized his 
dangerous position when near the middle of the board. He hesitated, tottered 
and then fell straight to the bottom.Two other miners were at work, one on 
either side of the shaft farther down, and looking up,they saw Cobb dropping 
straight as a die. The bones and limbs and trunk were shattered. the accident, 
two days ago, but news of it was brought today by a man from the mine.

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